SEC Recruiting Rankings versus Wins....

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g8terh8ter_eric

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Took me a while to compile the info this morning, but I wanted to see a comparison on how recruiting rankings effect wins.

Based on the info that I had, they are almost a mirror image of each other. If you recruit well against the other SEC teams, you will win in the SEC.

SEC Recruiting Rankings versus Wins
 
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Interesting.

Based on those numbers, Tennessee has been about the 5-6 best team in the SEC over the last decade. That sounds about right.
 
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also interesting to note, we had the top SEC class in 2002 and in 2005.

The #1 ranked 2002 class won 7 SEC games their junior year (2004) and 3 SEC games their senior year (2005)

The #1 ranked 2005 class won 6 SEC games their junior year (2007) and 3 SEC games their senior year (2008).
 
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GoBigOrangeVols said:
also interesting to note, we had the top SEC class in 2002 and in 2005.

The #1 ranked 2002 class won 3 SEC games their junior year (2005) and 5 SEC games their senior year (2006)

The #1 ranked 2005 class won 3 SEC games their junior year (2008) and 4 SEC games their senior year (2009).
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There are definitely a few classes that underwhelmed, that's for sure.
 
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Bama's class that had gone 5,5,7,1 won the national championship. Unless all the freshman carried the mail I keep my argument from the other thread.
 
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I'm sure Rivals doesn't look at which coaches are recruiting those players. Those 02 and 05 classes were 1 based on Fulmer's reputation as a recruiter and therefore very biased. If Dooley were to start winning you would see him get the same respect in the rankings.
 
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tvols75 said:
I'm sure Rivals doesn't look at which coaches are recruiting those players. Those 02 and 05 classes were 1 based on Fulmer's reputation as a recruiter and therefore very biased. If Dooley were to start winning you would see him get the same respect in the rankings.
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So what about the '06 and '08 class?
 
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Also it's hard for me to take serious the rankings when they do not account for scheme and also how rivals has slipped.

For example:

Sentimore was a 4 coming out of HS but was downgraded because he was labeled as a tweener even though he's a perfect fit for a 3-4.

They didn't even see the film on Randolph until like a month before NSD.

A guy like Camion Patrick has all the tools but was downgraded because of the competition he plays against.

You cannot take those evaluations seriously. I trust that Saban knows what players are great and rivals realizes who he and other top coaches want. The rankings come out well after coaches offer these kids.
 
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tvols75 said:
Came after a year he looked like he may have turned it back around. The 06 class was awful by anyone's standards as we missed out on a ton that we thought were ut leans come signing day.
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'09 was shaping up to be a top ten class.
 
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chavisut said:
'09 was shaping up to be a top ten class.
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Go look at Langley, Willingham, Coleman, and oneals offer lust and then their ranking. 09 was shaping up to be a top ten class yet none of the ones he was supposedly going to close on have done anything in college.
 
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tvols75 said:
Go look at Langley, Willingham, Coleman, and oneals offer lust and then their ranking. 09 was shaping up to be a top ten class yet none of the ones he was supposedly going to close on have done anything in college.
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So the Fulmer bias changed yearly for about five years?
 
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chavisut said:
So the Fulmer bias changed yearly for about five years?
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No the one pitfiful class could've been recruited by God and with all the signing day flubs would've been ranked low. It was a result of Fulmer failing to do what he always did and that was close on signing day. Rivals still had it ranked higher than it should have been compared to scout who I believe had it in 30s.
 
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