Editing Big Ten Conference (section)

===Membership timeline===
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Period = from:1896 till:2044
TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal
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Colors = id:barcolor
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 id:bg value:white
 id:Full value:rgb(0.742,0.727,0.852) # Use this color to denote a team that is a member in all sports
 id:FullxF value:rgb(0.551,0.824,0.777) # Use this color to denote a team that is a member in all sports except for football
 id:AssocF value:rgb(0.98,0.5,0.445) # Use this color to denote a team that is a member for football only
 id:AssocOS value:rgb(0.78,0.391,0.654) # Use this color to denote a team that is a member in some sports, but not all (consider identifying in legend or a footnote)
 id:OtherC1 value:rgb(0.996,0.996,0.699) # Use this color to denote a team that has moved to another conference
 id:OtherC2 value:rgb(0.988,0.703,0.383) # Use this color to denote a team that has moved to another conference where OtherC1 has already been used, to distinguish the two

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 bar:1 color:Full from:1896 till:end text:[[University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign|Illinois]] (1896–present)

 bar:2 color:Full from:1896 till:end text:[[University of Minnesota|Minnesota]] (1896–present)

 bar:3 color:Full from:1896 till:end text:[[Northwestern University|Northwestern]] (1896–present)

 bar:4 color:Full from:1896 till:end text:[[Purdue University|Purdue]] (1896–present)

 bar:5 color:Full from:1896 till:end text:[[University of Wisconsin–Madison|Wisconsin]] (1896–present)

 bar:6 color:Full from:1896 till:1907 text:[[University of Michigan|Michigan]] (1896–1907)
 bar:6 shift:(45) color:OtherC1 from:1907 till:1917 text:Ind.
 bar:6 color:Full from:1917 till:end text:(1917–present)

 bar:7 color:Full from:1896 till:1940 text:[[University of Chicago|Chicago]] (1896–1946)
 bar:7 color:FullxF from:1940 till:1946 text:
 bar:7 color:OtherC1 from:1946 till:1976 text:Independent
 bar:7 color:OtherC2 from:1976 till:1986 text:[[Midwest Conference|MWC]]
 bar:7 color:OtherC1 from:1986 till:end text:[[University Athletic Association|UAA]]

 bar:8 color:OtherC1 from:1896 till:1899 text:Ind.
 bar:8 color:FullxF from:1899 till:1900 text:[[Indiana University Bloomington|Indiana]] (1899–present)
 bar:8 color:Full from:1900 till:end

 bar:9 color:OtherC1 from:1896 till:1899 text:Ind.
 bar:9 color:FullxF from:1899 till:1900 text:[[University of Iowa|Iowa]] (1899–present)
 bar:9 color:Full from:1900 till:end

 bar:10 color:OtherC1 from:1896 till:1912 text:Independent
 bar:10 color:Full from:1912 till:end text:[[Ohio State University|Ohio State]] (1912–present)

 bar:11 color:OtherC1 from:1896 till:1907 text:[[Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association|MIAA]]
 bar:11 color:OtherC2 from:1907 till:1950 text:Independent
 bar:11 color:FullxF from:1950 till:1953 text:[[Michigan State University|Michigan State]] (1950–present)
 bar:11 color:Full from:1953 till:end

 bar:12 color:OtherC1 from:1896 till:1976 text:Independent
 bar:12 color:OtherC2 from:1976 till:1979 text:[[Atlantic 10 Conference|A-10]]
 bar:12 color:OtherC1 from:1979 till:1982 text:[[NCAA Division I FBS independent schools|Ind.]]
 bar:12 color:OtherC2 from:1982 till:1990 text:[[Atlantic 10 Conference|A-10]]
 bar:12 color:FullxF from:1990 till:1993 text:[[Pennsylvania State University|Penn State]] (1990–present)
 bar:12 color:Full from:1993 till:end

 bar:13 color:OtherC1 from:1896 till:1907 text:Independent
 bar:13 color:OtherC2 from:1907 till:1918 text:[[Big Eight Conference|Big Eight]]
 bar:13 color:OtherC1 from:1918 till:1921 text:Ind.
 bar:13 color:OtherC2 from:1921 till:1996 text:[[Big Eight Conference|Big Eight]]
 bar:13 color:OtherC1 from:1996 till:2011 text:[[Big 12 Conference|Big 12]]
 bar:13 color:Full from:2011 till:end text:[[University of Nebraska-Lincoln|Nebraska]] (2011–present)

 bar:14 color:OtherC1 from:1896 till:1921 text:Independent
 bar:14 color:OtherC2 from:1921 till:1953 text:[[Southern Conference|SoCon]]
 bar:14 color:OtherC1 from:1953 till:2014 text:[[Atlantic Coast Conference|ACC]]
 bar:14 color:Full from:2014 till:end text:[[University of Maryland, College Park|Maryland]] (2014–present)

