Editing Big Ten Conference (section)

===2010–2014 expansion: Nebraska, Maryland, Rutgers===
{{Main|2010–2014 Big Ten Conference realignment}}
In December 2009, Big Ten Conference commissioner [[Jim Delany]] announced that the league was looking to expand in what would later be part of a nationwide trend as part of the [[2010–2014 NCAA conference realignment]].<ref name="Expansion 101">{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/columns/story?columnist=schlabach_mark&id=5268212 |title=Expansion 101: What's at stake? |first=Mark |last=Schlabach |author-link=Mark Schlabach |publisher=[[ESPN]] |date=June 9, 2010 |access-date=June 11, 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100612152453/http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/columns/story?columnist=schlabach_mark&id=5268212| archive-date= June 12, 2010 | url-status=live}}</ref> On June 11, 2010, the [[University of Nebraska–Lincoln|University of Nebraska]] applied for membership in the Big Ten and was unanimously approved as the conference's 12th school, which became effective July 1, 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bigten.org/genrel/061110aab.html|title=University of Nebraska Approved to Join Big Ten Conference by Council of Presidents/Chancellors|publisher=Big Ten Conference|date=June 11, 2010|access-date=June 11, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101222184204/http://www.bigten.org/genrel/061110aab.html|archive-date=December 22, 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref> The conference retained the name "Big Ten". This briefly led to the interesting and ironic result of the Big Ten consisting of twelve teams, and the Big 12 consisting of ten teams (with fellow former Big 12 member [[University of Colorado Boulder|Colorado]]'s move to the [[Pac-12 Conference]]). As part of the agreement to join the Big Ten, Nebraska would not receive a full share of the media revenue for the first six years of its membership, until fall 2017.<ref name="nj.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.nj.com/rutgersfootball/2022/07/usc-ucla-will-receive-full-big-ten-revenue-share-before-rutgers-heres-why.html|title=USC, UCLA will receive full Big Ten revenue share before Rutgers: Here's why|date=July 28, 2022 }}</ref>

====Legends and Leaders divisions====
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On September 1, 2010, Delany revealed the conference's football divisional split, but noted that the division names would be announced later. Those division names, as well as the conference's new logo, were made public on December 13, 2010. For its new logo, the conference replaced the "hidden 11" logo with one that uses the "B1G" character combination in its branding. Delany did not comment on the logo that day, but it was immediately evident that the new logo would "allow fans to see 'BIG' and '10' in a single word."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bigten.org/newlogo/|title=Big Ten Conference Reveals New Logo and Honors Football History with Division Names and Trophies|publisher=Big Ten Conference|access-date=April 2, 2014|quote="The new Big Ten logo was developed to symbolize the conference's future, as well as its rich heritage, strong tradition of competition, academic leadership, and passionate alumni," said Gericke. "Its contemporary collegiate lettering includes an embedded numeral "10" in the word "BIG", which allows fans to see "BIG" and "10" in a single word. Memorable and distinctive, the new logo evolved from the previous logo's use of negative space and is built on the conference's iconic name, without reference to the number of member institutions. The new logo also provides the flexibility of multiple versions which can be used horizontally, vertically and within new media."|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407070609/http://www.bigten.org/newlogo/|archive-date=April 7, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>

For the new football division names, the Big Ten was unable to use geographic names, because they had rejected a geographic arrangement. Delany announced that the new divisions would be known as the "Legends Division" and "Leaders Division". In the Legends division were Iowa, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Nebraska and Northwestern. The Leaders division was composed of Illinois, Indiana, Ohio State, Penn State, Purdue and Wisconsin. Conference officials stated they had focused on creating competitive fairness rather than splitting by geographical location.<ref>{{cite web|title=Big Ten sets new divisions; splits up Illinois-NU|last=Ryan|first=Shannon|url=http://www.chicagobreakingsports.com/2010/09/big-ten-divisions-to-be-revealed-on-6-pm-tv-show.html|work=Chicago Tribune|date=September 1, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100904033515/http://www.chicagobreakingsports.com/2010/09/big-ten-divisions-to-be-revealed-on-6-pm-tv-show.html |archive-date=September 4, 2010 |access-date=December 6, 2014}}</ref> However, the new "Legends" and "Leaders" divisions were not met with enthusiasm. Some traditional rivals, including Ohio State and Michigan, were placed in separate divisions.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/news/story?id=5930029 | title=Big Ten may rethink Legends, Leaders | work=ESPN.com | agency=Associated Press | date=December 17, 2010 | access-date=August 6, 2023}}</ref>

