Big Ten Championships
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| Year | MSU Finish | MSU Score | Team Champion (Score) | Top Spartan/Score - Place | |
| 1951 | 6th | 1567 | Ohio State (1528) | Carl Mosack/304 - t-10th | |
| 1952 | 10th | 1661 | Michigan (1559) | Harold Ware/318 - t-18th | |
| 1953 | 10th | 1586 | Purdue (1514) | Don Stevens/311 - t-22nd | |
| 1954 | 8th | 1576 | Ohio State (1527) | Ken Rodewald/307 - t-11th | |
| 1955 | 7th | 1204 | Purdue (1141) | Jim Sullivan/234 - t-17th | |
| 1956 | t-6th | 1549 | Purdue (1501) | Ken Rodewald/297 - t-4th | |
| 1957 | 7th | 1564 | Wisconsin (1512) | Ken Rodewald/308 - t-17th | |
| 1958 | 6th | 1572 | Purdue (522) | Arlin Dell/308 - t-16th | |
| 1959 | 7th | 1615 | Purdue (1555) | Tad Schmidt/314 - t-12th | |
| 1960* | 2nd | 1531 | Purdue (1520) | C.A. Smith/296 - 3rd | |
| 1961 | 3rd | 1539 | Ohio State (1527) | C.A. Smith/305 - 6th | |
| 1962 | 7th | 1541 | Indiana (1509) | Albert Badger/302 - t-12th | |
| 1963 | t-7th | 1562 | Minnesota (1523) | Phil Marston/310 - t-21st | |
| 1964 | 7th | 1534 | Purdue (1487) | Phil Marston/298 - t-6th | |
| 1965 | 7th | 1540 | Purdue (1472) | Ken Benson/301 - t-17th | |
| 1966 | t-4th | 1519 | Ohio State (1480) | John Bailey/301 - 14th | |
| 1967 | 3rd | 1583 | Purdue (1554) | Larry Murphy/310 - t-6th | |
| 1968 | 2nd | 1523 | Indiana (1511) | Steve Benson/297 - 4th | |
| 1969* | 1st | 1501 | Michigan State (1501) | Lynn Janson/298 - 3rd | |
| 1970 | 3rd | 1561 | Indiana (1542) | Lynn Janson/306 - t-4th | |
| 1971 | 2nd | 1510 | Purdue (1501) | John VanderMeiden/299 - 2nd | |
| 1972 | 5th | 1483 | Minnesota (1440) | Dick Bradow/295 - t-18th | |
| Mark Timyan/295 - t-18th | |||||
| 1973 | 5th | 1517 | Indiana (1484) | Steve Cole/297 - t-9th | |
| Brad Hyland/297 - t-9th | |||||
| 1974 | 3rd | 1513 | Indiana (1471) | Steve Cole/298 - 6th | |
| 1975 | 3rd | 1533 | Indiana (1484) | Steve Broadwell/297 - t-4th | |
| 1976 | 6th | 1573 | Ohio State (1510) | Gary Domagalski/312 - t-14th | |
| 1977* | 7th | 1506 | Ohio State (1434) | Gary Domagalski/298 - t-15th | |
| Mike Egly/298 - t-15th | |||||
| 1978 | 9th | 1604 | Ohio State (1483) | Rick Grover/312 - 24th | |
| 1979 | 3rd | 1503 | Ohio State (1489) | Rick Grover/297 - t-8th | |
| 1980 | 5th | 1506 | Ohio State (1471) | Rick Grover/292 - t-3rd | |
| 1981 | 5th | 1456 | Purdue (1417) | Monty James/286 - t-10th | |
| 1982 | 7th | 1497 | Ohio State (1452) | Todd Hartle/291 - t-8th | |
| 1983 | t-8th | 1522 | Ohio State (1440) | Todd Hartle/294 - t-6th | |
| 1984 | 6th | 1526 | Ohio State (1475) | Jon Kosier/304 - t-24th | |
| 1985 | 9th | 1533 | Ohio State (1474) | Tom Harding/293 - 3rd | |
| 1986* | 5th | 1198 | Ohio State (1159) | Todd Marston/290 - 5th | |
| 1987 | 5th | 1217 | Ohio State (1153) | Jon Kosier/295 - t-4th | |
| 1988 | 4th | 1204 | Illinois (1166) | Todd Marston/298 - t-4th | |
