Predict UT's Recruiting Class Ranking

#51
#51
My guess is between 7th to 10th with an outside chance of 5th or 6th. Just trying to be realistic. The one thing that will affect it most will be how we do on the field this year for those who will not announce commitments until after the season, or signing day announcements. I have to say, that I can't remember when we were this high up the ladder this early. Traditional slow starters, but fast finishers. Coach Jones and staff have really stepped things up. Go Vols!
 
#53
#53
DLINEMEN, DLINEMAN, DLNEMAN without several, doesnt really matter what our ranking is...Tennessee recruiting has been void of top DLineman since 2008. gonna have to have jucos and hs both... HS players need a year or 2 to marinate, particularly in the SEC
 
#55
#55
While I don't see our avg. star ranking being that much better than it currently is, provided we don't win one or two big games we weren't expected to compete in, I still think this class finishes top 10 both because of our solid start and the fact we can take 31 or so.
 
#56
#56
Using Rivals...we're at 1120 pts with 10 recruits.

Assuming our next 10 recruits are more or less identical to what we have now, we get to 2240 with no bumps to anyone. In 2013 that would have been the #12 Rated Class in front of UGA. So I'll say a Top 10 Class in 2014 is more or less guaranteed.

If you factor in rating bumps to current commits as well as pulling in some higher rated kids, I say we finish between 6-8 fairly easily and could end up between 4-6 if we get some pleasant surprises.
 
#59
#59
Definitely Top 10, outside chance at #5. Either is a huge stepping stone for Jone's first recruiting class.
 
#61
#61
This is a pure function of how we do this year on the field. If we beat everyone we should and steal a win or two that we shouldn't, then we end up with a top10 maybe 12 class. We steal 3 or more wins, we end in the top 5. We end up somewhere around 20 if we just win the games we are supposed to win.
 
#63
#63
xpsyclonex2002 said:
This is a pure function of how we do this year on the field. If we beat everyone we should and steal a win or two that we shouldn't, then we end up with a top10 maybe 12 class. We steal 3 or more wins, we end in the top 5. We end up somewhere around 20 if we just win the games we are supposed to win.
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I disagree. In December and January, sure you could make the argument that this class will be determined by how the Vols perform on the field in 2013 and it still will to some degree. But that wall has already been taken down for the most part with the commitments of TKjr and Hurd. No one expected those guys to commit so early. No one. And not only did they commit early but they joined Wharton in recruiting other top tier athletes to become Vols. And it's been working, the buzz around UT and this recruiting class is coast to coast and we keep getting commit after commit. Those 3 guys have and will continue to make sure this class is elite.

We're already sitting top 5 with a handful of Rivals 250's, more than all of last class. It looks like O. Brown, Truitt, Gaulden, Bates, Hendrix, etc. are all when, not if.

This class will be top 10 easily and very likely top 5. If an upset or two occurs, it could be #1 overall. Rivals only counts the top 20 in each class, we're going to sign up to 31. That means we could have 11 3stars and they wouldn't even count in the total. Only the 20 4/5 stars. Do the math on 17 4stars and 3 5's, it's a pretty good total.

The only way it falls as low as 20 is if we only win 3-4 games and that's not happening.

GBO!
 
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