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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. \u2013 Indiana\u2019s transfer portal class was rated best in the country by college basketball website The Portal Report <\/a>on Monday.<\/p>\n It wasn\u2019t particularly close, either.<\/p>\n Portal Report uses a formula that ranks players based on what production they brought to the team they had played for previously.<\/p>\n Based on Portal Report\u2019s criteria, the seven players Indiana lost had an average score of 56.3. The nine players Indiana has added so far have an average score of 76.<\/p>\n By Portal Report\u2019s formula, Indiana gets a score of 62.4 in production gained and lost. That\u2019s best in the country by a significant margin.<\/p>\n Second-place Nebraska had a production gained\/lost score of 47.2. The rest of Portal Report\u2019s top five was Baylor (45.3), Creighton (43.7) and Kentucky (40.5).<\/p>\n \u2014 The Portal Report (@ThePortalReport) April 28, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n Indiana and Nebraska are far ahead of their Big Ten brethren. Wisconsin (33.9) is the only other Big Ten school with a score over 30 in the transfer portal gained\/lost formula.<\/p>\n Comparing production lost versus gained is not an exact science. A coaching change in the transfer portal age is always going to create a lot of churn. In recent seasons, power conference schools have been able to mine the mid-major ranks for starters at that level who will likely be reserves in the Big Ten.<\/p>\n That dynamic of having gained starters vs. having lost reserves is part of what makes Indiana\u2019s transfer portal class look so good when a comparison of gained vs. lost comes into play.<\/p>\n Of the players the Hoosiers lost to the portal, Malik Reneau, Mackenzie Mgbako and Myles Rice were the only Indiana players who started double-digit games. All other players who started double-digit games were lost to exhausted eligibility.<\/p>\n