[Husker] Average 4-year Recruiting Rankings and WL%

[Paul Dalen]

Looking at teams that have played in the BCS Championship Game, they have
the following 4-year recruiting averages:

................................Top
100..............................5-stars....................4-stars........................3-stars......................4-year
Recruiting Rank Average
BCS 1&2....................5.3 per year.....................3.3 per
year...............10.0 per year...............7.6 per
year........................9.8
AP Top 25..................2.3 per year.....................1.4 per
year................5.6 per year................9.7 per
year.........................31.7

BCS CG participants average twice the number of top-100s, 5-stars, and
4-stars as the rest of the AP Final Top-25.

It's well established that exceptional recruiting does not predict final
record or ranking, but final ranking, particularly for the highest ranked
teams, predicts a great deal about sustained recruiting.

Paul



On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 4:36 PM, Skylar Dodds <sklarbodds at cox.net> wrote:

> Lastly, and probably the most convincing start of them all for recruiting.
>  Not one team... Not one has won a BCS title without consistent top 15
> recruiting leading up to it.  And most average in the top 10.  That is NOT
> an accident.  Yes, some teams can vastly outperform their ranking, but
> there's zero question those are exceptions or outliers.  Boise State had
> been an example for a while, Kansas State this year, etc.  But make no
> mistake, there is a strong correlation between recruiting and top 25
> finishes, and especially if you want a championship.
>
>