Record Ranking Year Champions Conference Overall AP Coaches Bowl result Head coach 1896 Wisconsin 2 -- 0 -- 1 7 -- 1 -- 1 Started in 1936 Started in 1950 -- Philip King 1897 Wisconsin 3 -- 0 9 -- 1 Started in 1936 Started in 1950 -- Philip King 1898 Michigan 3 -- 0 10 -- 0 Started in 1936 Started in 1950 -- Gustave Ferbert 1899 Chicago 4 -- 0 16 -- 0 -- 2 Started in 1936 Started in 1950 -- Amos Alonzo Stagg 1900 Iowa 2 -- 0 -- 1 7 -- 0 -- 1 Started in 1936 Started in 1950 -- Alden Knipe Minnesota 3 -- 0 -- 1 10 -- 0 -- 2 Started in 1936 Started in 1950 -- Henry L. Williams 1901 Michigan * 4 -- 0 11 -- 0 Started in 1936 Started in 1950 W Rose Bowl 49 -- 0 vs. Stanford Fielding H. Yost Wisconsin 2 -- 0 9 -- 0 Started in 1936 Started in 1950 -- Philip King 1902 Michigan * 5 -- 0 11 -- 0 Started in 1936 Started in 1950 -- Fielding H. Yost 1903 Michigan * 3 -- 0 -- 1 11 -- 0 -- 1 Started in 1936 Started in 1950 -- Fielding H. Yost Minnesota 3 -- 0 -- 1 14 -- 0 -- 1 Started in 1936 Started in 1950 -- Henry L. Williams Northwestern 1 -- 0 -- 2 10 -- 1 -- 3 Started in 1936 Started in 1950 -- Walter McCornack 1904 Michigan * 2 -- 0 10 -- 0 Started in 1936 Started in 1950 -- Fielding H. Yost Minnesota * 3 -- 0 13 -- 0 Started in 1936 Started in 1950 -- Henry L. Williams 1905 Chicago * 7 -- 0 11 -- 0 Started in 1936 Started in 1950 -- Amos Alonzo Stagg 1906 Michigan 1 -- 0 4 -- 1 Started in 1936 Started in 1950 -- Fielding H. Yost Minnesota 2 -- 0 4 -- 1 Started in 1936 Started in 1950 -- Henry L. Williams Wisconsin 3 -- 0 5 -- 0 Started in 1936 Started in 1950 -- Charles P. Hutchins 1907 Chicago 4 -- 0 4 -- 1 Started in 1936 Started in 1950 -- Amos Alonzo Stagg 1908 Chicago 5 -- 0 5 -- 0 -- 1 Started in 1936 Started in 1950 -- Amos Alonzo Stagg 1909 Minnesota 3 -- 0 6 -- 1 Started in 1936 Started in 1950 -- Henry L. Williams 1910 Illinois 4 -- 0 7 -- 0 Started in 1936 Started in 1950 -- Arthur Hall Minnesota 2 -- 0 6 -- 1 Started in 1936 Started in 1950 -- Henry L. Williams 1911 Minnesota 3 -- 0 -- 1 6 -- 0 -- 1 Started in 1936 Started in 1950 -- Henry L. Williams 1912 Wisconsin 5 -- 0 7 -- 0 Started in 1936 Started in 1950 -- William Juneau 1913 Chicago 7 -- 0 7 -- 0 Started in 1936 Started in 1950 -- Amos Alonzo Stagg 1914 Illinois * 6 -- 0 7 -- 0 Started in 1936 Started in 1950 -- Robert Zuppke 1915 Illinois 3 -- 0 -- 2 5 -- 0 -- 2 Started in 1936 Started in 1950 -- Robert Zuppke Minnesota 3 -- 0 -- 1 6 -- 0 -- 1 Started in 1936 Started in 1950 -- Henry L. Williams 1916 Ohio State 4 -- 0 7 -- 0 Started in 1936 Started in 1950 -- John Wilce 1917 Ohio State 4 -- 0 8 -- 0 -- 1 Started in 1936 Started in 1950 -- John Wilce 1918 Illinois 4 -- 0 5 -- 2 Started in 1936 Started in 1950 -- Robert Zuppke Michigan 2 -- 0 5 -- 0 Started in 1936 Started in 1950 -- Fielding H. Yost Purdue 1 -- 0 3 -- 3 Started in 1936 Started in 1950 -- A.G. Scanlon 1919 Illinois * 6 -- 1 6 -- 1 Started in 1936 Started in 1950 -- Robert Zuppke 1920 Ohio State 5 -- 0 7 -- 1 Started in 1936 Started in 1950 L Rose Bowl 0 -- 28 vs. California John Wilce 1921 Iowa 5 -- 0 7 -- 0 Started in 1936 Started in 1950 -- Howard Jones 1922 Chicago 4 -- 0 -- 1 5 -- 1 -- 1 Started in 1936 Started in 1950 -- Amos Alonzo Stagg Iowa 5 -- 0 7 -- 0 Started in 1936 Started in 1950 -- Howard Jones Michigan 4 -- 0 6 -- 0 -- 1 Started in 1936 Started in 1950 -- Fielding H. Yost 1923 Illinois * 5 -- 0 8 -- 0 Started in 1936 Started in 1950 -- Robert Zuppke Michigan * 4 -- 0 8 -- 0 Started in 1936 Started in 1950 -- Fielding H. Yost 1924 Chicago 3 -- 0 -- 3 4 -- 1 -- 3 Started in 1936 Started in 1950 -- Amos Alonzo Stagg 1925 Michigan 5 -- 1 7 -- 1 Started in 1936 Started in 1950 -- Fielding H. Yost 1926 Michigan 5 -- 0 7 -- 1 Started in 1936 Started in 1950 -- Fielding H. Yost Northwestern 5 -- 0 7 -- 1 Started in 1936 Started in 1950 -- Glenn Thistlethwaite 1927 Illinois * 5 -- 0 7 -- 0 -- 1 Started in 1936 Started in 1950 -- Robert Zuppke Minnesota 3 -- 0 -- 1 6 -- 0 -- 2 Started in 1936 Started in 1950 -- Clarence Spears 1928 Illinois 4 -- 1 7 -- 1 Started in 1936 Started in 1950 -- Robert Zuppke 1929 Purdue 5 -- 0 8 -- 0 Started in 1936 Started in 1950 -- James Phelan 1930 Michigan 5 -- 0 8 -- 0 -- 1 Started in 1936 Started in 1950 -- Harry Kipke Northwestern 5 -- 0 7 -- 1 Started in 1936 Started in 1950 -- Dick Hanley 1931 Michigan 5 -- 1 8 -- 1 -- 1 Started in 1936 Started in 1950 -- Harry Kipke Northwestern 5 -- 1 7 -- 1 -- 1 Started in 1936 Started in 1950 -- Dick Hanley Purdue 5 -- 1 9 -- 1 Started in 1936 Started in 1950 -- Noble Kizer 1932 Michigan * 6 -- 0 8 -- 0 Started in 1936 Started in 1950 -- Harry Kipke Purdue 5 -- 0 -- 1 7 -- 0 -- 1 Started in 1936 Started in 1950 -- Noble Kizer 