This is a list of Michigan State Spartans' varsity and club athletic team national championships and runner-up finishes.
Michigan State University has 29 varsity sports teams that compete under the Spartan nickname. The university participates in the NCAA's Division I and in the Big Ten Conference in all varsity sports. Michigan State offers 14 varsity sports for men and 15 for women.
The university's current interim athletic director is Bill Beekman, following the resignation of Mark Hollis.
MSU's Spartan Marching Band or Spartan Brass plays the fight song at every university event. Michigan State University was the first NCAA Division I athletic program to have multiple national championships in both football and basketball.
Varsity Team National Championships
1939 - Men's Cross Country - NCAA 1948 - Men's Cross Country - NCAA 1949 - Men's Cross Country - NCAA 1951 - Boxing - NCAA 1951 - Football - No. 1 ranking by Billingsley, Helms, Poling 1952 - Men's Cross Country - NCAA 1952 - Football - No. 1 ranking by AP, Billingsley, Boand, DeVold, Dunkel, Football Research, Helms, Litkenhous, NCF, Sagarin, UPI, Williamson 1955 - Boxing - NCAA 1955 - Men's Cross Country - NCAA 1955 - Football - No. 1 ranking by Boand 1956 - Men's Cross Country - NCAA 1957 - Football - No. 1 ranking by Billingsley, Dunkel, Sagarin 1958 - Men's Cross Country - NCAA D1 1958 - Men's Gymnastics - NCAA 1959 - Men's Cross Country - NCAA D1 1965 - Football - No. 1 ranking by Berryman, DeVold, Dunkel, Football News, FWAA, Helms, Litkenhous, NFF, Poling, Sagarin, UPI 1966 - Football - No. 1 ranking by Football Research, Helms, NFF, Poling 1966 - Men's Ice Hockey - NCAA 1967 - Men's Soccer - NCAA 1967 - Wrestling - NCAA D1 1968 - Men's Soccer - NCAA 1976 - Softball - AIAW 1979 - Cheerleading - UCA Co-ed D1A 1979 - Men's Basketball - NCAA D1 1986 - Men's Ice Hockey - NCAA D1 2000 - Men's Basketball - NCAA D1 2007 - Men's Ice Hockey - NCAA D1 2014 - Women's Cross Country - NCAA D1
Varsity Team National Runners-up 1941 - Wrestling - NCAA 1942 - Wrestling - NCAA 1943 - Boxing - NCAA 1948 - Boxing - NCAA 1948 - Wrestling - NCAA 1949 - Boxing - NCAA 1950 - Boxing - NCAA 1950 - Men's Cross Country - NCAA 1951 - Men's Swimming and Diving - NCAA 1952 - Boxing - NCAA 1957 - Men's Cross Country - NCAA 1959 - Men's Ice Hockey - NCAA 1960 - Men's Cross Country - NCAA D1 1964 - Men's Soccer - NCAA 1965 - Men's Soccer - NCAA 1970 - Wrestling - NCAA D1 1972 - Men's Indoor Track and Field - NCAA 1972 - Wrestling - NCAA D1 1987 - Men's Ice Hockey - NCAA D1 2005 - Women's Basketball - NCAA D1 2009 - Men's Basketball - NCAA D1
Basketball NCAA Final Four Appearances 1957 - Men's Basketball - NCAA D1 1979 - Men's Basketball - NCAA D1 (Champion) 1999 - Men's Basketball - NCAA D1 2000 - Men's Basketball - NCAA D1 (Champion) 2001 - Men's Basketball - NCAA D1 2005 - Men's Basketball - NCAA D1 2005 - Women's Basketball - NCAA D1 (Runner-up) 2009 - Men's Basketball - NCAA D1 (Runner-up) 2010 - Men's Basketball - NCAA D1 2015 - Men's Basketball - NCAA D1 2019 - Men's Basketball - NCAA D1
Club Team National Championships 1989 - Equestrian - Western - IHSA 1990 - Equestrian - Western - IHSA (co-champion) 1998 - Archery - Mixed Men and Women's Olympic Style - USCA USIAC 1998 - Archery - Women's Olympic Style - USCA USIAC 1999 - Roller Hockey - NCRHA 2000 - Men's Water Polo - CWPA NCCC 2000 - Roller Hockey - NCRHA 2001 - Women's Water Polo - CWPA NCCC 2002 - Women's Water Polo - CWPA NCCC 2003 - Women's Ice Hockey - ACHA 2005 - Men's Ice Hockey - ACHA D2 2006 - Women's Water Polo - CWPA NCCC 2006 - Men's Water Polo - CWPA NCCC 2007 - MAPP Pompon 2007 - MAPP High Kick Pompon 2007 - Men's Ice Hockey - ACHA D2 2008 - MAPP Pompon 2008 - MAPP High Kick Pompon 2008 - Men's Water Polo - CWPA NCCC 2009 - MAPP High Kick Pompon 2009 - MAPP Pompon 2009-10 - Equestrian - Intermediate Flat - IHSA 2010 - MAPP Pompon 2010 - MAPP High Kick Pompon 2011 - MAPP High Kick Pompon 2011 - Women's Ice Hockey - ACHA 2012 - MAPP High Kick Pompon 2012 - MAPP Pompon 2012 - Men's Club Soccer NIRSA NCCS 2012 - Women's Club Soccer NIRSA NCCS 2013 - Men's Ice Hockey - ACHA 2013 - MAPP High Kick Pompon 2015 - Men's Ice Hockey D3 - ACHA 2016 - MAPP High Kick Pompon 2017 - MAPP High Kick Pompon 2018 - MAPP Pompon 2018 - Men's Lacrosse - MCLA D1 2021 - Men's Water Polo - CWPA NCCC
