Ten is the New Twelve

Established in 1896, the Big Ten Conference is the oldest athletic division within the ultra competitive Division I level of the NCAA, representing teams in 25 different sports — 12 for men, 13 for women, spanning football, basketball, soccer, rowing, and more. The Big Ten represents some of the leading teams in the country… as its name implies, it started with ten teams (University of Michigan, University of Wisconsin-Madison, University of Iowa, Indiana University, Ohio State University, Michigan State University, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, University of Minnesota, Northwestern University, and Purdue University), adding one in 1990 (Pennsylvania State University, which explains the “11” hidden in the original logo) and one more will begin play in