Since the Michigan-Ohio State game was moved to the final week of the conference season in 1935, the Wolverines and Buckeyes have decided the Big Ten championship between themselves 27 times. The following is a list of those classic match ups:
| Year | M | OSU | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1944 | 14 | 18 | Ohio State is Big Ten champion. (Had UM won Michigan and Ohio State would have shared the title.) |
| 1949 | 7 | 7 | Michigan and Ohio State are co-champions; (OSU goes to the Rose Bowl because of a better overall record.) |
| 1950 | 9 | 3 | Michigan is Big Ten and Rose Bowl champion. (Had OSU won the Buckeyes would have won the title and Wisconsin would have gone to the Rose Bowl.) |
| 1954 | 7 | 21 | Ohio State is Big Ten and Rose Bowl champion. (Had M won, the teams would have shared the title and M would have gone to the Rose Bowl.) |
| 1955 | 0 | 17 | Ohio State is Big Ten champion but, by conference rules, cannot go to the Rose Bowl two consecutive years; Michigan State goes to Rose Bowl. (Had Michigan won, UM would won the title and gone to the Rose Bowl.) |
| 1964 | 10 | 0 | Michigan is Big Ten and Rose Bowl champion. (Had OSU won, it would have been Big Ten champion.) |
| 1968 | 14 | 50 | Ohio State is Big Ten and Rose Bowl champion. (Had UM won it would have won the title and gone to the Rose Bow.) |
| 1969 | 24 | 12 | Michigan and Ohio State share the Big Ten championship and UM goes to the Rose Bowl. (Had OSU won it would have won the title outright.) |
| 1970 | 9 | 20 | Ohio State is Big Ten champion and goes to the Rose Bowl. (Had UM won, it would have won the title.) |
| 1972 | 11 | 14 | Michigan and Ohio State are co-champions, OSU goes to the Rose Bowl. (Had UM won it would have won the title outright.) |
| 1973 | 10 | 10 | Michigan and Ohio State are co-champions; Athletic Directors' vote sends OSU to the Rose Bowl. (Winner of the game would have been Big Ten Champion.) |
| 1974 | 10 | 12 | Michigan and Ohio State are co-champions; Ohio State goes to Rose Bowl by beating Michigan. (Had UM won it would have won the title outright.) |
| 1975 | 14 | 21 | Ohio State is Big Ten champion and goes to the Rose Bowl. (Had UM won it would have won the title outright.) |
| 1976 | 22 | 0 | Michigan and Ohio State are co-champions; Michigan goes to the Rose Bowl by beating Ohio State. (Had OSU won it would have won the title outright.) |
| 1977 | 14 | 6 | Michigan and Ohio State are co-champions; Michigan goes to the Rose Bowl by beating Ohio State. (Had OSU won it would have won the title outright.) |
| 1978 | 14 | 3 | Michigan and Michigan State are co-champions; Michigan goes to the Rose Bowl because MSU is banned from post-season play. (Had OSU won, Michigan State and Ohio State would have shared the title, sending OSU to the Rose Bowl.) |
| 1980 | 9 | 3 | Michigan is Big Ten and Rose Bowl champion. (Had OSU won, it would have won the Big Ten title outright.) |
| 1986 | 26 | 24 | Michigan and Ohio State are co-champions; Michigan goes to the Rose Bowl by beating Ohio State. (Had OSU won, it would have won the title outright.) |
| 1997 | 20 | 14 | Michigan is Big Ten champion. (Had OSU won it would have shared the title with Michigan) |
| 2003 | 35 | 21 | Michigan is Big Ten champion. (Had OSU won, it would have won the title outright.) |
| 2006 | 39 | 42 | OSU is Big Ten champion. (Both teams were undefeated entering the game, OSU ranked #1 and UM #2 in national polls. UM finished tied for 2nd in Big Ten with Wisconsin. The Badgers did not play OSU.) |
| 2007 | 3 | 14 | OSU is Big Ten champion. (Both teams entered the game with one conference loss, each having lost the previous week. OSU won consecutive outright titles for the first time since 1954-55. UM finished in a tie for 2nd with Illinois.) |
| 2016 | 27 | 30 | Overtime win gives OSU tie for first place with Penn State in Eastern Division, Penn State holds tie-breaker and plays Wisconsin in Conference Championship. UM finishes third in division. (Had UM defeated OSU the Wolveines would have tied Penn State with 8-1 records, UM held tie-breaker with Penn State and would have faced Wisocnsin in the title game.) |
| 2018 | 39 | 62 | OSU and UM tie for Big Ten East Divison title (Ohio State secured a tie for the division title and a trip to the conference championship with a dominating 62-39 win at Columbus. U-M came into the game with a perfect conference record and a win would have given the Wolverines their first division title.) |
| 2021 | 41 | 27 | UM and OSU tie for Big Ten East Division title. (OSU entered the game undefeated in conference play. UM had one loss. The win sent Michigan to its first Big Ten Championship game where the Wolveirnes defeated Iowa 42-3.) |
| 2022 | 45 | 23 | UM won Big Ten East Division title. (Both schools entered the game undefeated, OSU ranked #2, U-M #3. The win gave U-M its first undisputed division title.) |
