Perhaps they did change it, but I doubt it.

Its only about quality if there are enough teams of similar quality. Once the numbers are not there you get bigger differences because the system has to cast the net wider. I'd think the number of teams might be moreof a factor the higher you go.

Also there's the Day 1 'improve your team for the Cup race'.

In my case, although I'm only level 4, I'm sad enough to have just clicked through every team. I'm 33.1Q and the teams range from 32.8 - 39.1 (lvl 4-lvl6) - so not bad. But the 39.1Q team is the exception so he's probably improved today. If it wasn't for that team then the range would be 32.8-36.9.