Big Ten Conference football champions

=Yearly Big Ten Conference football champions=

*A school name with an asterisk following it acknowledges a major recognized national championship for that season. National Championships are from the NCAA Division I-A national football championship page, under the table of recognized national championships. Like that page states, the posted information is under constant debate. See [http://www.ncaa.org/champadmin/ia_football_past_champs.html here] for what minor polls selected as national champions in past years.

Championships by school

"*" Chicago discontinued its football program in 1939 and withdrew from the conference in 1946.