Experience matters: Here are the youngest and most experienced teams in the B1G

Which teams have the most success in college football?

Is it the teams with the most amount of good players that are older veterans? Or is it the teams with just the most talent — regardless of how old they are?

Coaches of course want a mix of both. Having experience does matter and help in a variety of ways. However, you still need talent, and if some of a team’s most talented players are younger, it is what it is. They will get older.

On Thursday, 247Sports released an article showcasing each of the Big Ten teams and how their rosters are made up in terms of experience. From youngest to oldest, here are the B1G teams:

Purdue

Freshmen — 48 percent

Sophomores — 24 percent

Juniors — 15 percent

Seniors — 13 percent

Iowa

Freshmen — 52 percent

Sophomores — 15 percent

Juniors — 17 percent

Seniors — 16 percent

Indiana

Freshmen — 44 percent

Sophomores — 28 percent

Juniors — 15 percent

Seniors — 13 percent

Minnesota

Freshmen — 40 percent

Sophomores — 29 percent

Juniors — 16 percent

Seniors — 15 percent

Nebraska

Freshmen — 50 percent

Sophomores — 16 percent

Juniors — 18 percent

Seniors — 16 percent

Wisconsin

Freshmen — 39 percent

Sophomores — 25 percent

Juniors — 25 percent

Seniors– 11 percent

Northwestern

Freshmen — 43 percent

Sophomores — 19 percent

Juniors — 28 percent

Seniors — 10 percent

Rutgers

Freshmen — 36 percent

Sophomores — 25 percent

Juniors — 29 percent

Seniors — 10 percent

Michigan State

Freshmen — 39 percent

Sophomores — 22 percent

Juniors — 25 percent

Seniors — 14 percent

Maryland

Freshmen — 31 percent

Sophomores — 31 percent

Juniors — 18 percent

Seniors — 20 percent

Illinois

Freshmen — 34 percent

Sophomores — 20 percent

Juniors — 34 percent

Seniors — 12 percent

Ohio State

Freshmen — 31 percent

Sophomores — 23 percent

Juniors — 23 percent

Seniors — 23 percent

Penn State

Freshmen — 21 percent

Sophomores — 25 percent

Juniors — 30 percent

Seniors — 24 percent

Michigan

Freshmen — 21 percent

Sophomores — 25 percent

Juniors — 27 percent

Seniors — 27 percent