| 2023 | 30 | 24 | UM won Big Ten East Division title. (For the second year in a row, both schools entered the game undefeated, OSU ranked #2, U-M #3. The win gave Michigan another undisputed division title. The Wolverines went on to defeat Iowa in the Big Ten championship game and Alabama and Washington in the College Footbal Playoff.) |
In addition, these 30 games had an effect in determining the Big Ten champion:
| Year | M | OSU | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1935 | 0 | 38 | Ohio State and Minnesota share Big Ten championship. (Had UM won, Minnesota would have won the title outright.) |
| 1938 | 18 | 0 | Minnesota is Big Ten champion (Had OSU won , it would have shared the title.) |
| 1942 | 7 | 21 | Ohio State is Big Ten champion (Had Michigan won, Wisconsin and Michigan would have shared title.) |
| 1943 | 45 | 7 | Michigan and Purdue are Big Ten co-champions. (Had OSU won, Purdue would have won the title outright.) |
| 1948 | 13 | 3 | Michigan is Big Ten champion. (Had OSU won, Michigan and Northwestern would have shared the title.) |
| 1952 | 7 | 27 | Wisconsin and Purdue are Big Ten co-champions. (Had Michigan won, UM would have won the title outright.) |
| 1965 | 19 | 0 | Iowa is Big Ten champion. (Had Ohio State won, OSU would have shared title.) |
| 1961 | 20 | 50 | Ohio State is Big Ten champion. (Had Michigan won, Minnesota would have won title.) |
| 1979 | 15 | 18 | Ohio State is Big Ten champion. (Had Michigan won, Ohio State, Purdue and U- M would have shared title.) |
| 1981 | 9 | 14 | Ohio State and Iowa are Big Ten co-champions. (Had Michigan won, U-M would have won title.) |
| 1984 | 6 | 21 | Ohio State is Big Ten champion. (Had Michigan won, Ohio State, Illinois and Purdue would have shared title.) |
| 1988 | 34 | 31 | Michigan is Big Ten champion. (Had OSU won, Michigan State and UM would have shared title.) |
| 1989 | 28 | 18 | Michigan is Big Ten champion. (Had OSU won, Michigan, Illinois and Ohio State would have shared title.) |
| 1990 | 16 | 13 | Michigan, Illinois, Iowa, and Michigan State are Big Ten co-champions (Had Ohio State won, OSU would have won the title outright.) |
| 1991 | 31 | 3 | Michigan is Big Ten champion (Had OSU won, Michigan would have shared the title with Iowa.) |
| 1993 | 28 | 0 | Wisconsin and Ohio State are Big Ten co-champions. (Had OSU won, the Buckeyes would have gone to the Rose Bowl.) |
| 1995 | 31 | 23 | Northwestern is Big Ten champion. (Michigan defeated previously unbeaten and second-ranked Ohio State. Had OSU won they would have shared the title and gone to the Rose Bowl. |
| 1996 | 13 | 9 | Ohio State and Northwestern are Big Ten co-champions. (Had OSU won, it would have won the title outright.) |
| 1998 | 16 | 31 | Michigan, Ohio State and Wisconsin are co-champions, Wisconsin goes to the Rose Bowl. (Had UM won it would have won the title outright and gone to a second straight Rose Bowl.) |
| 2000 | 38 | 26 | Michigan, Purdue and Northwestern are Big Ten co- champions. (Had OSU won, it would have shared the title with Purdue and Northwestern.) |
| 2001 | 20 | 26 | Illinois is Big Ten champion. (Had UM won it would have shared the title with Illinois and earned the conference berth into the Bowl championship Series.) |
| 2002 | 9 | 13 | Ohio State and Iowa tie for the Big Ten title. (Had UM won, Ohio and Michigan would have tied for second.) |
| 2004 | 21 | 37 | Michigan and Iowa are Big Ten co-champions. (Had UM won it would have won the title outright. Had Wisconsin defeated Iowa the Badgers would have tied UM for the title and gone to the Rose Bowl based on a better overall record.) |
| 2005 | 21 | 25 | Ohio State and Penn State are co-champions. (Had UM defeated OSU and Penn State lost to MSU, Michigan, Ohio State and Penn State would have tied for the conference title.) |
| 2008 | 7 | 42 | Ohio State and Penn State are co-champions. (Had UM defeated OSU, Penn would have won the title outright.) |
| 2009 | 10 | 21 | Ohio State is outright champion. (Had UM defeated OSU, Penn State, Iowa and OSU would have tied for the title.) |
| 2010 | 7 | 37 | Ohio State clinches a tie for the Big Ten title with Wisconsin and Michigan State at 7-1. BCS ratings determinethat OSU goes to the Rose Bowl. |
| 2017 | 20 | 31 | Ohio State's win gives the Buckeyes an undisputed Eastern Division title and they went on to claim the conference title with a win over Wisconsin.(Had Michigan won, Michigan State would have tied for the division title, but the Buckeye's held the tie breaker.) |
| 2024 | 13 | 10 | Penn State is Eastern Divison Champion. Michigan's win knocked OSU of first place in the Eastern Division with two conference losses. (Had the Buckeyes won, they would tied Penn State at 8-1 and advanced to the conference championship game based on thelr win over the Nittany Lions.) |
| 2025 | 9 | 27 | Ohio State shares title with Indiana (Division play was discontinued and Ohio and Indiana were both undefeated. (Had Michigan won, Ohio State would have finished in a second place tie with Oregon. Indiana defeted the Buckeyes in the Big Ten champiohship game.) |
