Big Ten Conference

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NCAA Division I conference collegiate athletic conference

The Big Ten Conference is a major collegiate athletic conference in the United States, known for its large research universities and prominent NCAA Division I sports programs, especially in football and basketball.

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Observed surface forms (16)

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Big Ten 2
Big Ten Conference football 2
Big Ten Conference football program 2

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf NCAA Division I conference ⓘ
collegiate athletic conference ⓘ
abbreviation Big Ten Conference self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: B1G

Big Ten Conference self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Big Ten
academicConsortium Big Ten Academic Alliance ⓘ
competitionLevel Division I ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
emblem Big Ten Conference logo ⓘ
footballSubdivision FBS ⓘ
formerName Western Conference ⓘ
founded 1896 ⓘ
governingBody National Collegiate Athletic Association ⓘ
hasMember Indiana University ⓘ
surface form: Indiana University Bloomington

Michigan State College ⓘ
surface form: Michigan State University

Northwestern University ⓘ
Ohio State University ⓘ
Penn State Fayette, The Eberly Campus ⓘ
surface form: Pennsylvania State University

Purdue University ⓘ
Rutgers University ⓘ
surface form: Rutgers University–New Brunswick

University of California, Los Angeles ⓘ
University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign ⓘ
surface form: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

University of Iowa ⓘ
University of Maryland ⓘ
surface form: University of Maryland, College Park

University of Michigan ⓘ
University of Minnesota ⓘ
surface form: University of Minnesota Twin Cities

University of Nebraska–Lincoln ⓘ
University of Oregon ⓘ
University of Southern California ⓘ
University of Washington ⓘ
University of Wisconsin–Madison ⓘ
headquartersLocation Rosemont, Illinois ⓘ
language English ⓘ
memberInstitutionType private university ⓘ
public university ⓘ
research university ⓘ
notableSport football ⓘ
men's basketball ⓘ
numberOfFullMembers 18 ⓘ
regionServed Midwestern United States ⓘ
Northeastern United States ⓘ
western United States ⓘ
surface form: Western United States
revenueRanking among highest of NCAA conferences ⓘ
sport college baseball ⓘ
college basketball ⓘ
college football ⓘ
college ice hockey ⓘ
college volleyball ⓘ
college wrestling ⓘ
subdivision Football Bowl Subdivision ⓘ
surface form: NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision
televisionNetwork Big Ten Network ⓘ
televisionPartner CBS Sports ⓘ
Fox Sports ⓘ
NBC Sports ⓘ

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P5 → includesConference → Big Ten Conference ⓘ
Power Five → includesConference → Big Ten Conference ⓘ
Power conferences → includesCurrently → Big Ten Conference ⓘ
Power conferences → includesFormerly → Big Ten Conference ⓘ
University of Iowa → knownFor → Big Ten Conference ⓘ
this entity surface form: Big Ten athletics
Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball → league → Big Ten Conference ⓘ
subject surface form: Rutgers Scarlet Knights men's basketball
this entity surface form: Big Ten Conference football
Big Ten Academic Alliance → memberOf → Big Ten Conference ⓘ
Northwestern University → memberOf → Big Ten Conference ⓘ
University of Minnesota → memberOf → Big Ten Conference ⓘ
Badgers → menBasketballConference → Big Ten Conference ⓘ
subject surface form: Wisconsin Badgers
Maroons → notableFormerConference → Big Ten Conference ⓘ
subject surface form: Chicago Maroons
Big Ten Network → ownedBy → Big Ten Conference ⓘ
University of Iowa → partOf → Big Ten Conference ⓘ
Minnesota Golden Gophers → primaryConference → Big Ten Conference ⓘ
Northwestern Wildcats → primaryConference → Big Ten Conference ⓘ
Badgers → primaryConference → Big Ten Conference ⓘ
subject surface form: Wisconsin Badgers
SEC → rival → Big Ten Conference ⓘ
subject surface form: Southeastern Conference
this entity surface form: Big Ten West Division (football, before 2024 realignment)
The Children of Yost → supportsConference → Big Ten Conference ⓘ