The Big Ten . . . or Eleven
Yesterday’s blog post discussed the differences among the various divisions of college sports. What about conferences? you might have wondered. They’re not nearly as easy to count as the divisions. There are dozens of college athletic conferences that are formed according to sport, division, and region.
The oldest conference in Division I is called The Big Ten. The Big Ten is such a well-known conference that people who don’t even like sports have heard of it. The funny thing is that there are actually 11 schools in The Big Ten; if you check out the Big Ten logo, there’s the number 11 hidden in the middle. The Big Ten schools are:
University of Illinois
University of Iowa
University of Indiana
University of Michigan
Michigan State University
University of Minnesota
Northwestern University
Ohio State University
Penn State University
Purdue University
University of Wisconsin
These schools have incredible academic programs in addition to their highly-ranked sports teams. Is there a Big Ten school on your application list? You’ll be able to find out your chances of getting in when CampusCompare launches its What Are My Chances? tool next week, so be sure to check back with us!
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