1933 Michigan * 5 -- 0 -- 1 7 -- 0 -- 1 Started in 1936 Started in 1950 -- Harry Kipke Minnesota 2 -- 0 -- 4 4 -- 0 -- 4 Started in 1936 Started in 1950 -- Bernie Bierman 1934 Minnesota * 5 -- 0 8 -- 0 Started in 1936 Started in 1950 -- Bernie Bierman 1935 Minnesota * 5 -- 0 8 -- 0 Started in 1936 Started in 1950 -- Bernie Bierman Ohio State 5 -- 0 7 -- 1 Started in 1936 Started in 1950 -- Francis Schmidt 1936 Northwestern 6 -- 0 7 -- 1 # 7 Started in 1950 -- Pappy Waldorf 1937 Minnesota 5 -- 0 6 -- 2 # 5 Started in 1950 -- Bernie Bierman 1938 Minnesota 4 -- 1 6 -- 2 # 10 Started in 1950 -- Bernie Bierman 1939 Ohio State 5 -- 1 6 -- 2 # 15 Started in 1950 -- Francis Schmidt 1940 Minnesota * 6 -- 0 8 -- 0 # 1 Started in 1950 -- Bernie Bierman 1941 Minnesota * 5 -- 0 8 -- 0 # 1 Started in 1950 -- Bernie Bierman 1942 Ohio State * 5 -- 1 9 -- 1 # 1 Started in 1950 -- Paul Brown 1943 Michigan 6 -- 0 8 -- 1 # 3 Started in 1950 -- Fritz Crisler Purdue 6 -- 0 9 -- 0 # 5 Started in 1950 -- Elmer Burnham 1944 Ohio State 6 -- 0 9 -- 0 # 2 Started in 1950 -- Carroll Widdoes 1945 Indiana 5 -- 0 -- 1 9 -- 0 -- 1 # 4 Started in 1950 -- Bo McMillin 1946 Illinois 6 -- 1 8 -- 2 # 5 Started in 1950 W Rose Bowl 45 -- 14 vs. UCLA Ray Eliot 1947 Michigan * 6 -- 0 10 -- 0 # 2 Started in 1950 W Rose Bowl 49 -- 0 vs. USC Fritz Crisler 1948 Michigan * 5 -- 0 9 -- 0 # 1 Started in 1950 -- Bennie Oosterbaan 1949 Michigan 4 -- 1 -- 1 6 -- 2 -- 1 # 7 Started in 1950 -- Bennie Oosterbaan Ohio State 4 -- 1 -- 1 7 -- 1 -- 2 # 4 Started in 1950 W Rose Bowl 17 - 14 vs. California Wes Fesler 1950 Michigan 4 -- 1 -- 1 6 -- 3 -- 1 # 9 # 6 W Rose Bowl 14 -- 6 vs. California Bennie Oosterbaan 1951 Illinois 5 -- 0 -- 1 9 -- 0 -- 1 # 4 # 3 W Rose Bowl 40 -- 7 vs. Stanford Ray Eliot 1952 Purdue 4 -- 1 -- 1 4 -- 3 -- 2 # 18 # 12 -- Stu Holcomb Wisconsin 4 -- 1 -- 1 6 -- 3 -- 1 # 11 # 10 L Rose Bowl 7 -- 0 vs. USC Ivy Williamson 1953 Illinois 5 -- 1 7 -- 1 -- 1 # 7 # 7 -- Ray Eliot Michigan State 5 -- 1 9 -- 1 # 3 # 3 W Rose Bowl 28 -- 20 vs. UCLA Clarence Munn 1954 Ohio State * 7 -- 0 10 -- 0 # 1 # 2 W Rose Bowl 20 -- 7 vs. USC Woody Hayes 1955 Ohio State 6 -- 0 7 -- 2 # 5 # 5 -- Woody Hayes 1956 Iowa 5 -- 1 9 -- 1 # 3 # 3 W Rose Bowl 35 -- 19 vs. Oregon State Forest Evashevski 1957 Ohio State * 7 -- 0 9 -- 1 # 2 # 1 W Rose Bowl 10 -- 7 vs. Oregon Woody Hayes 1958 