| Year |
Champion (Score) |
Minn. Place |
Top Gopher / Finish |
| 1921 |
Drake |
N/A |
N/A |
| 1922 |
Chicago |
8th |
N/A |
| 1923 |
Illinois |
8th |
N/A |
| 1924 |
Chicago |
N/A |
N/A |
| 1925 |
Northwestern |
N/A |
N/A |
| 1926 |
Chicago |
7th |
N/A |
| 1927 |
Illinois |
N/A |
Les Bolstad / 1st |
| 1928 |
Ohio State |
7th |
N/A |
| 1929 |
Minnesota |
1st |
Les Bolstad / 1st |
| 1930 |
Illinois |
3rd |
N/A |
| 1931 |
Illinois |
3rd |
N/A |
| 1932 |
Michigan |
2nd |
N/A |
| 1933 |
Michigan |
2nd |
N/A |
| 1934 |
Michigan |
2nd |
N/A |
| 1935 |
Michigan |
3rd |
N/A |
| 1936 |
Michigan |
4th |
N/A |
| 1937 |
Northwestern |
6th |
N/A |
| 1938 |
Minnesota |
1st |
N/A |
| 1939 |
Northwestern |
3rd |
N/A |
| 1940 |
Illinois |
3rd |
N/A |
| 1941 |
Illinois |
4th |
N/A |
| 1942 |
Michigan |
2nd |
N/A |
| 1943 |
Michigan |
4th |
James Teale / T-1st |
| 1944 |
Michigan |
3rd |
N/A |
| 1945 |
Ohio State |
4th |
N/A |
| 1946 |
Michigan |
6th |
N/A |
| 1947 |
Michigan |
6th |
George Klouda & Bill Waryan / 18th |
| 1948 |
Northwestern |
5th |
Don Waryan / 5th |
| 1949 |
Michigan |
6th |
Don Waryan / N/A |
| 1950 |
Purdue |
4th |
Don Holick / N/A |
| 1951 |
Ohio State |
8th |
Ted Vickerman / 2nd |
| 1952 |
Michigan |
5th |
Ted Vickerman / T-12th |
| 1953 |
Purdue |
6th |
Keith Jorde / T-3rd |
| 1954 |
Ohio State |
3rd |
Pete Oberhauser / T-2nd |
| 1955 |
Purdue |
5th |
Ted Vickerman / T-17th |
| 1956 |
Purdue |
T-6th |
Bill Newman / T-15th |
| 1957 |
Wisconsin |
6th |
Tom Hadley / T-8th |
| 1958 |
Purdue |
3rd |
Tom Hadley / 3rd |
| 1959 |
Purdue |
9th |
Gary Nordlund / T-35th |
| 1960 |
Purdue |
4th |
Eugene Hansen / T-9th |
| 1961 |
Ohio State |
2nd |
Rolf Deming / 2nd |
| 1962 |
Indiana |
4th |
Rolf Deming / T-4th |
| 1963 |
Minnesota |
1st |
Dave Gumlia / 2nd |
| 1964 |
Purdue |
4th |
Dave Gumlia / 2nd |
| 1965 |
Purdue |
6th |
Dave Gumlia / 2nd |
| 1966 |
Ohio State |
T-4th |
Bill Brask / 5th |
| 1967 |
Purdue |
6th |
Bill Brask / 2nd |
| 1968 |
Indiana |
6th |
Bill Brask / 1st |
| 1969 |
Michigan State |
4th |
Larry Tiziani / T-12th |
| 1970 |
Indiana |
2nd |
Greg Harvey / T-4th |
| 1971 |
Purdue |
8th |
Dave Haberle / 1st |
| 1972 |
Minnesota |
1st |
Jim Bergeson / 1st |
| 1973 |
Indiana |
T-6th |
John Harris / 2nd |
| 1974 |
Indiana |
5th |
John Harris / 1st |
| 1975 |
Indiana |
7th |
Paul Strande / T-7th |
| 1976 |
Ohio State |
9th |
Miles Prestemon / T-6th |
| 1977 |
Ohio State |
3rd |
Kevin Treacy / T-4th |
| 1978 |
Ohio State |
4th |
Miles Prestemon / 12th |
