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Look at Medina's post.

As yes, I don't think M will lead the conference it titles moving forward. They will (and should, given the resources) content nearly every season, however.

In the period of "beginning until now," Michigan has the most Big Ten championships. That was my data source.

1. Michigan - 42
2. Ohio State -35
3. Minnesota -18

Your date range provides a different window, and different windows can be interesting, but I'd call the chosen years arbitrary. I call all chosen years except "all of them" arbitrary. We've had that conversation (innumerable times) before, though, and do not agree.

By your theory the best college football programs in the country are:

• Princeton (28 NC's)
• Yale (27 NC's)

Unless you are prepared to defend the idea that Princeton and Yale are the best two college football programs in the country you cannot argue that ONLY all-time can be used. 


Ok, now that we have established that it is silly to look only at all-time records because recency has relevance we are only left with the decision of "how recent?"
From 1896 through 1926 Michigan won 11 league titles and Ohio State won three.  Since then Michigan has won 31 and Ohio State has won 32.  Thus, on any time-frame of about 90 years or less, Ohio State is #1. 

It doesn't entirely belong in this thread, but I'll express that for our conference in all 4 combinations, since I had the time and found it fun:

BIG TEN TITLE RATE (All members)

1. Michigan --- 0.378 per year
2. Ohio State --- 0.333
3. Penn State --- 0.167
4. Chicago --- 0.159
5. Minnesota --- 0.149
6. Michigan State --- 0.141
7. Illinois --- 0.124
8. Wisconsin --- 0.116
9. Iowa --- 0.094
10. Northwestern --- 0.066
10. Purdue --- 0.066
12. Indiana --- 0.017
13. Nebraska --- 0.000
13. Maryland --- 0.000
13. Rutgers --- 0.000

BIG TEN TITLE RATE (Current members only)

1. Michigan --- 0.378 per year
2. Ohio State --- 0.333
3. Penn State --- 0.167
4. Minnesota --- 0.149
5. Michigan State --- 0.141
6. Illinois --- 0.124
7. Wisconsin --- 0.116
8. Iowa --- 0.094
9. Northwestern --- 0.066
9. Purdue --- 0.066
11. Indiana --- 0.017
12. Nebraska --- 0.000
12. Maryland --- 0.000
12. Rutgers --- 0.000

BIG TEN TITLES (All members)

1. Michigan --- 42 total
2. Ohio State --- 35
3. Minnesota --- 18
4. Illinois --- 15
5. Wisconsin --- 14
6. Iowa --- 11
7. Michigan State --- 9
8. Northwestern --- 8
8. Purdue --- 8
10. Chicago --- 7
11. Penn State --- 4
12. Indiana --- 2
13. Nebraska --- 0
13. Maryland --- 0
13. Rutgers --- 0

BIG TEN TITLES (Current members only)

1. Michigan --- 42 total
2. Ohio State --- 35
3. Minnesota --- 18
4. Illinois --- 15
5. Wisconsin --- 14
6. Iowa --- 11
7. Michigan State --- 9
8. Northwestern --- 8
8. Purdue --- 8
10. Penn State --- 4
11. Indiana --- 2
12. Nebraska --- 0
12. Maryland --- 0
12. Rutgers --- 0

YEARS OF FOOTBALL MEMBERSHIP

1. Illinois --- 121 years
1. Minnesota --- 121
1. Northwestern --- 121
1. Purdue --- 121
1. Wisconsin --- 121
6. Indiana --- 117
6. Iowa --- 117
8. Michigan --- 111
9. Ohio State --- 105
10. Michigan State --- 64
11. Chicago --- 44
12. Penn State --- 24
13. Nebraska --- 6
14. Maryland --- 3
15. Rutgers --- 3

Last call:

Notre Dame, Ohio State, Oklahoma

Rank 'em.

I know, but the transition, I fear, may delay some. 

D@mn it all. I think you have more votes on this trio than any other. And with the 2 final calls both of them garnered a vote for ND. Allowing those creepy Doomers to take the lead.

hmmm. I went to edit this comment to add a smiley to show I'm not super serious about the above, but when you go to edit the message it take to the quick edit where instead of the original make a post and I don't see where to add smileys.

Maybe it's the just the circle I run in. No one talks about ND 'cept for the one guy whose parents are Catholic. 

I see other helmets getting more hype than the Doomers. I think playing other Helmets as more prestigious.

This season, would you rather beat:  Ohio State, Alabama, or Notre Dame?