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They are all state public universities except founding member Northwestern University as the lone private university, but will be joined by private University of Southern California at the beginning of the 2024–25 collegiate athletic year. A large student body is a hallmark of its universities, as 12 of the 14 members enroll more than 30,000 students. The conference competes in the NCAA Division I and its football teams compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), formerly known as Division I-A, the highest level of NCAA competition in that sport.īig Ten member institutions are major research universities with large financial endowments and strong academic reputations. As of 2014, it consists of 14 member institutions and 2 affiliate institutions, with 4 new member institutions scheduled to join in 2024. For many decades the conference consisted of 10 prominent universities (which accounts for its name). It is based in the Chicago area in Rosemont, Illinois. Founded as the Intercollegiate Conference of Faculty Representatives in 1896, it predates the founding of its regulating organization, the NCAA. 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. Intercollegiate Conference of Faculty Representatives

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