Big Ten Conference

The Big Ten Conference is a college athletic conference located in the northern United States, stretching from Iowa in the west to Pennsylvania in the east. The conference competes in the NCAA's Division I-A. Member schools of the Big Ten conference are also members of the Committee on Institutional Cooperation, a leading educational consortium. Despite the conference's name, since 1990, there have been eleven schools in the conference.

Rivalries

Big Ten Football

The members of the Big Ten have long-standing rivalries with each other, especially on the football field. Many of them have travelling trophies at stake. The annual Michigan-Ohio State matchup at the end of the season (which has no trophy at stake) is probably the most well-known Big Ten rivalry (arguably one of the biggest in all of College Sports). Some other Big Ten rivalries include (with their respective travelling trophy in parentheses):

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Michigan - Ohio State

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• Illinois-Northwestern (Sweet Sioux Tomahawk)
• Purdue-Indiana (Old Oaken Bucket)
• Indiana-Michigan State (Old Brass Spittoon)
• Iowa-Minnesota (Floyd of Rosedale)
• Iowa-Wisconsin (Heartland Trophy)
• Wisconsin-Minnesota (Paul Bunyan's Axe)
• Michigan-Michigan State (Paul Bunyan Trophy)
• Michigan-Minnesota (Little Brown Jug)
• Illinois-Ohio State (Illi-Buck)
• Illinois-Purdue (Purdue Cannon)
• Penn State-Minnesota (Governor's Victory Bell)
• Penn State-Michigan State (Land Grant Trophy)

Other Rivalries

Purdue, Michigan State and Michigan are among the Big Ten teams who also have traditional rivalries with Notre Dame. Penn State had a long-standing rivalry with Pittsburgh of the Big East, but the two schools have not met since 2000. Penn State also had long-standing rivalries with West Virginia, Syracuse, and Rutgers of the Big East, Maryland and Boston College of the ACC, and football independent Temple. Penn State also had a rivalry with Notre Dame in the 1980s and early 1990s, which was ended when Penn State moved to the Big Ten, although the two schools will renew the series with a home-and-home series in 2006 at Notre Dame Stadium and in 2007 at Beaver Stadium. Iowa has an in-state rivalry with Iowa State, with the winner getting the Cy-Hawk Trophy. Indiana has an out-of conference rivalry with Kentucky, but the rivalry has a much higher profile in basketball than in football. Illinois has a long-standing basketball rivalry with Missouri, with the two men's teams squaring off annually in the "Braggin' Rights" game in St. Louis. In the early days of the Big Ten, the Chicago-Michigan game drew much national attention and was considered one of the first major rivalries of the conference.

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Notre Dame - Pittsburgh - Big East - 2000 - West Virginia - Syracuse - Rutgers - Maryland - Boston College - ACC - Temple - 1980s - 1990s - 2006 - Notre Dame Stadium - 2007 - Beaver Stadium - Iowa State - Cy-Hawk Trophy - Kentucky - Basketball - Missouri - St. Louis

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