FBS Conference Belt The Big Ten Belt

The Big Ten Belt

A companion lineage restricted to Big Ten: the belt passes to whoever beats the holder, exactly like the real belt, but only games between two Big Ten members COUNT — and only for the seasons both sides were actually in Big Ten at the time. Caught it by beating Ohio State on December 6, 2025. Defended it 1 more time since.

145Reigns
582Belt Games
14Programs
Longest Reign
Ohio State — 3 yrs, 17 days
November 10, 2018 – November 27, 2021
Most Defenses, One Reign
Ohio State — 27
starting November 10, 2018
Most Reigns, All-Time
Ohio State — 28 separate reigns
14 Big Ten programs have held it
#TeamReignLength Def.Won itLost it
1 Michigan State September 26, 1953 – October 24, 1953 28 days 2 Established it (first game on record) lost to Purdue
2 Purdue October 24, 1953 – October 31, 1953 7 days 0 beat Michigan State lost to Illinois
3 Illinois October 31, 1953 – November 14, 1953 14 days 1 beat Purdue lost to Wisconsin
4 Wisconsin November 14, 1953 – October 23, 1954 343 days 3 beat Illinois lost to Ohio State
5 Ohio State October 23, 1954 – November 17, 1956 2 yrs, 25 days 13 beat Wisconsin lost to Iowa
6 Iowa November 17, 1956 – November 16, 1957 364 days 5 beat Ohio State lost to Ohio State
7 Ohio State November 16, 1957 – November 1, 1958 350 days 4 beat Iowa lost to Northwestern
8 Northwestern November 1, 1958 – November 8, 1958 7 days 0 beat Ohio State lost to Wisconsin
9 Wisconsin November 8, 1958 – October 10, 1959 336 days 2 beat Northwestern lost to Purdue
10 Purdue October 10, 1959 – October 17, 1959 7 days 0 beat Wisconsin lost to Ohio State
11 Ohio State October 17, 1959 – October 24, 1959 7 days 0 beat Purdue lost to Wisconsin
12 Wisconsin October 24, 1959 – November 14, 1959 21 days 2 beat Ohio State lost to Illinois
13 Illinois November 14, 1959 – October 8, 1960 329 days 2 beat Wisconsin lost to Ohio State
14 Ohio State October 8, 1960 – October 15, 1960 7 days 0 beat Illinois lost to Purdue
15 Purdue October 15, 1960 – October 22, 1960 7 days 0 beat Ohio State lost to Iowa
16 Iowa October 22, 1960 – November 5, 1960 14 days 0 beat Purdue lost to Minnesota
17 Minnesota November 5, 1960 – November 12, 1960 7 days 0 beat Iowa lost to Purdue
18 Purdue November 12, 1960 – October 21, 1961 343 days 1 beat Minnesota lost to Michigan
19 Michigan October 21, 1961 – October 28, 1961 7 days 0 beat Purdue lost to Minnesota
20 Minnesota October 28, 1961 – November 25, 1961 28 days 3 beat Michigan lost to Wisconsin
21 Wisconsin November 25, 1961 – October 27, 1962 336 days 2 beat Minnesota lost to Ohio State
22 Ohio State October 27, 1962 – November 3, 1962 7 days 0 beat Wisconsin lost to Iowa
23 Iowa November 3, 1962 – November 10, 1962 7 days 0 beat Ohio State lost to Minnesota
24 Minnesota November 10, 1962 – November 24, 1962 14 days 1 beat Iowa lost to Wisconsin
25 Wisconsin November 24, 1962 – October 26, 1963 336 days 2 beat Minnesota lost to Ohio State
26 Ohio State October 26, 1963 – November 16, 1963 21 days 1 beat Wisconsin lost to Northwestern
27 Northwestern November 16, 1963 – October 3, 1964 322 days 1 beat Ohio State lost to Illinois
28 Illinois October 3, 1964 – October 10, 1964 7 days 0 beat Northwestern lost to Ohio State
29 Ohio State October 10, 1964 – November 21, 1964 42 days 3 beat Illinois lost to Michigan
30 Michigan November 21, 1964 – October 9, 1965 322 days 0 beat Ohio State lost to Michigan State
31 Michigan State October 9, 1965 – October 21, 1967 2 yrs, 12 days 14 beat Michigan lost to Minnesota
32 Minnesota October 21, 1967 – November 11, 1967 21 days 2 beat Michigan State lost to Purdue