| 1979 |
Ohio State |
4th |
Tom Lehman / 3rd |
| 1980 |
Ohio State |
7th |
Tom Lehman / T-17th |
| 1981 |
Purdue |
4th |
Tom Lehman / 2nd |
| 1982 |
Ohio State |
8th |
Kirk Snider / T-25th |
| 1983 |
Ohio State |
T-4th |
Steve Barber / T-11th |
| 1984 |
Ohio State |
9th |
John Brellenthin / T-21st |
| 1985 |
Ohio State |
5th |
Steve Barber / T-10th |
| 1986 |
Ohio State |
T-9th |
Dave Nordeen / 8th |
| 1987 |
Ohio State |
9th |
Phil Reichel & Kirk Vanstrum / T-20th |
| 1988 |
Illinois |
10th |
Kirk Vanstrum / T-20th |
| 1989 |
Ohio State |
9th |
Paul Keller / 4th |
| 1990 |
Ohio State |
4th |
Paul Keller / 5th |
| 1991 |
Indiana |
6th |
Terry O'Loughlin / T-8th |
| 1992 |
Iowa |
5th |
Joe Gullion / 15th |
| 1993 |
Wisconsin |
3rd |
Joe Gullion & Phil Ebner / T-8th |
| 1994 |
Wisconsin |
3rd |
Jon Kelly / 2nd |
| 1995 |
Ohio State |
6th |
Jeff Barney & Mark Halverson / T-20th |
| 1996 |
Ohio State |
4th |
Aaron Barber / T-5th |
| 1997 |
Ohio State |
5th |
Martin LeMesurier / 4th |
| 1998 |
Indiana |
T-3rd |
Adam Dooley / T-7th |
| 1999 |
Northwestern |
2nd |
Martin LeMesurier / T-4th |
| 2000 |
Northwestern |
5th |
Wilhelm Schauman / 10th |
| 2001 |
Northwestern |
4th |
Simon Nash / 6th |
| 2002 |
Minnesota |
1st |
Simon Nash / 4th |
| 2003 |
Minnesota |
1st |
Matt Anderson / 1st |
| 2004 |
Ohio State |
3rd |
Justin Smith / T-2nd |
| 2005 |
Michigan State |
4th |
Niall Turner / T-6th |
| 2006 |
Northwestern |
2nd |
Bronson La'Cassie / 4th |
| 2007 |
Minnesota |
T-1st |
Bronson La'Cassie / 2nd |
|
Michigan State |
T-1st |
|
| 2008 |
Michigan State |
2nd |
Victor Almstrom / T-5th |
| 2009 |
Illinois |
2nd |
Derek Chang / T-3rd; Ben Pisani / T-3rd |
| 2010 |
Illinois |
8th |
Donald Constable / T-16th |
| 2011 |
Illinois |
8th |
Erik Van Rooyen / 4th |
| 2012 |
Illinois |
7th |
Erik Van Rooyen / 7th |
| 2013 |
Illinois |
2nd |
Erik Van Rooyen / T-2nd |
| 2014 |
Minnesota |
1st |
Jose Mendez / T-1st |
| 2015 |
Illinois |
T-3rd |
Jose Mendez / T-5th |
| 2016 |
Illinois |
T-11th |
Jon DuToit / 27th |
| 2017 |
Illinois |
10th |
Justin Doeden / 22nd |
| 2018 |
Illinois |
14th |
Runar Arnorrson / T-47th |
| 2019 |
Illinois |
9th |
Angus Flanagan / T-1st |
| 2020 |
Cancelled due to COVID-19 |
N/A |
N/A |
| 2021 |
Illinois |
9th |
Angus Flanagan / T-13th |
| 2022 |
Illinois |
10th |
Ben Warian / T-21st |
| 2023 |
Illinois |
7th |
Ben Warian / T-5th |
| 2024 |
Northwestern |
13th |
Ben Warian / T-16th |
| 2025 |
UCLA |
10th |
Jack Crousore / 7th |