For the football season, each team played the others in its division, one "cross-over" rivalry game, and two rotating cross-divisional games. At the end of the regular season the two division winners met in a new [[Big Ten Football Championship Game]].<ref>Garcia, Marlen (December 13, 2010). [http://content.usatoday.com/communities/campusrivalry/post/2010/12/big-ten-divisions-legends-leaders-new-logo/1 "Big Ten Unveils Logo, Names Football Divisions 'Legends' and 'Leaders'"], ''USA Today''. Retrieved November 22, 2015.</ref> The Legends and Leaders divisional alignment was in effect for the [[2011 Big Ten Conference football season|2011]], [[2012 Big Ten Conference football season|2012]] and [[2013 Big Ten Conference football season|2013]] football seasons.

====Maryland and Rutgers join====

On November 19, 2012, the University of Maryland's Board of Regents voted to withdraw from the [[Atlantic Coast Conference|ACC]] and join the Big Ten as its 13th member effective on July 1, 2014.<ref>{{cite news|last=Prewitt|first=Alex|title=Maryland moving to Big Ten|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/terrapins-insider/wp/2012/11/19/maryland-approves-move-to-big-ten-reports-say/|access-date=November 19, 2012|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=November 19, 2012}}</ref> The Big Ten's Council of Presidents approved the move later that day.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Barker|first1=Jeff|last2=Korman|first2=Chris|title=Maryland's application for Big Ten admission approved|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/college/bal-maryland-to-seek-admission-into-big-ten-conference-1119,0,7212065.story|access-date=November 19, 2012|newspaper=[[The Baltimore Sun]]|date=November 19, 2012}}</ref> One day later, Rutgers University of the [[Big East Conference (1979–2013)|Big East]] also accepted an offer for membership from the Big Ten as its 14th member school.<ref>{{cite web|title=Rutgers University To Join The Big Ten Conference|url=http://www.bigten.org/genrel/112012aaf.html|access-date=November 20, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121127180040/http://www.bigten.org/genrel/112012aaf.html|archive-date=November 27, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> Like Nebraska, both schools would not receive full shares of the media revenue until six years after they joined. However, both schools took loans from the conference, thus pushing back the date they would receive full shares.<ref name="nj.com"/>

====West and East divisions====
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On April 28, 2013, the Big Ten presidents and chancellors unanimously approved a football divisional realignment that went into effect when Maryland and Rutgers joined in 2014.<ref name="2014 realignment approved">{{cite news|url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/9220734 |title=Big Ten's divisional overhaul OK'd |first=Adam |last=Rittenberg |work=ESPN.com |date=April 28, 2013 |access-date=April 28, 2013}}</ref> Under the new plan, the Legends and Leaders divisions were replaced with geographic divisions.<ref name="2014 realignment approved" /> The West Division included Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, Northwestern, Purdue and Wisconsin (of which all but Purdue are in the [[Central Time Zone]]), while the East Division included Indiana, Maryland, Michigan, Michigan State, Ohio State, Penn State and Rutgers (all of which are in the [[Eastern Time Zone]]). The final issue in determining the new divisions was which of the two Indiana schools would be sent to the West; Purdue was chosen because its [[West Lafayette, Indiana|West Lafayette]] campus is geographically west of Indiana's home city of [[Bloomington, Indiana|Bloomington]].<ref name="2014 divisions">{{cite news|url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/9191768 |title=Sources: Big Ten to realign divisions |first1=Brett |last1=McMurphy |first2=Adam |last2=Rittenberg |work=ESPN.com |date=April 19, 2013 |access-date=April 19, 2013}}</ref> The divisional alignment permanently protected the cross-divisional football rivalry [[Old Oaken Bucket|Indiana–Purdue]].<ref name="2014 realignment approved" /> As before, the two division winners played each other in the Big Ten Football Championship Game.  The West and East divisional alignment was in effect for ten football seasons, from 2014 through 2023.

