09-01-2017, 05:59 AM
(08-31-2017, 10:06 PM)AncientCityIndian link Wrote:I feel pretty silly but it just occurred to me that because we recruit fewer people in any four year or 5 year cycle due to our player quality, academic bona fides, etc, we naturally have fewer recruits per year on average than any other Division 1 football power. Therefore, whatever our recruiting rank, it is pretty much always lower than it should be or would be because of sheer numbers. Given a balanced assessment with those players who do not stay on the roster from other teams removed from consideration of rank after the fact, a re-ranking a few years later would always place us much higher in the revision.  Why didn`t I ever think of that before and why hasn`t anyone ever pointed it out to me? I do not remember anyone posting about that on any of our boards but most likely I just missed it. There is no formula but I would think when we`re #15 or better, we are definitely well within the top 10 in recruiting in any given year.
You've certainly missed a lot of threads that have covered this topic. There have been several over the years.