SandhillshuskerW
Special Teams Player
I am a high school math teacher and I had two of my stats kids do a project that focused on compiling data and using averages to make comparisons. They chose to use college football recruiting over the last 10 years, not counting this year since it's not done yet. They used 247 Sports and Rivals to average out the recruiting classes rank and then they figured out the winning percentage of all the teams over the last 10 years. They wanted to see if there was a correlation between the two. They ranked the 64 teams from the power 5 conferences and Notre Dame from 1-65 in recruiting and 1-65 in winning percentage. It was interesting to see which teams seem to be performing a lot higher than their recruiting rank and a lot lower. For the difference category, they put whether the team performed better or worse compared to their recruiting ranking. For example: Illinois ranked 55th in recruiting over the last ten years combined, but their winning percentage ranks 62nd so they are down 7 spots from where they should have been. Please let me know what you think of their findings and I will pass your comments on to them. Thanks
Team Recruiting Avg. Winning % Recruiting Rank Winning % Rank Difference
Illinois 53.1 34.96 55 62 Down 7
Indiana 51.8 36.89 53 61 Down 8
Iowa 44.9 63.08 47 22/23 Up 24.5
Maryland 36 39.52 34 58 Down 24
Michigan 16.7 63.28 15 21 Down 6
Michigan State 28.6 68.94 27 13 Up 14
Minnesota 51.9 48.03 54 48 Up 6
Nebraska 23.8 61.07 22 28 Down 6
Northwestern 57.3 59.69 62 32 Up 30
Ohio State 6.1 85.82 2 2 Even
Penn State 23 67.44 21 15 Up 6
Purdue 57.8 34.38 64 63 Up 1
Rutgers 46.9 44.8 48 51-53 Down 4
Wisconsin 42.8 75.5 44 6 Up 38
Alabama 1.9 90.71 1 1 Even
Arkansas 27.7 50.79 26 45 Down 19
Auburn 9.5 65.15 7 17 Down 10
Florida 10.2 64.84 8 18 Down 10
Georgia 7.9 71.1 6 12 Down 6
Kentucky 36.7 44.8 36 51-53 Down 16
LSU 6.4 75.19 5 7 Down 2
Ole Miss 20.7 52 20 42 Down 22
Miss. State 28.8 60.47 28 29-30 Down 1.5
Missouri 36.5 60.47 35 29-30 Down 6.5
South Carolina 17.8 62.31 17 24 Down 7
Tennessee 13.1 49.6 12 47 Down 35
Texas A&M 14.9 63.08 13 22-23 Down 9.5
Vanderbilt 48.2 41.6 50 55 Down 5
Boston College 56.3 46.83 59 49 Up 10
Clemson 15.6 80.58 14 3 Up 11
Duke 54.8 49.61 58 46 Up 12
Florida State 6.2 72.93 4 9 Down 5
Georgia Tech 49.5 56.92 51 35 Up 16
Louisville 40.4 60.16 40 31 Up 9
Miami 16.7 56.2 16 37 Down 21
NC State 44.7 56.25 46 36 Up 10
North Carolina 26.6 53.54 25 40 Down 15
Pitt 42.6 54.62 42 38 Up 4
Syracuse 57 45.97 61 50 Up 11
Virginia 42.8 37.4 43 59-60 Down 16.5
Virginia Tech 24.9 64.66 24 19 Up 5
Wake Forest 59.2 41.13 65 56 Up 9
Arizona 43.9 52.34 45 41 Up 4
Arizona State 33.9 53.91 30 39 Down 9
California 35.5 43.53 33 54 Down 21
Colorado 53.8 33.87 56 64 Down 8
Oregon 19.3 75 19 8 Up 11
Oregon State 49.8 37.4 52 59-60 Down 7.5
