Big Ten Conference

American collegiate athletics conference
Organization college_athletic_conference Q729478
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Big Ten Conference

Summary

Big Ten Conference is a college athletic conference[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of college_athletic_conference entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (15,880 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Big Ten Conference is in the country of United States[3].
  • Big Ten Conference's instance of is recorded as college athletic conference[4].
  • Big Ten Conference's headquarters location is recorded as Rosemont[5].
  • Big Ten Conference is part of NCAA Division I[6].
  • Big Ten Conference's Commons category is recorded as Big Ten Conference[7].
  • Big Ten Conference comprises Pennsylvania State University[8].
  • Big Ten Conference comprises University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign[9].
  • Big Ten Conference comprises University of Maryland[10].
  • Big Ten Conference comprises Rutgers University–New Brunswick[11].
  • Big Ten Conference comprises University of Nebraska–Lincoln[12].
  • Big Ten Conference comprises University of Iowa[13].
  • Big Ten Conference comprises University of Minnesota[14].
  • Big Ten Conference comprises University of Wisconsin–Madison[15].
  • Big Ten Conference comprises Northwestern University[16].
  • Big Ten Conference comprises Purdue University[17].
  • Big Ten Conference comprises University of Michigan[18].
  • Big Ten Conference comprises Michigan State University[19].
  • Big Ten Conference comprises Ohio State University[20].
  • Big Ten Conference comprises Indiana University Bloomington[21].
  • Big Ten Conference comprises University of California, Los Angeles[22].
  • Big Ten Conference comprises University of Southern California[23].
  • Big Ten Conference comprises University of Oregon[24].
  • Big Ten Conference comprises University of Washington[25].
  • 1896 marks the founding of Big Ten Conference[26].
  • Big Ten Conference's sport is recorded as basketball[27].

Body

Founding

1896 marks the founding of Big Ten Conference[26].

Identity

Big Ten Conference's official name is recorded as it[28]. It is part of NCAA Division I[6].

Operations

Big Ten Conference's headquarters location is recorded as Rosemont[5].

Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Big Ten Conference include Little Girl in the Big Ten[29], an animated series episode[30], directed by Lauren MacMullan[31].

Why It Matters

Big Ten Conference ranks in the top 5% of college_athletic_conference entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (15,880 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] It is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

Entities named for it include Little Girl in the Big Ten[29], an animated series episode[30], directed by Lauren MacMullan[31].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4w ago · IdeasMagnet · 2026-09-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Headquarters → —
    Official website → http://bigten.org, https://bigten.org
    Instance of → college athletic conference
    Headquarters location → Rosemont
    + 16 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P10689]]: 566865910, Adding OSM way id claim from wikidata tag on way/566865910 in United States"
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