| 1989 | 10th | 1222 | Ohio State (1155) | Brent Kish/301 - t-24th | |
| Mike Spencer/301 - t-24th | |||||
| 1990 | 5th | 1178 | Ohio State (1160) | Brent Kish/295 - t-14th | |
| 1991 | 8th | 1173 | Indiana (1138) | Mike Spencer/292 - t-21st | |
| 1992 | 4th | 1165 | Iowa (1139) | Heath Fell/284 - 2nd | |
| 1993 | 9th | 1184 | Wisconsin (1159) | Heath Fell/287 - t-2nd | |
| 1994 | 5th | 1183 | Wisconsin (1151) | Heath Fell/290 - t-7th | |
| 1995 | 11th | 1226 | Ohio State (1175) | Brian Bartolec/299 - t-12th | |
| 1996 | 9th | 1216 | Ohio State (1173) | John Ehrgott/304 - t-24th | |
| 1997 | 11th | 1243 | Ohio State (1185) | Matt Pumford/309 - t-28th | |
| 1998* | 6th | 1203 | Indiana (1177) | Brent Goik/292 - t-5th | |
| 1999 | 7th | 1164 | Northwestern (1131) | Carlos Foulquie/288 - t-16th | |
| 2000 | 8th | 1215 | Northwestern (1160) | Dennis Riedel/298 - t-12th | |
| 2001 | 6th | 1161 | Northwestern (1132) | Brent Goik/ 287 - t-11th | |
| 2002 | 5th | 1166 | Minnesota (1152) | Eric Jorgensen/280 - 1st | |
| 2003 | 7th | 1168 | Minnesota (1122) | Eric Jorgensen/289 - t-13th | |
| Casey Lubahn/289 - t-13th | |||||
| 2004 | 10th | 876 | Ohio State (842) | Andrew Ruthkoski/213 - t-7th | |
| 2005 | 1st | 847 | Michigan State (847) | Ryan Brehm/203 - 2nd | |
| 2006 | 4th | 1172 | Northwestern (1160) | Ryan Brehm/281 - 2nd | |
| 2007 | t-1st | 1192 | Michigan State (1192) | Matt Harmon/294 - 3rd | |
| Minnesota (1192) | |||||
| 2008* | 1st | 1173 | Michigan State (1173) | Ryan Brehm/280 - 2nd | |
| 2009 | 11th | 1210 | Illinois (1149) | Jack Newman/291 - t-10th | |
| 2010 | 7th | 1189 | Illinois (1157) | James Ross/294 - t-16th | |
| 2011 | 10th | 1210 | Illinois (1160) | Chris Mory/292 - t-5th | |
| 2012 | 4th | 1192 | Illinois (1175) | Dan Ellis/293 - t-5th | |
| 2013 | 8th | 1207 | Illinois (1163) | Matthew Moseley/299 - t-15th | |
| 2014 | 8th | 1212 | Minnesota (1186) | Mitch Rutledge/299 - t-7th | |
| 2015 | 9th | 1191 | Illinois (1138) | Sam Weatherhead, Charlie Netzel/298 - t-23rd | |
| 2016 | t-4th | 867 | Illinois (838) | Sam Weatherhead, Mitch Rutledge/214 - t-9th | |
| 2017 | 13th | 892 | Illinois (829) | Michael Sharp/222 - 40th | |
| 2018 | 7th | 871 | Illinois (836) | Kaleb Johnson/215 - t-15th | |
| 2019Â | 3rd | 883 | Illinois (868) | Donnie Trosper/214 - t-4th | |
| 2021 | 4th | 904 | Illinois (883) | James Piot/221 - t-6th | |
| 2022 | 2nd | 886 | Illinois (885) | August Meekhof/217 - t-3rd | |
| 2023 # | 9th | 598 | Illinois (560) | August Meekhof/Ashton McCulloch/148 - t-23rd | |
| 2024 | 4th | 889 | Illinois (863) | Ashton McCulloch/215 - t-3rd | |
| 2025 | 3rd | 854 | UCLA (842) | Lorenzo Pinili/209 - t-5th |
NOTE: Before 1986, team scores were based on top five individual scores instead of top four.
*Big Ten Championship hosted by Michigan State
# Shortened to two rounds due to weather