33 Purdue November 11, 1967 – November 25, 1967 14 days 1 beat Minnesota lost to Indiana
34 Indiana November 25, 1967 – October 19, 1968 329 days 2 beat Purdue lost to Michigan
35 Michigan October 19, 1968 – November 23, 1968 35 days 4 beat Indiana lost to Ohio State
36 Ohio State November 23, 1968 – November 22, 1969 364 days 6 beat Michigan lost to Michigan
37 Michigan November 22, 1969 – November 21, 1970 364 days 6 beat Ohio State lost to Ohio State
38 Ohio State November 21, 1970 – November 6, 1971 350 days 5 beat Michigan lost to Michigan State
39 Michigan State November 6, 1971 – November 20, 1971 14 days 1 beat Ohio State lost to Northwestern
40 Northwestern November 20, 1971 – September 16, 1972 301 days 0 beat Michigan State lost to Michigan
41 Michigan September 16, 1972 – November 25, 1972 70 days 6 beat Northwestern lost to Ohio State
42 Ohio State November 25, 1972 – November 9, 1974 1 yr, 349 days 13 beat Michigan lost to Michigan State
43 Michigan State November 9, 1974 – September 13, 1975 308 days 2 beat Ohio State lost to Ohio State
44 Ohio State September 13, 1975 – November 20, 1976 1 yr, 68 days 14 beat Michigan State lost to Michigan
45 Michigan November 20, 1976 – October 22, 1977 336 days 3 beat Ohio State lost to Minnesota
46 Minnesota October 22, 1977 – October 29, 1977 7 days 0 beat Michigan lost to Indiana
47 Indiana October 29, 1977 – November 12, 1977 14 days 1 beat Minnesota lost to Ohio State
48 Ohio State November 12, 1977 – November 19, 1977 7 days 0 beat Indiana lost to Michigan
49 Michigan November 19, 1977 – October 14, 1978 329 days 1 beat Ohio State lost to Michigan State
50 Michigan State October 14, 1978 – October 6, 1979 357 days 7 beat Michigan lost to Michigan
51 Michigan October 6, 1979 – November 10, 1979 35 days 4 beat Michigan State lost to Purdue
52 Purdue November 10, 1979 – November 15, 1980 1 yr, 5 days 7 beat Michigan lost to Michigan
53 Michigan November 15, 1980 – September 12, 1981 301 days 1 beat Purdue lost to Wisconsin
54 Wisconsin September 12, 1981 – October 17, 1981 35 days 2 beat Michigan lost to Michigan State
55 Michigan State October 17, 1981 – October 24, 1981 7 days 0 beat Wisconsin lost to Purdue
56 Purdue October 24, 1981 – October 31, 1981 7 days 0 beat Michigan State lost to Ohio State
57 Ohio State October 31, 1981 – November 7, 1981 7 days 0 beat Purdue lost to Minnesota
58 Minnesota November 7, 1981 – November 14, 1981 7 days 0 beat Ohio State lost to Michigan State
59 Michigan State November 14, 1981 – November 21, 1981 7 days 0 beat Minnesota lost to Iowa
60 Iowa November 21, 1981 – October 16, 1982 329 days 2 beat Michigan State lost to Michigan
61 Michigan October 16, 1982 – November 20, 1982 35 days 4 beat Iowa lost to Ohio State
62 Ohio State November 20, 1982 – September 24, 1983 308 days 0 beat Michigan lost to Iowa
63 Iowa September 24, 1983 – October 1, 1983 7 days 0 beat Ohio State lost to Illinois
64 Illinois October 1, 1983 – September 29, 1984 364 days 9 beat Iowa lost to Iowa
65 Iowa September 29, 1984 – November 10, 1984 42 days 5 beat Illinois lost to Michigan State
66 Michigan State November 10, 1984 – November 17, 1984 7 days 0 beat Iowa lost to Wisconsin
67 Wisconsin November 17, 1984 – October 5, 1985 322 days 0 beat Michigan State lost to Michigan
68 Michigan October 5, 1985 – October 19, 1985 14 days 1 beat Wisconsin lost to Iowa
69 Iowa October 19, 1985 – November 2, 1985 14 days 1 beat Michigan lost to Ohio State
70 Ohio State November 2, 1985 – November 16, 1985 14 days 1 beat Iowa lost to Wisconsin
