B1G roster benchmark

All 18 Big Ten rosters on the same scraper · sorted by blue-chip ratio · gold row = us

	Team	Blue-chip %	Avg ★	Experience	Upper %	Transfer %	Returning off %	OL lbs	DMV kids	2026 cliff %
1	Ohio State	75	3.84★	1.66	36%	—	72	304	2	19
2	Oregon	72	3.83★	1.76	37%	24%	65	—	3	17
3	USC	62	3.64★	1.54	31%	0%	65	322	1	16
4	Michigan	57	3.61★	1.97	60%	21%	73	306	12	37
5	Penn State	38	3.38★	2.04	43%	42%	4	312	9	22
6	Nebraska	35	3.37★	1.49	42%	—	41	303	3	16
7	Washington	35	3.37★	1.23	34%	28%	58	322	0	16
8	Wisconsin	30	3.26★	2.03	43%	41%	43	294	1	20
9	UCLA	28	3.29★	2.2	51%	1%	62	299	5	28
10	Indiana	24	3.24★	1.82	40%	26%	14	305	6	25
11	Iowa	23	3.23★	1.43	37%	2%	39	298	3	11
12	Purdue	21	3.22★	1.49	48%	—	47	308	4	18
13	Michigan State	19	3.18★	2.19	47%	41%	29	308	3	31
14	Maryland	16	3.18★	1.79	40%	25%	69	311	59	18
15	Rutgers	16	3.16★	1.8	60%	2%	45	308	9	36
16	Minnesota	16	3.16★	1.92	40%	28%	67	306	6	18
17	Illinois	14	3.14★	1.38	41%	31%	39	315	1	24
18	Northwestern	8	3.08★	2.8	40%	19%	54	296	2	20

CLIFF

Who loses the most after 2026

SR + GR share of roster

Michigan 37%

Rutgers 36%

Michigan State 31%

UCLA 28%

Indiana 25%

Illinois 24%

Penn State 22%

Wisconsin 20%

Northwestern 20%

Ohio State 19%

Maryland 18%

Purdue 18%

Minnesota 18%

Oregon 17%

Nebraska 16%

USC 16%

Washington 16%

Iowa 11%

DMV

DMV kids per B1G roster

MD / VA / DC hometowns — our footprint on their rosters

Maryland 59

Michigan 12

Rutgers 9

Penn State 9

Minnesota 6

Indiana 6

UCLA 5

Purdue 4

Nebraska 3

Michigan State 3

Iowa 3

Oregon 3

Ohio State 2

Northwestern 2

Illinois 1

Wisconsin 1

USC 1

SOURCE · OFFICIAL ATHLETICS ROSTERS, SAME SCRAPER ALL 18 · BLUE-CHIP = 4★+ SHARE OF RECRUITING-MATCHED PLAYERS · RETURNING = 2025 OFFENSE YARDS BACK (PLAY-BY-PLAY) · TRANSFER DASH = SITE PUBLISHES NO PRIOR SCHOOLS