Who Gets The Most Out of Recruiting?

[rexvol]

Rates who gets the most out of their recruiting by the following three factors...

1. The average ranking of each school's recruiting classes from 2004-08. Based on average Rivals.com rankings, we listed the teams from 1-66, with No. 1 (USC) being the school with the best recruits and No. 66 (Cincinnati) the worst.

2. The total number of wins the past five seasons. Teams were ranked 1-66 from the most total wins (USC) to the fewest (Duke) from 2004-08.

3. The differential. For instance, Cincinnati ranked last in recruiting (66th) and tied for 20th in wins, giving it the best differential of plus-46. USC was first in recruiting and first in wins, so the Trojans finish with a zero in the differential column--indicating they played to their talent level. And poor Ole Miss--it ranked an admirable 22nd in recruiting but 55th in wins, so it landed in the cellar with a differential of minus-33.

1. Cincinnati
Most underrated recruit: CB Mike Mickens, class of 2005. The All-American finished his career with 14 interceptions.


46T. Tennessee

Link: Who gets the most out of their recruiting

 

[Ericvol2096]

Interesting, I had a feeling we would be in the bottom half.

 

[rexvol]

you have to tip your hat to UK and VU

 

[hmhawk]

Ouch,actually we're in the bottom third. Ain't it neat how you can fiddle with stats?

 

[Jack Burton]

That's really cool info. I feel strength of schedule should be a factor too but overall I love seeing these kinds of numbers.

 

[thunder5]

Tied with Syracuse huh?

Well...all of us saying Oku is stupid if he goes there might have been wrong...

Of course that was under the old regime...hopefully the new regime can turn that around

 

[ukvols]

Interesting find, but the top teams in recruiting have no chance at finishing any better than the middle-of-the-pack on this list, i.e., the #1 team in recruiting can do no better than #1 on the field.

 

[BigHodgie]

great info here. i think we can all agree this is def an area we should expect to rise in now that the good ol' boys are gone.

 

[General Jack]

Very interesting, and no surprises there, at least regarding the Vols.

 

[romevol]

lies, damn lies, and statistics!

 

[pantone151]

I read someting similiar about Va-Tech and how they get the most out of their recruiting than any other program... Its in my work email box, if I remember I'll post it tomorrow. Its actually pretty interesting
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[Volnazi]

Obviously, the team that hoists the National Championship trophy....gets the most out of their recruiting, imo!

 

[govolsman]

i believe these stats can be true in some cases but can also be misleading. For instance, supposed that Cincy, while having the worst recruits over the four year period, was #65 in total wins, or second worst in win total of all the BCS schools. By using this rating system, they would still be ranked ahead of USC in terms of getting the most out of their recruits.
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