As we head into the madness of March, we thought it would be fun to rank all the Big Ten schools in order of wins. Some may be surprising and some maybe not. Spoiler Alert: Ohio State may be considered a football school, but it has a pretty decent basketball history as well.

All totals are current through March 1 of this year, so some win totals may be slightly different but it doesn’t change the overall order. That could be a different story in the coming years though.

The Big Ten has been putting a round ball in the iron hoop for a long time and it’s a real possibility we could see our first 2,000 win program in the next 6-8 years. For now, though, let’s take a look at how all 14 teams rank in terms of all-time wins in program history.

Northwestern Wildcats

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Program Wins

1,105

Win Percentage

.415

Rutgers Scarlet Knights

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Program Wins

1,276

Win Percentage

.508

Penn State Nittany Lions

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Program Wins

1,508

Win Percentage

.555

Nebraska Cornhuskers

Forward Eric Piatkowski of the Nebraska Cornhuskers stands with his teammates during a game Earl Richardson /Allsport

Program Wins

1,529

Win Percentage

.520

Maryland Terrapins

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Program Wins

1,604

Win Percentage

.603

Wisconsin Badgers

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Program Wins

1,653

Win Percentage

.572

Michigan Wolverines

Michigan Wolverines forward Juwan Howard, guard Jalen Rose, and forward Chris Webber. Credit: USA TODAY Sports Network

Program Wins

1,659

Win Percentage

.610

Minnesota Golden Gophers

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Program Wins

1,677

Win Percentage

.573

Iowa Hawkeyes

Iowa Hawkeyes guard B.J. Armstrong (10): MPS-USA TODAY Sports

Program Wins

1,695

Win Percentage

.587

Michigan State Spartans

Michigan State Spartans guard Magic Johnson (32): Malcolm Emmons-USA TODAY Sports

Program Wins

1,754

Win Percentage

.613

Ohio State Buckeyes

Ohio State Buckeyes (20) Greg Oden, (31) Daequan Cook, (1) Mike Conley, (23) David Lighty, (45) Othello Hunter: Matthew Emmons-USA TODAY Sports © copyright Matthew Emmons

Program Wins

1,810

Win Percentage

.614

Illinois Fighting Illini

NCAA Men’s National Championship game at the Edward Jones Dome on April 4, 2005, in St. Louis, Missouri. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)

Program Wins

1,833

Win Percentage

.640

Purdue Boilermakers

Gene Keady and the Purdue bench celebrate. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images)

Program Wins

1,855

Win Percentage

.640

Indiana Hoosiers

Damon Bailey (22) of Indiana University and coach Bobby Knight. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)

Program Wins

1,865

Win Percentage

.635

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