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	70	3.80★	1.65	50%	—	72	309	2	33
2	Oregon	69	3.83★	1.56	49%	22%	65	299	4	27
3	USC	55	3.57★	1.49	31%	0%	65	319	1	17
4	Michigan	54	3.56★	1.78	54%	19%	73	306	13	33
5	Penn State	38	3.38★	1.83	38%	38%	4	311	9	19
6	Washington	32	3.28★	4	12%	28%	58	320	0	12
7	Nebraska	31	3.31★	1.83	61%	—	41	314	3	25
8	Wisconsin	30	3.22★	1.86	59%	40%	38	294	0	32
9	UCLA	26	3.27★	2.17	60%	—	62	298	6	51
10	Iowa	21	3.16★	4	8%	2%	39	302	3	8
11	Indiana	21	3.15★	3.96	23%	26%	14	309	9	23
12	Michigan State	18	3.10★	1.91	41%	36%	29	305	3	27
13	Minnesota	18	3.17★	1.68	53%	25%	67	311	6	32
14	Maryland	17	3.18★	1.91	43%	29%	69	314	61	23
15	Rutgers	17	3.17★	1.78	60%	4%	45	311	11	37
16	Purdue	17	3.13★	1.49	47%	—	47	303	4	19
17	Illinois	13	3.10★	1.8	51%	33%	39	314	2	35
18	Northwestern	8	3.02★	2.81	41%	—	54	302	2	22

CLIFF

Who loses the most after 2026

SR + GR share of roster

UCLA 51%

Rutgers 37%

Illinois 35%

Ohio State 33%

Michigan 33%

Wisconsin 32%

Minnesota 32%

Michigan State 27%

Oregon 27%

Nebraska 25%

Maryland 23%

Indiana 23%

Northwestern 22%

Purdue 19%

Penn State 19%

USC 17%

Washington 12%

Iowa 8%

DMV

DMV kids per B1G roster

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

Maryland 61

Michigan 13

Rutgers 11

Penn State 9

Indiana 9

UCLA 6

Minnesota 6

Purdue 4

Oregon 4

Nebraska 3

Michigan State 3

Iowa 3

Ohio State 2

Illinois 2

Northwestern 2

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