Average Recruiting Ranking

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Here is an average recruiting ranking from 2009-2018 using data from rivals.com.
The list includes:
  • The top teams (average rank of 20th or higher)
  • All SEC teams (in bold)
  • Teams that ranked lower than 20th in average recruiting but finished in the top 10 of the AP Poll more than twice (Stanford, Michigan State, TCU, Wisconsin, and Boise State).

Average Rank (2009-2018)/Team/Final AP Poll/National Titles

2 Alabama - 10 seasons in AP Top 25, 10 seasons in AP Top 10, 5 National Titles
6 FSU - 7 seasons in AP Top 25, 4 seasons in AP Top 10, 1 National Title
6 USC - 5 seasons in AP Top 25, 2 seasons in AP Top 10
6 Ohio State - 9 seasons in AP Top 25, 8 seasons in AP Top 10, 1 National Title
7 LSU - 9 seasons in AP Top 25, 3 seasons in AP Top 10
8 Georgia - 5 seasons in AP Top 25, 4 seasons in AP Top 10
10 Auburn - 5 seasons in AP Top 25, 3 seasons in AP Top 10, 1 National Title
10 Florida - 5 seasons in AP Top 25, 3 seasons in AP Top 10
11 Texas - 3 seasons in AP Top 25, 2 seasons in AP Top 10
12 Oklahoma - 8 seasons in AP Top 25, 6 seasons in AP Top 10
13 Notre Dame - 5 seasons in AP Top 25, 2 seasons in AP Top 10
13 Tennessee - 2 seasons in AP Top 25
14 Clemson - 8 seasons in AP Top 25, 5 seasons in AP Top 10, 2 National Titles
15 Texas A&M - 4 seasons in AP Top 25, 1 season in AP Top 10
17 Michigan - 5 seasons in AP Top 25, 1 season in AP Top 10
17 Miami - 3 seasons in AP Top 25
18 South Carolina - 4 seasons in AP Top 25, 3 seasons in AP Top 10
18 Oregon - 7 seasons in AP Top 25, 5 seasons in AP Top 10
21 Mississippi - 3 seasons in AP Top 25
26 Stanford - 7 seasons in AP Top 25, 4 seasons in AP Top 10
28 Michigan State - 6 seasons in AP Top 25, 3 seasons in AP Top 10
30 Mississippi State - 3 seasons in AP Top 25
32 Arkansas - 2 seasons in AP Top 25, 1 season in AP Top 10
36 TCU - 6 seasons in AP Top 25, 5 seasons in AP Top 10
38 Missouri - 3 seasons in AP Top 25, 1 season in AP Top 10
38 Kentucky - 1 season in AP Top 25
47 Wisconsin - 8 seasons in AP Top 25, 4 seasons in AP Top 10
50 Vanderbilt - 2 seasons in AP Top 25
63 Boise State - 7 seasons in AP Top 25, 3 seasons in AP Top 10
 
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Tennessee, FSU, and Clemson show you that recruiting rankings aren’t everything. Of course you have better odds of winning more with the better classes you get but the rankings aren’t the end all be all. Clemson didn’t have a top 5 class in any of those years yet they’ve won 2 of the last 3 championships. Player development, synergy, competition, attrition, and so much more goes into the equation.
 
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hUTch2002 said:
Tennessee, FSU, and Clemson show you that recruiting rankings aren’t everything. Of course you have better odds of winning more with the better classes you get but the rankings aren’t the end all be all. Clemson didn’t have a top 5 class in any of those years yet they’ve won 2 of the last 3 championships. Player development, synergy, competition, attrition, and so much more goes into the equation.
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Player development=good coaching, now that is a balanced equation!
 
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That is woeful under performance. Shows that UT got the horses to be at least middle of the pack SEC but failed to coach them up or deliver on the field. Essentially, our coaches did LESS with MORE, while other programs like Clemson and SCar did MORE with LESS and Vandy did SAME with LESS.

