Conference Kingpins: KU & PU Have Combined For 101 Regular-Season Titles

Some fans think things have been bad over the decades with conference championships, but just remember there are fools out there who actually care about the gender of a plastic toy potato and want a grade school kid to be able to choose his or her gender while not allowing an individual's parents to select what school he or she attends.

By any measure, the pandemic-punctuated 2021-22 season has been unusual. But it shouldn't be any surprise that Kansas and Princeton became titlists as they are accustomed to capturing conference crowns. The Jayhawks lead for most championships, collecting 63 regular-season conference titles in their illustrious history despite having a streak of 14 straight Big 12 titles come to a halt three years ago. KU and Kentucky are atop the following list of schools with more than 25 regular-season major-college league championships:

• Kansas - 63 (13 of the 21 Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association titles from 1908 through 1928, 30 in Big Eight and 20 in Big 12)
• Kentucky - 54 in SEC
• Pennsylvania - 40 in EIBL/Ivy League
• North Carolina - 39 (7 in Southern and 32 in ACC)
• Princeton - 38 in EIBL/Ivy League
• UCLA - 35 in Pacific-12
• Connecticut - 29 (19 in Yankee and 10 in Big East)
• Western Kentucky* - 28 (19 in Ohio Valley and 9 in Sun Belt)
• Arkansas - 26 (22 in SWC and 4 in SEC)
• Texas - 26 (22 in SWC and 4 in Big 12)

*WKU's total is 42 if include 14 titles won in the KIAC/SIAA in the 1930s and 1940s. All current members of the SEC (except for Arkansas) previously were in the SIAA and six ACC members comprised a portion of the former alliance.