Recruiting by Conference

[cobalt1999]

In the TOP 25 Rivals ranking:

SEC 10 - It is easy to figure out why the SEC rules the planet Earth

ACC 4 - Not bad for a flag football conference

Big 10 4 - They're awesome!

Pac 10 3 - I was surprised they had more than one.

Big 12 3 - I was sure the entire Big12 South would be in the top 25.

Independent 1 - Nice Job Charlie Cheeseburger

Big East 0 - Wow...just....wow!

[madinmaryland]

1. Hmmm. How many SEC teams are rated in the TOP 25.

NONE!!

The Big East seems to have quite a few!!

[Upton]

3. What are you talking about Pacman?

Today was signing day for college football, that's what this is about.

[madinmaryland]

7. Jeebus, RoidBoy! I actually thought is was BASKETBALL season.

I guess that would explain that there is roids in the SEC.

[cobalt1999]

5. Confirming of course the Big East doesn't care about football

Or you'd know the significance of the OP.

[madinmaryland]

8. Football season is over. Nice changing of the subject.

[cobalt1999]

9. NSD is a big deal for football fans.

Too bad you can't even admit a simple "oops".

[Upton]

2. USC got the top rated QB

in the country......Matt Barkley from Mater Dei.

I've seen one list that has the highest rated Big Ten signing at 26th...DE William Campbell to Michigan. The conference's heyday as an elite college football conference are long gone.

[cobalt1999]

4. USC gets the top rated everyone.

While the rankings are skewed by how many each school signs, it's interesting that the two schools with the highest average recruits are USC and Florida.


The rankings list...
1 Alabama
2 LSU
3 Ohio State
4 USC
5 Texas
6 Florida State
7 Michigan
8 North Carolina
9 Georgia
10 Florida
11 Miami
12 South Carolina
13 Oklahoma
14 UCLA
15 Arkansas
16 Michigan State
17 Ole Miss
18 Auburn
19 Stanford
20 Notre Dame
21 Texas A&M
22 Mississippi State
23 Tennessee
24 Virginia Tech
25 Penn State

[Capt. America]

11. North Carolina at 8? WTF?! I wouldn't let my cat go to NC with "coach 'em up" Butch Davis.

[trumad]

12. Dude---that statement of yours proves you don't know shit about football...

Butch Davis is considered one of the greatest college football recruiters of all time.

Now you may knee jerk and blast back that I'm crazy---- but before you do, take a deep breath, and research who Butch recruited at Miami.

[Capt. America]

15. See: Cleveland Browns/Butch Davis.

[trumad]

18. See Miami Hurricanes Butch Davis...

The NFL is lined with Superstars that Butch recruited.

We are talking college---right?

[Capt. America]

10. Jimmy Clauson was the #1 rated QB once too...just saying. I thought the #1 QB this year signed with

Clemson?

[Upton]

13. Top five prospects

according to Rivals..


1 Bryce Brown
Wichita (KS) Wichita East RB 6-0/215 Miami

2 Rueben Randle
Bastrop (LA) Bastrop WR 6-3/195 LSU

3 D.J. Fluker
Foley (AL) Foley OL 6-7/350 Alabama
.
4 Sheldon Richardson
St. Louis (MO) Gateway High DT 6-4/292 Missouri

5 Matt Barkley
Santa Ana (CA) Mater Dei QB 6-3/226 USC

[Upton]

6. According to Rivals the top 25 recruits

went here..

SEC- 12

Pac 10 -4 (3 of those went to USC)

Big 12 -4

Big East -2 (Miami)

ACC- 2

ND- 1

SEC schools got approximately half of the top 25 rated recruits in the nation.

[Condem]

14. Yep,guys.

Iowa finished 10th or 11th. In the Big Ten. Yet, we'll be rated #19th or so to start next year. Explain that. Five years ago we had the #4 class in the country and 80% of those didn't do dick. A crap shoot, pure and simple.

[Ganja Ninja]

16. These rankings mean absolutely nothing.

These are all kids with a lot of growing to do. Who knows where the best talent of this class will be in 2 years.

[cobalt1999]

17. It doesn't mean much by individual, but there is a strong correllation...

between recruiting rankings and top 10 teams.

Exceptions abound, but the correlation exists.

[Ganja Ninja]

19. It's kind of a chicken or the egg thing though.

Naturally the best, most prominent programs draw the top recruits. The top players coming out of high school are not necessarily going to be the top players coming out of college.