The Big Ten Conference is the oldest Division I college athletic
conference in the United States. The conference is made up of eleven member
universities situated in the Midwestern United States.
The Big Ten was established in 1896 and its eleven member schools share a
common mission of research, graduate, professional and undergraduate
teaching and public service. These colleges maintain a comprehensive set of
shared principles and policies that enforce the priority of academic
achievement for student athletes. Big Ten universities give out $94 million
in direct financial aid to over eight thousand four hundred women and men student-athletes
who compete for twenty five championships, 13 for women and 12 for men.
The Big Ten offers the following intercollegiate sports:
Women's sports:
Basketball, Cross Country, Field Hockey, Golf, Gymnastics, Indoor
Track and Field, Rowing, Soccer, Softball, Swimming and Diving,
Tennis, Outdoor Track and Field and Volleyball.
Men's Sports:
Baseball, Basketball, Cross Country, Football, golf, Gymnastics,
Indoor Track and Field, Soccer, Swimming and Diving, Tennis, Outdoor
Track and Field and Wrestling.