Michigan's national title is the latest chapter in a year of Big Ten dominance

Michigan’s 69-63 win over UConn in the 2025-26 national title punctuated an athletic season of dominance for the Big Ten Conference in 2025-26.For the second time ever, a conference has won the football, women’s basketball and men’s basketball national championships.The SEC enjoyed a similarly fruitful athletic calendar in 2007. That year Florida won in both football and men’s basketball while Tennessee took it home in women’s basketball. But this year the Big Ten’s dominance stretches far beyond just these major sports.Advertisement