The Big Ten Conference

The Big Ten is the oldest collegiate athletic conference in Division I of the NCAA.¹ It was founded in 1896 as the Intercollegiate Conference of Faculty Representatives. Despite its name, it has had eleven members since 1990.

Year joined conference	School name	Year founded	Enroll- ment
1896²	University of Michigan	1817	39,031
1896	University of Wisconsin	1848	40,879
1896	University of Minnesota	1851	49,474
1896	Northwestern University	1851	16,663
1896	University of Illinois	1867	40,458
1896	Purdue University	1869	40,376
1899	Indiana University	1820	38,589
1899	University of Iowa	1847	28,442
1912	Ohio State University	1870	50,731
1949	Michigan State University	1855	44,542
1990	Pennsylvania State University	1855	41,795

NOTES: The University of Chicago was a member from 1896 through 1946. It was founded in 1890 and has 13,885 students enrolled.

1. The oldest American collegiate athletic conference is Division III's Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association, founded in 1888.

2. The University of Michigan left the conference in 1907, then rejoined in 1917.

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