Iowa * 5 -- 1 8 -- 1 -- 1 # 2 # 2 W Rose Bowl 38 -- 12 vs. California Forest Evashevski 1959 Wisconsin 5 -- 2 7 -- 3 # 6 # 6 L Rose Bowl 44 -- 8 vs. Washington Milt Bruhn 1960 Iowa 5 -- 1 8 -- 1 # 3 # 2 -- Forest Evashevski Minnesota * 6 -- 1 8 -- 2 # 1 # 1 L Rose Bowl 17 -- 7 vs. Washington Murray Warmath 1961 Ohio State * 6 -- 0 8 -- 0 -- 1 # 2 # 2 -- Woody Hayes 1962 Wisconsin 6 -- 1 8 -- 2 # 2 # 2 L Rose Bowl 42 -- 37 vs. USC Milt Bruhn 1963 Illinois 5 -- 1 -- 1 8 -- 1 -- 1 # 2 # 2 W Rose Bowl 17 -- 7 vs. Washington Pete Elliott 1964 Michigan 6 -- 1 9 -- 1 # 4 # 4 W Rose Bowl 34 -- 7 vs. Oregon State Bump Elliott 1965 Michigan State * 7 -- 0 10 -- 1 # 2 # 1 L Rose Bowl 14 -- 12 vs. UCLA Duffy Daugherty 1966 Michigan State * 7 -- 0 9 -- 0 -- 1 # 2 # 2 -- Duffy Daugherty 1967 Indiana 6 -- 1 9 -- 2 # 4 # 6 L Rose Bowl 14 -- 3 vs. USC John Pont Minnesota 6 -- 1 8 -- 2 -- # 14 -- Murray Warmath Purdue 6 -- 1 8 -- 2 # 9 # 9 -- Jack Mollenkopf 1968 Ohio State * 7 -- 0 10 -- 0 # 1 # 1 W Rose Bowl 27 -- 16 vs. USC Woody Hayes 1969 Michigan 6 -- 1 8 -- 3 # 9 # 8 L Rose Bowl 10 -- 3 vs. USC Bo Schembechler Ohio State 6 -- 1 8 -- 1 # 4 # 5 -- Woody Hayes 1970 Ohio State * 7 -- 0 9 -- 1 # 5 # 2 L Rose Bowl 27 -- 17 vs. Stanford Woody Hayes 1971 Michigan 8 -- 0 11 -- 1 # 6 # 4 L Rose Bowl 13 -- 12 vs. Stanford Bo Schembechler 1972 Michigan 7 -- 1 10 -- 1 # 6 # 6 -- Bo Schembechler Ohio State 7 -- 1 9 -- 2 # 9 # 3 L Rose Bowl 42 -- 17 vs. USC Woody Hayes 1973 Michigan 7 -- 0 -- 1 10 -- 0 -- 1 # 6 # 6 -- Bo Schembechler Ohio State 7 -- 0 -- 1 10 -- 0 -- 1 # 2 # 3 W Rose Bowl 42 -- 21 vs. USC Woody Hayes Michigan 7 -- 1 10 -- 1 # 3 # 5 -- Bo Schembechler Ohio State 7 -- 1 10 -- 2 # 4 # 3 L Rose Bowl 18 -- 17 vs. USC Woody Hayes Ohio State 8 -- 0 11 -- 1 # 4 # 4 L Rose Bowl 23 -- 10 vs. UCLA Woody Hayes 1976 Michigan 7 -- 1 10 -- 2 # 3 # 3 L Rose Bowl 14 -- 6 vs. USC Bo Schembechler Ohio State 7 -- 1 9 -- 2 -- 1 # 6 # 5 W Orange Bowl 27 -- 10 vs. Colorado Woody Hayes 1977 Michigan 7 -- 1 10 -- 2 # 9 # 8 L Rose Bowl 27 -- 20 vs. Washington Bo Schembechler Ohio State 7 -- 1 9 -- 3 # 11 # 12 L Sugar Bowl 35 -- 6 vs. Alabama Woody Hayes 1978 Michigan 7 -- 1 10 -- 2 # 5 # 5 L Rose Bowl 17 -- 10 vs. USC Bo Schembechler Michigan State 7 -- 1 8 -- 3 # 12 -- -- Darryl Rogers 1979 Ohio State 8 -- 0 11 -- 1 # 4 # 4 L Rose Bowl 17 -- 16 vs. USC