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Big Ten Conference 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 Representati ...
has been playing
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since 1982 when the
Big Ten Conference softball tournament The Big Ten softball tournament is the conference championship tournament in college softball, softball for the NCAA Division I (NCAA), Division I Big Ten Conference. The winner of the tournament receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCA ...
was established to decide its champion. The Big Ten then began league play the following season in 1983 while eliminating the tournament until 1995. The tournament ran again from 1995 to 2008 and then again from 2013 to present day, which is used to determine the league's automatic bid to the
NCAA Division I Softball Championship The NCAA Division I softball tournament is held annually in May/June and features 64 college softball teams in the United States, culminating in the Women's College World Series (WCWS), which is played in Oklahoma City. Tournament play and team ...
while the regular season determines the conference champion.


Champions

These are the official Big Ten champions based on standings. 1982 was the only year the conference tournament was used to determine the champion. After that, the regular season determined the champion while the tournament held from 1983 to 1994 and 2009-13 was used only to determine the automatic bid into the
NCAA Division I softball tournament The NCAA Division I softball tournament is held annually in May/June and features 64 college softball teams in the United States, culminating in the Women's College World Series (WCWS), which is played in Oklahoma City. Tournament play and team ...
.


Championships by school

*An asterisk (*) indicates a shared (regular season) Big Ten championship.


See also

List of Big Ten Conference baseball champions The Big Ten Conference has been playing baseball since 1896. From 1896 to 1980 the conference champion was determined by the team or teams with the best record. In 1981 the Big Ten Conference baseball tournament was established to decide its champio ...


References

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Big Ten Conference * Recurring sporting events established in 1982