https://theathletic.com/244180/2018/02/20/college-football-recruiting-class-of-2014-ranking/
https://theathletic.com/797789/2019...how-the-class-of-2015-ranks-four-years-later/
From the other board (includes Micha's personal viewpoint; let's be respectful)
I've been clambering for a site like this to re-rank a recruiting class based on how many actually STAY in a program for the long haul. I'm so sick of teams being rewards for large numbers in recruiting classes...when a heathy program shouldn't really bring in more than 20 recruits a season (100 over 5 years) on average. (This allows for a few to drop out, transfer, enter the NFL early...but not HALF the class, like some schools.)
The Athletic (subscription needed) did this for both of the past two classes...and--lo and behold!--my two theories were validated. A) The SEC and their oversigning gets MAJORLY dinged when you re-rank their past classes in hindsight. B) Penn State comes out much higher because we seek quality kids and treat them better overall than the other elite programs.
2015. https://theathletic.com/797789/2019...how-the-class-of-2015-ranks-four-years-later/ We went from 14th (back in 2015) to 3rd when re-evaluted in 2019. And Franklin and staff did that off of a 7-6 season! Other notable re-rankings--Stanford from 24th to 4th. Wiscy and MSU both moved up 20 spots too...and OSU dropped 10 spots (very SEC-like). Meanwhile, LSU went from 5th to 24th..Georgia from 6th to 25th. Florida also dropped over 20 spots.
Thank you Micah!!!
2014. https://theathletic.com/244180/2018/02/20/college-football-recruiting-class-of-2014-ranking/ We went from 24th to 4th...in Franklin's FIRST season. O'Brien gets some credit for this group, for sure. But Franklin closed it. Other notable re-rankings--Stanford (again, high quality kids and a school that stresses education) went from 13th to 1st. Northwestern went from 47th to 7th. LSU--again--dropped from 13th to 2nd. Florida, Auburn, and Tennessee also dropped drastically.
I will acknowledge that Alabama holds strong at the top, and they are the king of "oversigning" and running players in and out of the program at a high rate. But they still hit on so many players that they hang tough.
https://theathletic.com/797789/2019...how-the-class-of-2015-ranks-four-years-later/
From the other board (includes Micha's personal viewpoint; let's be respectful)
I've been clambering for a site like this to re-rank a recruiting class based on how many actually STAY in a program for the long haul. I'm so sick of teams being rewards for large numbers in recruiting classes...when a heathy program shouldn't really bring in more than 20 recruits a season (100 over 5 years) on average. (This allows for a few to drop out, transfer, enter the NFL early...but not HALF the class, like some schools.)
The Athletic (subscription needed) did this for both of the past two classes...and--lo and behold!--my two theories were validated. A) The SEC and their oversigning gets MAJORLY dinged when you re-rank their past classes in hindsight. B) Penn State comes out much higher because we seek quality kids and treat them better overall than the other elite programs.
2015. https://theathletic.com/797789/2019...how-the-class-of-2015-ranks-four-years-later/ We went from 14th (back in 2015) to 3rd when re-evaluted in 2019. And Franklin and staff did that off of a 7-6 season! Other notable re-rankings--Stanford from 24th to 4th. Wiscy and MSU both moved up 20 spots too...and OSU dropped 10 spots (very SEC-like). Meanwhile, LSU went from 5th to 24th..Georgia from 6th to 25th. Florida also dropped over 20 spots.
Thank you Micah!!!
2014. https://theathletic.com/244180/2018/02/20/college-football-recruiting-class-of-2014-ranking/ We went from 24th to 4th...in Franklin's FIRST season. O'Brien gets some credit for this group, for sure. But Franklin closed it. Other notable re-rankings--Stanford (again, high quality kids and a school that stresses education) went from 13th to 1st. Northwestern went from 47th to 7th. LSU--again--dropped from 13th to 2nd. Florida, Auburn, and Tennessee also dropped drastically.
I will acknowledge that Alabama holds strong at the top, and they are the king of "oversigning" and running players in and out of the program at a high rate. But they still hit on so many players that they hang tough.