2022 - Roller Hockey - NCRHA D2 2023 - NCDA Men’s Dodgeball 2024 - NCDA Men’s Dodgeball 2025 - Women's Club Soccer - NIRSA NCCS 2026 - NCDA Women's Dodgeball 2026 - NCDA Men's Dodgeball
Club Team National Runners-up 1982 - Men's Bowling - USBC Collegiate 1998 - Men's Bowling - USBC Collegiate 1999 - Men's Ice Hockey - ACHA D2 2000 - Women's Water Polo - CWPA NCCC 2002 - Roller Hockey - NCRHA D1 2002 - Synchronized Skating - USFA Collegiate Division 2003 - Women's Water Polo - CWPA NCCC 2003 - Roller Hockey - NCRHA D1 or Premier Division 2005 - Men's Water Polo - CWPA NCCC 2005 - Women's Ice Hockey - ACHA 2006 - Roller Hockey - NCRHA D1 2007 - Men's Water Polo - CWPA NCCC 2007 - Men's Triathlon - USAT Collegiate Division 2007 - Synchronized Skating - USFA Collegiate Division 2010 - Women's Ice Hockey - ACHA 2011 - MAPP Pompon 2013 - NCDA Dodgeball 2013 - MAPP Pompon 2013 - Roller Hockey NCRHA D1 2014 - Roller Hockey NCRHA B (MSU Green) 2014 - MAPP Pompon 2024 - Roller Hockey NCRHA D2 2024 - NCDA Women's Dodgeball 2025 - NCDA Women's Dodgeball
Varsity Team Conference Championships
Fall Sports Football 9 Big Ten Titles
1953 1965 1967 1978 1987 1990 2010 2013 2015
2 Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association Titles
1903 1905
Men's Cross Country 14 Big Ten Titles
1951 1952 1953 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1962 1963 1968 1970 1971
Women's Cross Country 6 Big Ten Titles
1981 2001 2010 2011 2013 2014
Field Hockey 4 Big Ten Titles
2001 2003 2004 2009
2 Big Ten Tournament Titles
2009 2013
Men's Soccer 1 Big Ten Title
2008
3 Big Ten Tournament Titles
2004 2008 2012
Volleyball 2 Big Ten Titles
1995 1996
Winter Sports
Men's Basketball 16 Big Ten Titles
1957 1959 1967 1978 1979 1990 1998 1999 2000 2001 2009 2010 2012 2018 2019 2020 2025
6 Big Ten Tournament Titles
1999 2000 2012 2014 2016 2019
Women's Basketball 3 Big Ten Titles
1997 2005 2011
1 Big Ten Tournament Title
2005
Men's Ice Hockey 7 Central Collegiate Hockey Association Titles
1985 1986 1989 1990 1998 1999 2001
2 WCHA Tournament Titles
1966 1967
5 Big Ten Titles
1959 1967 1971 1973 1976 2024 2025
11 CCHA Tournament Titles
1982 1983 1984 1985 1987 1989 1990 1998 2000 2001 2006
Men's Indoor Track 3 Big Ten Titles
1966 1972 1999
Men's Swimming 1 Big Ten Title
1957
Women’s Gymnastics 2 Big Ten Titles 2022 2023
Wrestling 8 Big Ten Titles
1961 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972
Spring Sports
Baseball 4 Big Ten Titles
1954 1971 1979 2010
5 Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association Titles
1888 1889 1893 1894 1902
Men's Golf 4 Big Ten Titles
1969 2005 2007 2008
Women's Golf 11 Big Ten Titles
1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1982 2001 2007 2011 2012 2014
Men's Outdoor Track 3 Big Ten Titles
1965 1966 1972
15 Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association Titles
1889 1890 1892 1895 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907
Women's Outdoor Track 1 Big Ten Title
1982
Rowing 3 Big Ten Titles
2005 2008 2009
Men's Tennis 3 Big Ten Titles
1951 1967 2026
1 Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association Title
1907
Women's Tennis 2 Big Ten Titles
1973 1974
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