Big Ten Conference football champions

This is a list of yearly Big Ten Conference football champions. Co-champions are listed in alphabetical order.

Note: an asterisk (*) denotes a national championship for that season recognized by the College Football Data Warehouse. See: NCAA Division I FBS National Football Championship#College Football Data Warehouse recognized national champions

^ Ohio State vacated all wins from the 2010 season and their share of the championship due to NCAA violations.

Italics indicate a school no longer competing in the Big Ten.

Bold indicates an outright conference championship.

^ Ohio State vacated all wins from the 2010 season and their share of the title.

^ Ohio State vacated all wins from the 2010 season and their share of the championship
* Active Big Ten coach