Best Big Ten college football recruiting classes

The conference's best classes, using 247sports composite rankings, listed with total number of five- and four-star recruits:

1. (2 nationally) Ohio State (18)

2. (4) Michigan (19)

3. (15) Penn State (10)

4. (17) Maryland (8)

5. (22) Nebraska (5)

6. (31) Michigan State (4)

8. (41) Rutgers (3)

9. (43) Illinois (0)

10. (46) Northwestern (1)

11. (47) Wisconsin (1)

12. (56) Minnesota (0)