====Affiliate members join====
On June 3, 2013, the Big Ten announced the sponsorship of men's and women's lacrosse. For any conference to qualify for an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament, at least six member schools must play the sport. In women's lacrosse, the addition of Maryland and Rutgers to the Big Ten brought the conference up to the requisite six participants, joining programs at Michigan, Northwestern, Ohio State and Penn State.<ref name="Lacrosse and JHU">{{cite web|title=Big Ten Announces Institution of Men's and Women's Lacrosse and Addition of Johns Hopkins as Men's Lacrosse Sport Affiliate Member|url=http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-lacros/spec-rel/060313aah.html|work=Big Ten Conference|access-date=June 3, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130710234815/http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-lacros/spec-rel/060313aah.html|archive-date=July 10, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> In men's lacrosse, Ohio State and Penn State were the only existing participants. Coincident with the addition of Maryland and Rutgers, Michigan agreed to upgrade its successful club team to varsity status, giving the Big Ten five sponsoring schools, one short of the minimum six for an automatic bid. [[Johns Hopkins University]] opted to join the conference as its first affiliate member beginning in 2014. Johns Hopkins had been independent in men's lacrosse for 130 years, claiming 44 national championships.<ref name="JHU-hub">{{cite web|title=Johns Hopkins men's lacrosse team to join Big Ten Conference|url=http://hub.jhu.edu/2013/06/03/johns-hopkins-lacrosse-big-ten|work=Hub |publisher=Johns Hopkins University |access-date=June 3, 2013|date=June 3, 2013}}</ref> As long-time independents joined conferences (for example, Syracuse joining the Atlantic Coast Conference), other schools competing as independents in some cases concluded that the inability to earn an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament was becoming a more serious competitive disadvantage in scheduling and recruiting.

On March 23, 2016, the Big Ten Conference and Notre Dame announced the [[Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's ice hockey|Fighting Irish]] would become a men's ice hockey affiliate beginning with the 2017–18 season.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-hockey/spec-rel/032316aaa.html |title=Big Ten Announces Addition of Notre Dame Men's Ice Hockey as Sport Affiliate Member Beginning with 2017–18 Season |date=March 23, 2016 |work=Big Ten Conference|access-date=June 12, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160528202809/http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-hockey/spec-rel/032316aaa.html |archive-date=May 28, 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Notre Dame had been a member of [[Hockey East]], and the move would save travel time and renew rivalries with former [[Central Collegiate Hockey Association|CCHA]] and [[Western Collegiate Hockey Association|WCHA]] members.

[[File:Big 10 HQ (21617731102).jpg|thumb|right|The conference's headquarters in Rosemont, Illinois]]
In 2013, the conference moved its headquarters from its location in [[Park Ridge, Illinois]] to neighboring [[Rosemont, Illinois|Rosemont]]. The office building is situated within Rosemont's Parkway Bank Park Entertainment District (then named [[MB Financial]] Park Entertainment District), alongside [[Interstate 294]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20131013/news/710139913/ |title=Big Ten Conference moves into Rosemont headquarters |publisher=DailyHerald.com |date=October 13, 2013 |access-date=March 28, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20120716/business/707169849/ |title=Big Ten relocating headquarters to Rosemont |publisher=DailyHerald.com |date=July 17, 2012 |access-date=March 28, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ratioarchitects.com/assets/uploads/Big_Ten_Headquarters.pdf|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029185348/http://www.ratioarchitects.com/assets/uploads/Big_Ten_Headquarters.pdf|url-status=dead|title=Big Ten Headquarters|archivedate=October 29, 2013}}</ref>