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The Big Ten is the biggest winner in college sports.
With Michigan's victory over UConn in the NCAA Tournament national championship game on Monday, the conference became the first league in history to hold the D-1 men's basketball, women's basketball and football national championships. Michigan joined UCLA, which won the women's title on Sunday, and Indiana, which won the College Football Playoff in January, as three of the league's current national champions in their respective sports.
The conference's domination doesn't end there, either. Yes, Indiana won the national title in football -- the sport that stirs the drink -- but it was the third straight Big Ten team to do so. It followed in the footsteps of Ohio State and Michigan, which means the Wolverines have won a football and men's basketball title within three years of one another. Michigan is the first school to accomplish that since Florida won football titles in 2006 and 2008 while winning back-to-back basketball titles in 2006 and 2007.
And, in what could be one more cruel twist of the knife for the SEC, the league that has seen its football dominance give way to its great rival from the north, the Big Ten, may wrest away a championship in the other sport the league loves. UCLA, the home of projected No. 1 pick in this summer's MLB Draft, Roch Cholowsky, is currently the favorite at sportsbooks to win the College World Series.
The Big Ten is the biggest winner in college sports.
With Michigan's victory over UConn in the NCAA Tournament national championship game on Monday, the conference became the first league in history to hold the D-1 men's basketball, women's basketball and football national championships. Michigan joined UCLA, which won the women's title on Sunday, and Indiana, which won the College Football Playoff in January, as three of the league's current national champions in their respective sports.
The conference's domination doesn't end there, either. Yes, Indiana won the national title in football -- the sport that stirs the drink -- but it was the third straight Big Ten team to do so. It followed in the footsteps of Ohio State and Michigan, which means the Wolverines have won a football and men's basketball title within three years of one another. Michigan is the first school to accomplish that since Florida won football titles in 2006 and 2008 while winning back-to-back basketball titles in 2006 and 2007.
More Big Ten domination coming in 2026?
The Big Ten's run of success isn't limited to the three "big" sports, either. The league is winning damn near everything at the moment. Wisconsin's women's hockey team won a national title in March. The men's Frozen Four, which will take place later this week, mirrors the Final Four in that it includes two Big Ten teams. The only difference is that instead of those two being Michigan and Illinois, they're Michigan and Wisconsin. While the No. 1 seed Wolverines are far from a sure thing there, they are the current favorites to win.And, in what could be one more cruel twist of the knife for the SEC, the league that has seen its football dominance give way to its great rival from the north, the Big Ten, may wrest away a championship in the other sport the league loves. UCLA, the home of projected No. 1 pick in this summer's MLB Draft, Roch Cholowsky, is currently the favorite at sportsbooks to win the College World Series.
