I evaluated 247 sports rankings of players who played this season in the Big Ten.
Officially, there were 7 big ten teams with more talent than Indiana this season, and 4 with less talent. I'm sure you could argue a number of things about this one way or another but keep it civil. It is just for conversation.
I also generated a wins-per-star ranking to evaluate achievement. Michigan, Purdue, and Penn State are still alive so only current win totals count. Michigan and Purdue are way out in front of everyone else and neither of them has a 5-star player.
One might say that Michigan has gotten everything out of their talent this season.
Rules:
1.) top 9 players per team by minutes were tallied.
2.) players were ranked by stars no matter which team they originally signed with
3.) stars tallied: ex. 1 x 4-star = 4 pts.
3.) players I couldn't located received 2-stars.
4.) only players playing at least half the games counted, and in the cases where it was right at half, I took the big ten season half
Here are the rankings and the current "wins per star":
team total stars
Michigan 30
Purdue 30
Michigan St. 36
Ohio St. 30
Penn St. 30
Nebraska 30
Maryland 31
Rutgers 26
Wisconsin 27
Indiana 29
Minnesota 28
Northwestern 29
Iowa 28
Illinois 29
wins per star:
team wins per star
Michigan 1
Purdue 0.966666667
Michigan St. 0.833333333
Ohio St. 0.833333333
Penn St. 0.766666667
Nebraska 0.733333333
Maryland 0.612903226
Rutgers 0.576923077
Wisconsin 0.555555556
Indiana 0.551724138
Minnesota 0.535714286
Northwestern 0.517241379
Iowa 0.5
Illinois 0.482758621
Officially, there were 7 big ten teams with more talent than Indiana this season, and 4 with less talent. I'm sure you could argue a number of things about this one way or another but keep it civil. It is just for conversation.
I also generated a wins-per-star ranking to evaluate achievement. Michigan, Purdue, and Penn State are still alive so only current win totals count. Michigan and Purdue are way out in front of everyone else and neither of them has a 5-star player.
One might say that Michigan has gotten everything out of their talent this season.
Rules:
1.) top 9 players per team by minutes were tallied.
2.) players were ranked by stars no matter which team they originally signed with
3.) stars tallied: ex. 1 x 4-star = 4 pts.
3.) players I couldn't located received 2-stars.
4.) only players playing at least half the games counted, and in the cases where it was right at half, I took the big ten season half
Here are the rankings and the current "wins per star":
team total stars
Michigan 30
Purdue 30
Michigan St. 36
Ohio St. 30
Penn St. 30
Nebraska 30
Maryland 31
Rutgers 26
Wisconsin 27
Indiana 29
Minnesota 28
Northwestern 29
Iowa 28
Illinois 29
wins per star:
team wins per star
Michigan 1
Purdue 0.966666667
Michigan St. 0.833333333
Ohio St. 0.833333333
Penn St. 0.766666667
Nebraska 0.733333333
Maryland 0.612903226
Rutgers 0.576923077
Wisconsin 0.555555556
Indiana 0.551724138
Minnesota 0.535714286
Northwestern 0.517241379
Iowa 0.5
Illinois 0.482758621