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Another little tid-bit on league titles:


Outside of that nine year stretch the most number of consecutive seasons without the Buckeyes or Wolverines winning the league title was the four seasons from 2010-2013.  During those four seasons titles were won by Wisconsin (3) and Michigan State (2).  Since Ohio State's first league title in 1916 that is the ONLY four year stretch in which neither Michigan nor Ohio State won a league title. 

At any given point in time I believe that the most relevant thing to the conference brass is who "is winning" the most championships.  All time the list is as follows (from B1G 2016 media guide with an adjustment for PSU's 2016 title, pg 104):

• 42 Michigan - last in 2004
• 35 Ohio State - last in 2014
• 18 Minnesota - last in 1967
• 15 Illinois - last in 2001
• 14 Wisconsin - last in 2012
• 11 Iowa - last in 2004
• 9 Michigan State - last in 2015
• 8 Northwestern - last in 2000
• 8 Purdue - last in 2000
• 7 Chicago -  last in 1924
• 4 Penn State - last in 2016
• 2 Indiana - last in 1967
• still waiting:  Nebraska, Maryland, Rutgers

At any given point in time I believe that the most relevant thing to the conference brass is who "is winning" the most championships.  All time the list is as follows (from B1G 2016 media guide with an adjustment for PSU's 2016 title, pg 104):

• 42 Michigan - last in 2004
• 35 Ohio State - last in 2014
• 18 Minnesota - last in 1967
• 15 Illinois - last in 2001
• 14 Wisconsin - last in 2012
• 11 Iowa - last in 2004
• 9 Michigan State - last in 2015
• 8 Northwestern - last in 2000
• 8 Purdue - last in 2000
• 7 Chicago -  last in 1924
• 4 Penn State - last in 2016
• 2 Indiana - last in 1967
• still waiting:  Nebraska, Maryland, Rutgers

Completely aside from the point:  I find it odd how the most recents are so clustered:

• 2016:  Penn State
• 2015:  Michigan State
• 2014:  Ohio State
• 2012:  Wisconsin
• 2004:  Michigan and Iowa
• 2001:  Illinois
• 2000:  Northwestern and Purdue
• 1967:  Minnesota and Indiana
• 1924:  Chicago

Ok, back to my point:
Ignore Ohio State and Michigan for a minute because that has too much of a tendency between us to devolve into the aforementioned issue of our own points tending to benefit our own schools.  Excluding those two, who would you define as "the school winning the most B1G Championships currently"? 


The all-time answer, of course, is Minnesota but this year they are celebrating the 50th anniversary of their most recent league championship team.  I just don't think that fits the definition of "currently".  Personally, I think the relevant answer to that question requires one to look at something like a rolling 10-25 year picture. 


For this purpose I chose to use 20 years but now that I have the data entered it is pretty easy to switch to another number of years (ties are all broken in favor of the most recent winner, then the tiebreaker winner in that most recent year). 
For the most recent 20-year period (1997-2016):

• 8 Ohio State
• 5 Wisconsin
• 5 Michigan
• 3 Penn State
• 3 Michigan State
• 1 Illinois
• 1 Purdue
• 1 Northwestern

The most recent period in which Ohio State did not hold the lead was 1989-2008:

• 9 Michigan
• 8 Ohio State
• 3 Penn State
• 3 Iowa
• 3 Northwestern
• 3 Wisconsin
• 2 Illinois
• 1 Purdue
• 1 Michigan State

Michigan then held the lead back through 1970-1989.  Ohio State and Michigan were tied for 1969-1988 at 12 each.  Here is 1968-1987:

• 13 Ohio State
• 11 Michigan
• 2 Michigan State
• 2 Iowa
• 1 Illinois

Prior to that the lead was held by either Ohio State or a tie between Ohio State and Michigan all the way back through 1935-1954.  Here is 1934-1953:

• 6 Minnesota
• 5 Michigan
• 5 Ohio State
• 3 Illinois
• 2 Purdue
• 1 Michigan State
• 1 Wisconsin
• 1 Indiana
• 1 Northwestern

Another interesting little tid-bit that I discovered in compiling this:


From the earliest that it would have been possible (1896-1915) up through 1956-1975 no team ever managed to win 10 or more titles in any 20-year period.  Then it became common for both Ohio State and Michigan for a while:

• Ohio State won at least 10 titles in each of the 20-year periods from 1957-1976 through 1960-1979. 
• Ohio State and Michigan won at least 10 titles each in each of the 20-year periods from 1961-1980 through 1972-1991. 
• Michigan won at least 10 titles in each of the 20-year periods from 1973-1992 through 1982-2001. 
• Michigan again won at least 10 titles in each of the 20-year periods from 1984-2003 through 1988-2007. 

Since then Michigan hit nine once (1989-2008) and Ohio State has hit nine in six of the nine 20-year periods since 1988-2007 but no team has hit double-digits. 


FWIW:  Other than Ohio State and Michigan no school has ever won more than eight titles in any 20-year period.  The only times another school has won eight were:

• The six 20-year periods from 1922-1941 through 1927-1946 by Minnesota
• The two 20-year periods from 1909-1928 and 1910-1929 by Illinois
• The five 20-year periods from 1896-1915 through 1900-1919 by Minnesota

The most titles in any 20-year period by school:

• 13 Ohio State and Michigan
• 8  Minnesota and Illinois
• 6  Wisconsin and Chicago
• 4  Iowa, Northwestern, Purdue
• 3  Michigan State and Penn State
• 1  Indiana

Not sure how you are counting, but if you are counting co-champions, I believe you should be showing Iowa having 2 conference championships in the last 20 years

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