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  1. The Big Ten Conference (stylized B1G, formerly the Western Conference and the Big Nine Conference) is the oldest Division I collegiate athletic conference in the United States. Founded as the Intercollegiate Conference of Faculty Representatives in 1896, it predates the founding of its regulating organization, the NCAA .

  2. Big Ten Conference. Big Ten Conference logo. The Big Ten Conference is the United States ' oldest Division I college athletic conference. Most of its 14 member institutions are in the Midwestern United States. The conference footprint will expand to the country's Pacific coast in 2024.

    Institution
    Location
    Founded
    Joined Conference
    Urbana and Champaign, Illinois
    1867
    1896
    1820
    1899(Athletics 1900)
    1847
    1899(Athletics 1900)
    1856
    2014
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  4. 6 days ago · Big 12, ACC approve deal. Big Ten Conference, one of the oldest college athletic conferences in the United States, formed in 1896 by the Universities of Chicago, Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin and Purdue and Northwestern universities. The University of Iowa and Indiana University were added in 1899 and Ohio State in 1912.

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