It is a member of the Big Ten Conference and is the only NCAA Division I baseball program in the state of Iowa.

[2][3] Starting with the 1981 season the Big Ten tournament winner was declared conference champion.

In 1951 Michigan State joined the conference, giving it ten schools sponsoring baseball.

Maryland and Rutgers joined the Big Ten as well in 2014 and participated in the 2015 season, bringing the total number of baseball programs to 13.

This is a table of Iowa's ranking in the Collegiate Baseball Division I Final Polls.