Rivals has posted their final top 100 recruits for 2016
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http://247sports.com/Season/2016-Football/CompositeTeamRankings?Conference=Big-Ten
Ironic how recruiting ranking follows the relevance of a program within the conference. Recruiting position is directly related to a programs relevance in a conference.
Ironic how recruiting ranking follows the relevance of a program within the conference. Recruiting position is directly related to a programs relevance in a conference.
Dead on. I've included 247 Sport's composite, average rating taking into account ESPN, Rivals, Scout, and their own for the 2012-2015 period. Notice how the last 4 NCs are within the top 3 at the top of the list: Alabama, OSU, and FSU. Does high recruiting rankings automatically ensure conference and NCs every year ? Of course not but it also guards against 1 or 2 year wonders unless the coaching is absolutely substandard. Of course, developing the players is also a huge part and Iowa, Wisconsin, and MSU all develop as well as any programs in the country. But anybody that states that rankings don't matter is clueless.
http://www.sbnation.com/college-foo...-rankings-ratings-2015-college-football-teams
Even more directly to your point Nick Saban and Urban Meyer have won 8 out of the last 12 NC
I think this argument goes both ways: 1) Obviously recruiting rankings do have a correlation with winning 2) Can we all agree that recruiting rankings are also based (at least somewhat) based on offers and commitments. For instance, I have seen numerous times that a recruit gets that extra star boost simply because a blue blood offered....I think recruiting rankings do help determine success, but also success helps determine recruiting rankings as well. I have no problem with this for the most part, because it does make sense. Obviously teams that are winning tend to have a "keen eye" for talent and or developing that ability
I agree with this statement 100%. A perfect example is current OSU DB commit Jahsen Wint. The Buckeyes wanted this kid BAD even though right now he's their lowest rated recruit. But to prove your point, both Saban and Harbaugh were also looking at this kid hard and were rumored to be on the verge of offering. The kid just didn't have the money to attend some of the camps where ratings are attained a lot of times. To further prove your point, ESPN just bumped him up to a 4-star and I would guess maybe another or two of the services will follow.
Not so sure if it's really about the school that the kid's committed to but really more about the services not being able to generate the interest with an already committed recruit so they drop him in favor of an uncommitted recruit that can peak the interest of schools competing for him. Happens all the time to all schools.
