Down? How so? It's still the toughest conference and if your saying its "down" based on iowa dominance thats more of a statement about iowa then the big ten. Look at the rankings depending on which you choose it averages out to about 5 number one wrestlers at 10 weights. If you look at just intermat you have
125- 1, 4 (3 in the top 10; 5 in the top 20)
133- 1, 2 (4 in the top 10; 4 in the top 20)
141 - 2, 3, 5 (3 in the top 10; 5 in the top 20)
149 - 1, 2, 3, 5 (4 in the top 10; 6 in the top 20)
157 - 5 (2 in the top 10; 2 in the top 20) (before schlatter moved down where he will imediately be top 5)
165 - 1, 2, 5 (6 in the top 10; 7 in the top 20)
174 - 2 (3 in the top 10; 6 in the top 20)
184 - 2 (3 in the top 10; 5 in the top 20)
197 - 4 (4 in the top 10; 6 in the top 20)
285 - 2 (2 in the top 10; 3 in the top 20)
Teams- 1,3,5 ( 3 in the top 10; 6 in the top 20; 7 in the top 25)
thats out of 81 programs and the big ten represents 11 of them. The big ten accounts for 13.5% of the wrestlers in the nation. Out of 50 top 5 spots (top 5 at each weight) the big ten accounts for 38% thats just under triple what they should account for statistically. That's saying that a big ten wrestler (based solely on overall toughness of conference) is THREE times more likely to end up top 5 then a wrestler from another conference.