Earle Bruce 1980 Michigan 8 -- 0 10 -- 2 # 4 # 4 W Rose Bowl 23 -- 6 vs. Washington Bo Schembechler 1981 Iowa 6 -- 2 8 -- 4 # 18 # 15 L Rose Bowl 28 -- 0 vs. Washington Hayden Fry Ohio State 6 -- 2 9 -- 3 # 15 # 12 W Liberty Bowl 31 -- 28 vs. Navy Earle Bruce 1982 Michigan 8 -- 1 8 -- 4 -- # 15 L Rose Bowl 24 -- 14 vs. UCLA Bo Schembechler Illinois 9 -- 0 10 -- 2 # 10 # 10 L Rose Bowl 45 -- 9 vs. UCLA Mike White 1984 Ohio State 7 -- 2 9 -- 3 # 13 # 12 L Rose Bowl 20 -- 17 vs. USC Earle Bruce 1985 Iowa 7 -- 1 10 -- 2 # 10 # 9 L Rose Bowl 45 -- 28 vs. UCLA Hayden Fry 1986 Michigan 7 -- 1 11 -- 2 # 8 # 7 L Rose Bowl 22 -- 15 vs. Arizona State Bo Schembechler Ohio State 7 -- 1 10 -- 3 # 7 # 6 W Cotton Bowl Classic 28 -- 12 vs. Texas A&M Earle Bruce Michigan State 7 -- 0 -- 1 9 -- 2 -- 1 # 8 # 8 W Rose Bowl 20 -- 17 vs. USC George Perles 1988 Michigan 7 -- 0 -- 1 9 -- 2 -- 1 # 4 # 4 W Rose Bowl 22 -- 14 vs. USC Bo Schembechler 1989 Michigan 8 -- 0 10 -- 2 # 7 # 8 L Rose Bowl 17 -- 10 vs. USC Bo Schembechler 1990 Illinois 6 -- 2 8 -- 4 # 25 # 24 L Hall of Fame Bowl 30 -- 0 vs. Clemson John Mackovic Iowa 6 -- 2 8 -- 4 # 18 # 16 L Rose Bowl 46 -- 34 vs. Washington Hayden Fry Michigan 6 -- 2 9 -- 3 # 7 # 8 W Gator Bowl 35 -- 3 vs. Ole Miss Gary Moeller Michigan State 6 -- 2 8 -- 3 -- 1 # 16 # 14 W John Hancock Bowl 17 -- 16 vs. USC George Perles 1991 Michigan 8 -- 0 10 -- 2 # 6 # 6 L Rose Bowl 34 -- 14 vs. Washington Gary Moeller 1992 Michigan 6 -- 0 -- 2 9 -- 0 -- 3 # 5 # 5 W Rose Bowl 38 -- 31 vs. Washington Gary Moeller 1993 Ohio State 6 -- 1 -- 1 10 -- 1 -- 1 # 11 # 10 W Holiday Bowl 28 -- 21 vs. BYU John Cooper Wisconsin 6 -- 1 -- 1 10 -- 1 -- 1 # 6 # 5 W Rose Bowl 21 -- 16 vs. UCLA Barry Alvarez 1994 Penn State 8 -- 0 12 -- 0 # 2 # 2 W Rose Bowl 38 -- 20 vs. Oregon Joe Paterno 1995 Northwestern 8 -- 0 10 -- 2 # 8 # 7 L Rose Bowl 41 -- 32 vs. USC Gary Barnett Northwestern 7 -- 1 9 -- 3 # 15 # 16 L Florida Citrus Bowl 48 -- 28 vs. Tennessee Gary Barnett Ohio State 7 -- 1 11 -- 1 # 2 # 2 W Rose Bowl 20 -- 17 vs. Arizona State John Cooper 1997 Michigan * 8 -- 0 12 -- 0 # 1 # 2 W Rose Bowl 21 -- 16 vs. Washington State Lloyd Carr 1998 Michigan 7 -- 1 10 -- 3 # 12 # 12 W Florida Citrus Bowl 45 -- 31 vs. Arkansas Lloyd Carr Ohio State 7 -- 1 11 -- 1 # 2 # 2 W Sugar Bowl 24 -- 14 vs. Texas A&M John Cooper Wisconsin 7 -- 1 11 -- 1 # 