Stanford 24.4 76.12 23 5 Up 18
UCLA 18.3 51.94 18 43 Down 25
USC 6.1 66.41 3 16 Down 13
Utah 38.1 63.57 39 20 Up 19
Washington 29.6 62.12 29 25 Up 4
Washington State 47.4 44.8 49 51-53 Down 3
Baylor 37.8 59.38 38 33 Up 5
Iowa State 56.6 40.8 60 57 Up 3
Kansas 53.8 19.16 56 65 Down 9
Kansas State 57.4 61.72 63 26-27 Up 36.5
Oklahoma 11.8 78.95 10 4 Up 6
Oklahoma State 34.3 72.31 32 10.5 Up 22.5
TCU 34 72.31 31 10.5 Up 21.5
Texas 10.7 58.91 9 34 Down 25
Texas Tech 40.7 51.59 41 44 Down 3
West Virginia 37.2 61.72 37 26-27 Up 10.5
Notre Dame 12.5 67.97 11 14 Down 3
Team Recruiting Avg. Winning % Recruiting Rank Winning % Rank Difference
Illinois 53.1 34.96 55 62 Down 7
Indiana 51.8 36.89 53 61 Down 8
Iowa 44.9 63.08 47 22/23 Up 24.5
Maryland 36 39.52 34 58 Down 24
Michigan 16.7 63.28 15 21 Down 6
Michigan State 28.6 68.94 27 13 Up 14
Minnesota 51.9 48.03 54 48 Up 6
Nebraska 23.8 61.07 22 28 Down 6
Northwestern 57.3 59.69 62 32 Up 30
Ohio State 6.1 85.82 2 2 Even
Penn State 23 67.44 21 15 Up 6
Purdue 57.8 34.38 64 63 Up 1
Rutgers 46.9 44.8 48 51-53 Down 4
Wisconsin 42.8 75.5 44 6 Up 38
Alabama 1.9 90.71 1 1 Even
Arkansas 27.7 50.79 26 45 Down 19
Auburn 9.5 65.15 7 17 Down 10
Florida 10.2 64.84 8 18 Down 10
Georgia 7.9 71.1 6 12 Down 6
Kentucky 36.7 44.8 36 51-53 Down 16
LSU 6.4 75.19 5 7 Down 2
Ole Miss 20.7 52 20 42 Down 22
Miss. State 28.8 60.47 28 29-30 Down 1.5
Missouri 36.5 60.47 35 29-30 Down 6.5
South Carolina 17.8 62.31 17 24 Down 7
Tennessee 13.1 49.6 12 47 Down 35
Texas A&M 14.9 63.08 13 22-23 Down 9.5
Vanderbilt 48.2 41.6 50 55 Down 5
Boston College 56.3 46.83 59 49 Up 10
Clemson 15.6 80.58 14 3 Up 11
Duke 54.8 49.61 58 46 Up 12
Florida State 6.2 72.93 4 9 Down 5
Georgia Tech 49.5 56.92 51 35 Up 16
Louisville 40.4 60.16 40 31 Up 9
Miami 16.7 56.2 16 37 Down 21
NC State 44.7 56.25 46 36 Up 10
North Carolina 26.6 53.54 25 40 Down 15
Pitt 42.6 54.62 42 38 Up 4
Syracuse 57 45.97 61 50 Up 11
Virginia 42.8 37.4 43 59-60 Down 16.5
Virginia Tech 24.9 64.66 24 19 Up 5
Wake Forest 59.2 41.13 65 56 Up 9
Arizona 43.9 52.34 45 41 Up 4
Arizona State 33.9 53.91 30 39 Down 9
California 35.5 43.53 33 54 Down 21
Colorado 53.8 33.87 56 64 Down 8
Oregon 19.3 75 19 8 Up 11
Oregon State 49.8 37.4 52 59-60 Down 7.5
Stanford 24.4 76.12 23 5 Up 18
UCLA 18.3 51.94 18 43 Down 25
USC 6.1 66.41 3 16 Down 13
Utah 38.1 63.57 39 20 Up 19
Washington 29.6 62.12 29 25 Up 4
Washington State 47.4 44.8 49 51-53 Down 3
Baylor 37.8 59.38 38 33 Up 5
Iowa State 56.6 40.8 60 57 Up 3
Kansas 53.8 19.16 56 65 Down 9
Kansas State 57.4 61.72 63 26-27 Up 36.5
Oklahoma 11.8 78.95 10 4 Up 6
Oklahoma State 34.3 72.31 32 10.5 Up 22.5
TCU 34 72.31 31 10.5 Up 21.5
Texas 10.7 58.91 9 34 Down 25
Texas Tech 40.7 51.59 41 44 Down 3
West Virginia 37.2 61.72 37 26-27 Up 10.5
Notre Dame 12.5 67.97 11 14 Down 3