 bar:15 color:OtherC1 from:1896 till:1958 text:Independent
 bar:15 shift:(-5) color:OtherC2 from:1958 till:1961 text:[[Middle Atlantic Conference|MAC]]
 bar:15 shift:(5) color:OtherC1 from:1961 till:1976 text:Independent
 bar:15 color:OtherC2 from:1976 till:1995 text:[[Atlantic 10 Conference|A-10]]
 bar:15 color:OtherC1 from:1995 till:2013 text:[[Big East Conference (1979–2013)|Big East]]
 bar:15 shift:(-10) color:OtherC2 from:2013 till:2014 text:[[American Athletic Conference|AAC]]
 bar:15 color:Full from:2014 till:end text:[[Rutgers University–New Brunswick|Rutgers]] (2014–present)

 bar:16 color:AssocOS from:2014 till:end text:[[Johns Hopkins University|Johns Hopkins]] (2014–present)

 bar:17 color:AssocOS from:2017 till:end text:[[University of Notre Dame|Notre Dame]] (2017–present)

 bar:18 shift:(-10) color:OtherC1 from:1919 till:1920 text:Ind.
 bar:18 shift:(5) color:OtherC2 from:1920 till:1928 text:[[Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference|SCIAC]]
 bar:18 color:OtherC1 from:1928 till:1959 text:[[Pacific Coast Conference|PCC]]
 bar:18 color:OtherC1 from:1959 till:1968 text:[[Pac-12 Conference|AAWU]]
 bar:18 color:OtherC1 from:1968 till:1978 text:[[Pac-12 Conference|Pac-8]]
 bar:18 color:OtherC1 from:1978 till:2011 text:[[Pac-12 Conference|Pac-10]]
 bar:18 color:OtherC1 from:2011 till:2024 text:[[Pac-12 Conference|Pac-12]]
 bar:18 color:Full from:2024 till:end text:[[UCLA]] (2024–present)

 bar:19 color:OtherC2 from:1896 till:1922 text:Independent
 bar:19 color:OtherC1 from:1922 till:1959 text:[[Pacific Coast Conference|PCC]]
 bar:19 color:OtherC1 from:1959 till:1968 text:[[Pac-12 Conference|AAWU]]
 bar:19 color:OtherC1 from:1968 till:1978 text:[[Pac-12 Conference|Pac-8]]
 bar:19 color:OtherC1 from:1978 till:2011 text:[[Pac-12 Conference|Pac-10]]
 bar:19 color:OtherC1 from:2011 till:2024 text:[[Pac-12 Conference|Pac-12]]
 bar:19 color:Full from:2024 till:end text:[[University of Southern California|USC]] (2024–present)

 bar:20 color:OtherC1 from:1896 till:1908 text:Independent
 bar:20 shift:(-15) color:OtherC2 from:1908 till:1909 text:[[Northwest Intercollegiate Athletic Association|NIAA]]
 bar:20 color:OtherC1 from:1909 till:1912 text:Ind.
 bar:20 color:OtherC2 from:1912 till:1915 text:[[Northwest Intercollegiate Athletic Association|NIAA]]
 bar:20 shift:(15) color:OtherC1 from:1915 till:1959 text:[[Pacific Coast Conference|PCC]]
 bar:20 color:OtherC1 from:1959 till:1968 text:[[Pac-12 Conference|AAWU]]
 bar:20 color:OtherC1 from:1968 till:1978 text:[[Pac-12 Conference|Pac-8]]
 bar:20 color:OtherC1 from:1978 till:2011 text:[[Pac-12 Conference|Pac-10]]
 bar:20 color:OtherC1 from:2011 till:2024 text:[[Pac-12 Conference|Pac-12]]
 bar:20 color:Full from:2024 till:end text:[[University of Oregon|Oregon]] (2024–present)

 bar:21 color:OtherC1 from:1896 till:1905 text:Independent
 bar:21 color:OtherC2 from:1905 till:1915 text:[[Northwest Intercollegiate Athletic Association|NIAA]]
 bar:21 color:OtherC1 from:1915 till:1959 text:[[Pacific Coast Conference|PCC]]
 bar:21 color:OtherC1 from:1959 till:1968 text:[[Pac-12 Conference|AAWU]]
 bar:21 color:OtherC1 from:1968 till:1978 text:[[Pac-12 Conference|Pac-8]]
 bar:21 color:OtherC1 from:1978 till:2011 text:[[Pac-12 Conference|Pac-10]]
 bar:21 color:OtherC1 from:2011 till:2024 text:[[Pac-12 Conference|Pac-12]]
 bar:21 color:Full from:2024 till:end text:[[University of Washington|Washington]] (2024–present)

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 text:^"Big Ten Conference membership history"
#> If the chart uses more than one bar color, add a legend by selecting the appropriate fields from the following six options (use only the colors that are used in the graphic.) Leave a blank line after the end of the timeline, then add a line with the selected values from the list, separated by a space. {{Font color||{{RGB|190|186|218}}|Full members}} {{Font color||{{RGB|141|211|199}}|Full members (non-football)}} {{Font color||{{RGB|251|128|114}}|Assoc. members (football only)}} {{Font color||{{RGB|128|177|211}}|Assoc. member (list sports)}} {{Font color||{{RGB|255|255|179}}|Other Conference}} {{Font color||{{RGB|253|180|98}}|Other Conference}} <# </timeline>

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