Volmania
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The Big 10 has three teams out of the top 6 in both the major polls to end the season and yet, as I look back over the recruiting rankings for the past 5 years I don't see many Big 10 teams having great recruiting seasons.
AP Poll (recruiting class rank '02,'03,'04,'05,06) - average rank
1. Ohio State (5,41,9,12,12) - 15.8
2. Florida (20,2,7,15,2) - 9.2
3. Michigan (16,17,5,6,13) - 11.4
4. LSU (15,1,2,22,7) - 9.4
6. Wisconsin (50,40,39,33,42) - 40.8
10. Auburn (6,11,21,13,10) - 12.2
12. Arkansas (26,29,22,24,26) 25.4
17. Tennessee (2,18,11,4,23) - 11.6
26. Georgia (3,6,6,10,4) - 5.8
30. Penn State (21,93,14,25,6) - 31.8
Except for Georgia :whistling:
The teams within each conference finished roughly in the order that you might expect based on their recruiting rankings. But, when looking at the national picture there seems to be no correlation at all between Big 10 and SEC schools.
Wisconsin's recruiting was more similar to Kentucky's than to a top tier SEC school. Ohio State and Michigan look competitive with the better SEC schools but nowhere near as dominant as their records would indicate.
AP Poll (recruiting class rank '02,'03,'04,'05,06) - average rank
1. Ohio State (5,41,9,12,12) - 15.8
2. Florida (20,2,7,15,2) - 9.2
3. Michigan (16,17,5,6,13) - 11.4
4. LSU (15,1,2,22,7) - 9.4
6. Wisconsin (50,40,39,33,42) - 40.8
10. Auburn (6,11,21,13,10) - 12.2
12. Arkansas (26,29,22,24,26) 25.4
17. Tennessee (2,18,11,4,23) - 11.6
26. Georgia (3,6,6,10,4) - 5.8
30. Penn State (21,93,14,25,6) - 31.8
Except for Georgia :whistling:
The teams within each conference finished roughly in the order that you might expect based on their recruiting rankings. But, when looking at the national picture there seems to be no correlation at all between Big 10 and SEC schools.
Wisconsin's recruiting was more similar to Kentucky's than to a top tier SEC school. Ohio State and Michigan look competitive with the better SEC schools but nowhere near as dominant as their records would indicate.