Have Big Ten teams won football national championship 3 years in a row?
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Michigan won a football national championship in 2023. A year later, Ohio State won its third title of the century in 2024. Indiana could win a national championship for the first time in program history in 2025, meaning three Big Ten teams could take the crown three years in a row.
Has it ever happened before?
On a quest for back-to-back national titles, Ohio State lost to the Hoosiers on Dec. 6 in the Big Ten Championship. With the No. 2 seed, Ohio State had a first-round bye in the College Football Playoff, but lost 24-14 to No. 10 Miami on New Year’s Eve.
The two teams that handed Ohio State losses this season, Miami and Indiana, will now face off in the upcoming national championship on Jan. 19.
Has the Big Ten ever won three football national championship games in a row?
Yes. Minnesota was crowned the national champion by the Associated Press in the 1940 and 1941 college football seasons. A year later, Ohio State won its first national championship, making it three consecutive years with a Big Ten team taking the title.
A decade prior, Minnesota won three national championships in a row from 1934 to 1936.
Have three different Big Ten teams ever won football national championship games three years in a row?
No.
If Indiana wins the upcoming national championship game, it will be the first time three different Big Ten teams win the national championship in three consecutive years.
The SEC accomplished the feat twice this century:
- 2019 LSU, 2020 Alabama, 2021 Georgia
- 2007 LSU, 2008 Florida, 2009 Alabama, 2010 Auburn
This article originally appeared on The Columbus Dispatch: Big Ten football aiming for a three-year national championship streak
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