Best recruiting during a four-cycle period

Best recruiting during a four-cycle period

"It’s better to judge recruiting rankings over a period of multiple cycles if you want to measure the true, raw impact on your program’s roster. After all, one class typically only accounts for 20-25 percent of your team’s total numbers and that lowers significantly after a season or two.



If you go by the numbers, Will Muschamp has recruited pretty well during his time at Florida.

Giving it a raw look (average team rankings score for the 2011-14 cycles), here are the top 10 teams in recruiting over the past four cycles, according to 247Sports team rankings, which exclusively uses 247Sports Composite rankings to calculate the score, which basically gives you the consensus of the entire recruiting industry. 

It’s no surprise which team is No. 1.
1. Alabama- 312.07 four-cycle average
2. Ohio State- 289.73
3. Florida State- 283.35
4. Florida- 275.74
5. LSU- 275.24
6. Georgia- 270.99
7. USC- 268.08
8. Auburn- 267.53
9. Notre Dame- 264.70
10. Texas- 263.37


Only four classes during this stretch have totaled more than 300 points. Alabama 2014 (319.53), Alabama 2013 (319.48), Alabama 2012 (310.89), Ohio State 2013 (303.28).

Texas A&M, which has the No. 2 class in the country for 2015 (not included here), has a three-cycle average of 263.88, which would put the Aggies in the top 10. 


Similarly, Michigan has a three-cycle average of 266.20- which would place the Wolverines in the top 10 if you take away the 2011 cycle.

Here are the top 10 individual classes during that span, numerically.
1. Alabama (2014)- 319.53
2. Alabama (2013)- 319.48
3. Alabama (2012)- 310.89
4. Ohio State (2013)- 303.28
5. LSU (2014)- 298.80
6. Alabama (2011)- 298.39
7. Ohio State (2014)- 296.06
8. Texas (2012)- 295.80
9. Florida (2013)- 291.51
10. Michigan (2013)- 289.17

Quick Hits
-Sources familiar with the recruitment of four-star offensive lineman Matthew Burrell (Woodbridge, Va./Hylton) continue to say that it’s a very close call between Ohio State and the two Florida programs- Florida State and the Gators- with a slight edge to the Sunshine State programs.
-Alabama and Florida State continue to pursue South Carolina four-star defensive end commitment Shameik Blackshear (Bluffton, S.C.), but he says he’s 100 percent firm to the in-state Gamecocks. That being said, he did say Friday night he may take an official visit to FSU.
-Georgia could be getting another talented prospect later this afternoon. The Bulldogs are trending on 247Sports Crystal Ball for four-star receiver Van Jefferson (Brentwood, Tenn./Ravenwood)."