The
Big Ten Conference is the college athletic meet, Division- I, which is considered to be one of the oldest events of its kind in America. This conference boasts of a rich tradition. The membership list of the Big Ten Conference consists of the Midwestern US that includes the regions of Iowa, Minnesota and Pennsylvania. The Big Ten Conference witnesses the participation of major football teams in the Football Bowl Subdivision also known as FBS, the most respected and challenging level of the NCAA Division- I. The members of the Big Ten Conference are mostly schools that members of the Institutional Cooperation committee, a famous educational association.
The members of the
Big Ten Conference are recognized by the American University Association, which boasts of having sixty research bodies. These research organizations take care of all the researches and their costs related to the Big Ten Conference. The Big Ten Conference deals with various athletic events with mass participations from the schools in United States.
The athletic events in the Big Ten Conference comprise the following:
- Baseball
- Men's and women's basketball
- Hockey
- Football
- Cross country
- Golf
- Gymnastics
- Rowing
- Men's and women's soccer
- Softball
- Swimming
- Tennis
- Women's volleyball
- Men's and women's wrestling
The universities that are the members of the Big Ten Conference are:
- University of Illinois
- Indiana University Bloomington
- University of Iowa Iowa City
- University of Michigan Ann Arbor
- Michigan State University East Lansing
- University of Minnesota Minneapolis and Saint Paul
- Northwestern University Evanston
- Ohio State University Columbus
- Pennsylvania State University University Park
- Purdue University West Lafayette
- University of Wisconsin
