michigan state has nine big ten championships.
michigan state has nine big ten championships.
how many big ten championships does michigan state have?
nine
the michigan state spartans football program represents michigan state university in college football at the ncaa division i football bowl subdivision level. the spartans are members of the big ten conference. michigan state claims a total of six national championships (1951, 1952, 1955, 1957, 1965, and 1966); the ap poll voted michigan state as national champion one time (1952). they have been named national champions twice in the coaches poll (1952 and 1965). the spartans have also won two michigan intercollegiate athletic association championships (1903 and 1905) and nine big ten championships (1953, 1965, 1966, 1978, 1987, 1990, 2010, 2013, and 2015).
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the michigan state university water polo club was founded and officially recognized november 17, 1967. at the time of its inception, the team played in the midwest collegiate water polo association, along with iowa, indiana, michigan, ohio state, loyola, drake, and western michigan. now competing in the big ten division of the collegiate water polo association, michigan state is joined by michigan, iowa, indiana, northwestern, wisconsin, purdue, and illinois, with ohio state moving to the great lakes intercollegiate athletic conference. after winning back-to-back big ten championships in 1993 and 1994, the spartans would go the next half a decade without a big ten championship. with another conference championship, the spartans would go on to win their first national collegiate club championship in 2000. michigan state would continue to enjoy much success in the 2000s, winning the big ten championship in 2002 and from 2005–2010. this included an impressive four year stretch which included the spartan's second and third national championships in 2006 and 2008, and runner-up finishes for the national title in 2005 and 2007, as well as a third-place finish in 2010. in 2014, the spartans would stage a comeback in the final two minutes of regulation to upset michigan in the big ten title game for their eleventh big ten championship, and their seventh in ten years.
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