Wisconsin Badgers have competed in 30 different varsity sports, winning 198 Big 10 Conference titles (good for 4th behind Michigan, Illinois and Ohio State) and 25 NCAA championships, good for 22nd. Let’s take a sport-by-sport look and see where the Badgers have had success in the conference, and if the Big 10 can be considered a major player on the national landscape. First up, men’s indoor track and field.
The first Big 10 Championship was held in 1911 at Northwestern’s campus, had six teams compete, and was won by Chicago.