On any given player or even a single class, stars are not clear indications of success (witness the class of '17). But you had better believe that over a decade, recruiting more stars generally equates to more wins - the key is actually being able to coach them - and the evidence is clear that has been an issue.
 
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chef3531 said:
Right now we are 11th in the SEC for 2020 recruiting class rank. That doesn't cut it.
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I am expecting the current number to fall somewhere between 20 and 25, before it is all over (if we are lucky). I believe the GA game is going to have an impact, but it is only an opinion, as something like that almost impossible to measure.
 
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Poor coaching no development of players is the problem. Apologists will say recruiting services are crap and never get it right, I guess they only get it right on bama recruits.
 
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Coching, motivation, chemistry and other psychological factors are just as important as highly recruited players. Non-stop motors can't be taught as it is an inherently individual thing. IMO good character and toughness are also very important. Sure, I firmly do believe that the gifted athlete wins championship but give me a 3-star or low 4-star with those characteristics everyday of the week over an undisciplined, pampered, lazy uber talented player.
 
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Tennessee is rapidly becoming the Bermuda Triangle of college football players, a black hole where starred players disappear, never to heard from again.
 
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Looks about right. Doing less with more it’s become the Tennessee way.

Lol but somehow we need even more just to think about winning........go figure.
 
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Tennessee’s recruiting rankings are completely irrelevant. There has been way too much roster turnover and way too much coaching turnover for that to mean anything.
They don’t have any talent on that roster. That’s a fact
 
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I heard if we're around top 10 in recruiting for the next 2 years we may be able to beat Ga St. MAYBE. If not, it will still be because the players suck and the coaches need more time to get rid of Butchs recruits
 
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hUTch2002 said:
Tennessee, FSU, and Clemson show you that recruiting rankings aren’t everything. Of course you have better odds of winning more with the better classes you get but the rankings aren’t the end all be all. Clemson didn’t have a top 5 class in any of those years yet they’ve won 2 of the last 3 championships. Player development, synergy, competition, attrition, and so much more goes into the equation.
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I think player evaluation is the most important aspect of recruiting.
 
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led0321 said:
Tennessee’s recruiting rankings are completely irrelevant. There has been way too much roster turnover and way too much coaching turnover for that to mean anything.
They don’t have any talent on that roster. That’s a fact
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WOW-Hello, I guess when all those posters (you know the boy butch lovers) swooning over boy butch, posted constantly, he was a SUPER DUPER Recruiter, all of that was completely irrelevant.
 
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VOLINVONORE said:
I think player evaluation is the most important aspect of recruiting.
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I take it you mean by the coaching staff? You can have a 5* kid that would be phenomenal at school A but not so good at school B due to not being a fit. Is that what you mean or is there something else?
 
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led0321 said:
Tennessee’s recruiting rankings are completely irrelevant. There has been way too much roster turnover and way too much coaching turnover for that to mean anything.
They don’t have any talent on that roster. That’s a fact
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Taken from @NCAAFNation247

AP Top 10 in #CFB

How many 4 & 5 ? Recruits are on each Roster.

1. Clemson - 40
2. Alabama - 68
3. UGA - 60
4. LSU - 51
5. Ohio St - 59
6. Oklahoma - 49
7. AUB - 46
8. Wisconsin - 9
9. Florida - 39
10. Notre Dame - 47

Tennessee has 38
 
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Mtnvol80 said:
Taken from @NCAAFNation247

AP Top 10 in #CFB

How many 4 & 5 ? Recruits are on each Roster.

1. Clemson - 40
2. Alabama - 68
3. UGA - 60
4. LSU - 51
5. Ohio St - 59
6. Oklahoma - 49
7. AUB - 46
8. Wisconsin - 9
9. Florida - 39
10. Notre Dame - 47

Tennessee has 38
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Well you're right there with Florida. So there's that.
 
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