71 Wisconsin November 16, 1985 – November 23, 1985 7 days 0 beat Ohio State lost to Michigan State
72 Michigan State November 23, 1985 – October 4, 1986 315 days 0 beat Wisconsin lost to Iowa
73 Iowa October 4, 1986 – October 18, 1986 14 days 1 beat Michigan State lost to Michigan
74 Michigan October 18, 1986 – November 15, 1986 28 days 3 beat Iowa lost to Minnesota
75 Minnesota November 15, 1986 – November 22, 1986 7 days 0 beat Michigan lost to Iowa
76 Iowa November 22, 1986 – October 3, 1987 315 days 0 beat Minnesota lost to Michigan State
77 Michigan State October 3, 1987 – October 8, 1988 1 yr, 5 days 8 beat Iowa lost to Michigan
78 Michigan October 8, 1988 – October 13, 1990 2 yrs, 5 days 15 beat Michigan State lost to Michigan State
79 Michigan State October 13, 1990 – October 20, 1990 7 days 0 beat Michigan lost to Illinois
80 Illinois October 20, 1990 – November 3, 1990 14 days 1 beat Michigan State lost to Iowa
81 Iowa November 3, 1990 – November 10, 1990 7 days 0 beat Illinois lost to Ohio State
82 Ohio State November 10, 1990 – November 24, 1990 14 days 1 beat Iowa lost to Michigan
83 Michigan November 24, 1990 – October 9, 1993 2 yrs, 319 days 17 beat Ohio State lost to Michigan State
84 Michigan State October 9, 1993 – October 16, 1993 7 days 0 beat Michigan lost to Ohio State
85 Ohio State October 16, 1993 – November 20, 1993 35 days 4 beat Michigan State lost to Michigan
86 Michigan November 20, 1993 – October 15, 1994 329 days 2 beat Ohio State lost to Penn State
87 Penn State October 15, 1994 – September 30, 1995 350 days 5 beat Michigan lost to Wisconsin
88 Wisconsin September 30, 1995 – October 14, 1995 14 days 0 beat Penn State lost to Ohio State
89 Ohio State October 14, 1995 – November 25, 1995 42 days 5 beat Wisconsin lost to Michigan
90 Michigan November 25, 1995 – October 5, 1996 315 days 1 beat Ohio State lost to Northwestern
91 Northwestern October 5, 1996 – November 2, 1996 28 days 3 beat Michigan lost to Penn State
92 Penn State November 2, 1996 – November 8, 1997 1 yr, 6 days 6 beat Northwestern lost to Michigan
93 Michigan November 8, 1997 – November 21, 1998 1 yr, 13 days 9 beat Penn State lost to Ohio State
94 Ohio State November 21, 1998 – October 2, 1999 315 days 0 beat Michigan lost to Wisconsin
95 Wisconsin October 2, 1999 – September 23, 2000 357 days 6 beat Ohio State lost to Northwestern
96 Northwestern September 23, 2000 – October 14, 2000 21 days 2 beat Wisconsin lost to Purdue
97 Purdue October 14, 2000 – November 11, 2000 28 days 2 beat Northwestern lost to Michigan State
98 Michigan State November 11, 2000 – November 18, 2000 7 days 0 beat Purdue lost to Penn State
99 Penn State November 18, 2000 – September 22, 2001 308 days 0 beat Michigan State lost to Wisconsin
100 Wisconsin September 22, 2001 – October 6, 2001 14 days 0 beat Penn State lost to Indiana
101 Indiana October 6, 2001 – October 13, 2001 7 days 0 beat Wisconsin lost to Illinois
102 Illinois October 13, 2001 – September 28, 2002 350 days 5 beat Indiana lost to Michigan
103 Michigan September 28, 2002 – October 26, 2002 28 days 2 beat Illinois lost to Iowa
104 Iowa October 26, 2002 – September 27, 2003 336 days 3 beat Michigan lost to Michigan State
105 Michigan State September 27, 2003 – November 1, 2003 35 days 3 beat Iowa lost to Michigan
106 Michigan November 1, 2003 – November 20, 2004 1 yr, 19 days 9 beat Michigan State lost to Ohio State
107 Ohio State November 20, 2004 – October 8, 2005 322 days 1 beat Michigan lost to Penn State
108 Penn State October 8, 2005 – October 15, 2005 7 days 0 beat Ohio State lost to Michigan
