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2025 Discover Big Ten Football Championship Game

Everything you need to know about the 2025 Discover Big Ten Football Championship Game that will be played on December 6th at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis.

EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW

The city of Indianapolis and Lucas Oil Stadium will play host to the 15th annual Big Ten Football Championship Game on December 6, 2025. Kickoff for the game is set at 8 p.m. ET. The winner will earn the Amos Alonzo Stagg Championship Trophy and a chance to play in the College Football Playoff.

FOX will serve as the official broadcast partner of the Big Ten Football Championship Game.

Oregon was crowned the 2024 Big Ten Football Champion following a 45-37 victory against Penn State. Michigan has won three Big Ten Championship games (2021, 2022, 2023), while Ohio State (2014, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020) has claimed five titles. Wisconsin (2011 and 2012) and Michigan State (2013 and 2015) have each won two Big Ten Championship Games, while Penn State was victorious in 2016. Ohio State and Wisconsin lead all schools with six Big Ten Championship Game appearances each, followed by Michigan State with three, Iowa, Michigan, Northwestern and Penn State with two each, and one title game berth each for Nebraska and Purdue.

BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIP GAME HISTORY

Date

Game

Location

Grange-Griffin MVP

Dec. 4, 2011

Wisconsin 42,

Michigan State 39

Lucas Oil Stadium

Russell Wilson, QB, Wisconsin

Dec. 2, 2012

Wisconsin 70,

Nebraska 31

Lucas Oil Stadium

Montee Ball, QB, Wisconsin

Dec. 7, 2013

Michigan State 34,

Ohio State 24

Lucas Oil Stadium

Connor Cook, QB, Michigan State

Dec. 6, 2014

Ohio State 59,

Wisconsin 0

Lucas Oil Stadium

Cardale Jones, QB, Ohio State

Dec. 5, 2015

Michigan State 16,

Iowa 13

Lucas Oil Stadium

Connor Cook, QB, Michigan State

Dec. 3, 2016

Penn State 38,

Wisconsin 31

Lucas Oil Stadium

Trace McSorley, QB, Penn State

Dec. 2, 2017

Ohio State 27,

Wisconsin 21

Lucas Oil Stadium

J.K. Dobbins, RB, Ohio State

Dec. 1, 2018

Ohio State 45,

Northwestern 24

Lucas Oil Stadium

Dwayne Haskins Jr., QB, Ohio State

Dec. 7, 2019

Ohio State 34,

Wisconsin 21

Lucas Oil Stadium

Justin Fields, QB, Ohio State

Dec. 19, 2020

Ohio State 22,

Northwestern 10

Lucas Oil Stadium

Trey Sermon, RB, Ohio State

Dec. 4, 2021

Michigan 42,

Iowa 3

Lucas Oil Stadium

Aidan Hutchinson, DE, Michigan

Dec. 3, 2022

Michigan 43,

Purdue 22

Lucas Oil Stadium

Donovan Edwards, RB, Michigan

Dec. 2, 2023

Michigan 26,

Iowa 0

Lucas Oil Stadium

Mike Sainristil, DB, Michigan

Dec. 7, 2024

Oregon 45,
Penn State 37

Lucas Oil Stadium

Tez Johnson, WR, Oregon