6 # 5 W Rose Bowl 38 -- 31 vs. UCLA Barry Alvarez 1999 Wisconsin 7 -- 1 10 -- 2 # 4 # 4 W Rose Bowl 17 -- 9 vs. Stanford Barry Alvarez 2000 Michigan 6 -- 2 9 -- 3 # 11 # 10 W Florida Citrus Bowl 31 -- 28 vs. Auburn Lloyd Carr Northwestern 6 -- 2 8 -- 4 -- -- L Alamo Bowl 66 -- 17 vs. Nebraska Randy Walker Purdue 6 -- 2 8 -- 4 # 13 # 13 L Rose Bowl 34 -- 24 vs. Washington Joe Tiller 2001 Illinois 7 -- 1 10 -- 2 # 12 # 12 L Sugar Bowl 47 -- 34 vs. LSU Ron Turner 2002 Iowa 8 -- 0 11 -- 2 # 8 # 8 L Orange Bowl 38 -- 17 vs. USC Kirk Ferentz Ohio State * 8 -- 0 14 -- 0 # 1 # 1 W Fiesta Bowl 31 -- 24 vs. Miami Jim Tressel 2003 Michigan 7 -- 1 10 -- 3 # 6 # 7 L Rose Bowl 28 -- 14 vs. USC Lloyd Carr Iowa 7 -- 1 10 -- 2 # 8 # 8 W Capital One Bowl 30 -- 25 vs. LSU Kirk Ferentz Michigan 7 -- 1 9 -- 3 # 14 # 12 L Rose Bowl 38 -- 37 vs. Texas Lloyd Carr 2005 Ohio State 7 -- 1 10 -- 2 # 4 # 4 W Fiesta Bowl 34 -- 20 vs. Notre Dame Jim Tressel Penn State 7 -- 1 11 -- 1 # 3 # 3 W Orange Bowl 26 -- 23 vs. Florida State Joe Paterno 2006 Ohio State 8 -- 0 12 -- 1 # 2 # 2 L BCS Championship Game 41 -- 14 vs. Florida Jim Tressel 2007 Ohio State 7 -- 1 11 -- 2 # 5 # 4 L BCS Championship Game 38 -- 24 vs. LSU Jim Tressel 2008 Ohio State 7 -- 1 10 -- 3 # 9 # 11 L Fiesta Bowl 24 -- 21 vs. Texas Jim Tressel Penn State 7 -- 1 11 -- 2 # 8 # 8 L Rose Bowl 24 - 38 vs. USC Joe Paterno 2009 Ohio State 7 -- 1 11 -- 2 # 5 # 5 W Rose Bowl 26 -- 17 vs. Oregon Jim Tressel 2010 ^ Michigan State 7 -- 1 11 -- 2 # 14 # 14 L Capital One Bowl 49 -- 7 vs. Alabama Mark Dantonio Wisconsin 7 -- 1 11 -- 2 # 7 # 8 L Rose Bowl 21 -- 19 vs. TCU Bret Bielema 2011 Wisconsin 6 -- 2 11 -- 3 # 10 # 11 L Rose Bowl 45 -- 38 vs. Oregon Bret Bielema 2012 Wisconsin 4 -- 4 8 -- 6 -- -- L Rose Bowl 20 -- 14 vs. Stanford Bret Bielema 2013 Michigan State 8 -- 0 13 -- 1 # 3 # 3 W Rose Bowl 24 -- 20 vs. Stanford Mark Dantonio 2014 Ohio State * 8 -- 0 14 -- 1 # 1 # 1 W CFP Semifinal at Sugar Bowl 42 -- 35 vs. Alabama W College Football Playoff National Championship 42 -- 20 vs. Oregon Urban Meyer 2015 Michigan State 7 -- 1 12 -- 2 # 6 # 6 L CFP Semifinal at Cotton Bowl 38 -- 0 vs. Alabama Mark Dantonio 2016 Penn State 8 -- 1 11 -- 2 # 7 # 7 L Rose Bowl 52 -- 49 vs. USC James Franklin 2017 Ohio State 8 -- 1 Cotton Bowl vs. USC Urban Meyer
when was the last time michigan won the big 10
2015