109 Michigan October 15, 2005 – November 19, 2005 35 days 3 beat Penn State lost to Ohio State
110 Ohio State November 19, 2005 – November 10, 2007 1 yr, 356 days 14 beat Michigan lost to Illinois
111 Illinois November 10, 2007 – September 27, 2008 322 days 1 beat Ohio State lost to Penn State
112 Penn State September 27, 2008 – November 8, 2008 42 days 4 beat Illinois lost to Iowa
113 Iowa November 8, 2008 – November 7, 2009 364 days 7 beat Penn State lost to Northwestern
114 Northwestern November 7, 2009 – October 9, 2010 336 days 3 beat Iowa lost to Purdue
115 Purdue October 9, 2010 – October 23, 2010 14 days 1 beat Northwestern lost to Ohio State
116 Ohio State October 23, 2010 – October 1, 2011 343 days 4 beat Purdue lost to Michigan State
117 Michigan State October 1, 2011 – October 29, 2011 28 days 2 beat Ohio State lost to Nebraska
118 Nebraska October 29, 2011 – November 5, 2011 7 days 0 beat Michigan State lost to Northwestern
119 Northwestern November 5, 2011 – November 26, 2011 21 days 1 beat Nebraska lost to Michigan State
120 Michigan State November 26, 2011 – December 4, 2011 8 days 0 beat Northwestern lost to Wisconsin
121 Wisconsin December 4, 2011 – September 29, 2012 300 days 0 beat Michigan State lost to Nebraska
122 Nebraska September 29, 2012 – October 6, 2012 7 days 0 beat Wisconsin lost to Ohio State
123 Ohio State October 6, 2012 – December 8, 2013 1 yr, 63 days 14 beat Nebraska lost to Michigan State
124 Michigan State December 8, 2013 – November 8, 2014 335 days 4 beat Ohio State lost to Ohio State
125 Ohio State November 8, 2014 – November 21, 2015 1 yr, 13 days 10 beat Michigan State lost to Michigan State
126 Michigan State November 21, 2015 – September 24, 2016 308 days 2 beat Ohio State lost to Wisconsin
127 Wisconsin September 24, 2016 – October 1, 2016 7 days 0 beat Michigan State lost to Michigan
128 Michigan October 1, 2016 – November 12, 2016 42 days 4 beat Wisconsin lost to Iowa
129 Iowa November 12, 2016 – September 23, 2017 315 days 2 beat Michigan lost to Penn State
130 Penn State September 23, 2017 – October 28, 2017 35 days 3 beat Iowa lost to Ohio State
131 Ohio State October 28, 2017 – November 4, 2017 7 days 0 beat Penn State lost to Iowa
132 Iowa November 4, 2017 – November 11, 2017 7 days 0 beat Ohio State lost to Wisconsin
133 Wisconsin November 11, 2017 – December 2, 2017 21 days 2 beat Iowa lost to Ohio State
134 Ohio State December 2, 2017 – October 20, 2018 322 days 4 beat Wisconsin lost to Purdue
135 Purdue October 20, 2018 – October 27, 2018 7 days 0 beat Ohio State lost to Michigan State
136 Michigan State October 27, 2018 – November 10, 2018 14 days 1 beat Purdue lost to Ohio State
137 Ohio State November 10, 2018 – November 27, 2021 3 yrs, 17 days 27 beat Michigan State lost to Michigan
138 Michigan November 27, 2021 – October 5, 2024 2 yrs, 313 days 23 beat Ohio State lost to Washington
139 Washington October 5, 2024 – October 12, 2024 7 days 0 beat Michigan lost to Iowa
140 Iowa October 12, 2024 – October 19, 2024 7 days 0 beat Washington lost to Michigan State
141 Michigan State October 19, 2024 – October 26, 2024 7 days 0 beat Iowa lost to Michigan
142 Michigan October 26, 2024 – November 2, 2024 7 days 0 beat Michigan State lost to Oregon
143 Oregon November 2, 2024 – January 1, 2025 60 days 4 beat Michigan lost to Ohio State
144 Ohio State January 1, 2025 – December 6, 2025 339 days 9 beat Oregon lost to Indiana
145 Indiana December 6, 2025 – Present 284 days 1 beat Ohio State — present —

No reigns match “.”

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