As a relatively young Illinois sports fan, I did not have the pleasure of experiencing “The Glory Days” of Illini athletics. Because of this, I decided to make a formula to find the best season, decade, and coach of the three biggest collegiate sports, which are football, and men’s and women’s basketball.
In this formula I took into account record, conference record, postseason success, and rivalry record, and using the power of Excel, made one number to sum up the year.
The formulas for how we got the score for each sport are at the bottom of the article.