Recruiting rankings thread

#478
#478
Volosaurus rex said:
Stephen, this page (Rivals.com Football Recruiting - Rivals.com Football Team Recruiting Rankings Formula) is absolutely critical to understanding just how many points are awarded to any specific recruit. As an illustration of their methodology, consider our recent 5-star wide receiver commitment, Josh Malone. As a 5-star prospect, he automatically receives a "Rivals Rating" of 6.1, which gives him a base total of 150 points. As the 20th ranked prospect nationally (see his Rivals profile or the complete list of Rivals Top 250), he receives an additional 60 points, which means that his commitment to UT is worth 210 points.

The fact that Alabama is rated higher with far fewer commitments is the product of three factors:

(1) Rivals only counts the top 20 recruits in each class for the purposes of comparative ranking.

(2) Alabama has more players ranked high in the Top 250 or even the Top 50, so they receive more bonus points for their commitments than we do.

(3) Tennessee has a sizable number of JUCO commitments. Despite the fact that we have five commitments among the Top 50 JUCO prospects nationally, which is the most for any program in the nation, JUCO players do not receive bonus points for their ranking, only the base total derived from their "Rivals Rating" (e.g. 120 points for a 5.9, 4-star prospect).
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The only counting 20 thing really bothers me. So does the almost random addition of value because a player falls within some arbitrary national window of "best" players. To me, the depth of a class should be huge to actually ranking a class. I mean, if a team had a class of ten 5 star players every year (nothing else) their class would be rated strongly but they couldn't field a football team. What then is the point?
 
#479
#479
Iknow they only count the top 20 but if you add all of the Rivals ratings together you get the following totals...
Tennessee: 190.5
Alabubba: 134.4

.....if you want to make yourself feel better. :loco:
 
#485
#485
Spartacavolus said:
all the way from #2 to #2
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#487
#487
Observation 1. This class has more 5 stars and 6.0 ranked players (using rivals rankings) than Dooley did in 3 years (only 1 5 star D Rogers, and 1 6.0 CP).

Observation 2. Since they only count the top twenty, this class would probably outrank all three of Dooley's classes combined.
 
#488
#488
Vol8188 said:
Observation 1. This class has more 5 stars and 6.0 ranked players (using rivals rankings) than Dooley did in 3 years (only 1 5 star D Rogers, and 1 6.0 CP).

Observation 2. Since they only count the top twenty, this class would probably outrank all three of Dooley's classes combined.
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And there is still a handful of people that try to defend Dooley's recruiting ability.

Ok maybe not a handful. A pinch perhaps.
 
#489
#489
Dooley was too busy stylin' his 'do to be on the recruiting trail. You think that thing just hangs in place 24/7? Naw, son. It's like bamboo...
 
#490
#490
Tennessee is #3 in the latest 247 team rankings behind #1 Bama and #2 Ohio State.
 
#496
#496
423Volfan said:
This. I can't pinpoint why exactly but I just despise Auburn. I hope Florida State demoralizes them.
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Auburn is easy to hate because of the fan base.

I'm not a FSU fan either, but they do have the athletes on defense to contain the Auburn run game.
 
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