Monday, February 26, 2018

FSU sports coaching longevity (updated)

Have to say, FSU does an amazing job with coaching stability.  Doesn't even note the decades Bobby was HC at FSU.







Tuesday, February 20, 2018

FSU records

Jimbo Fisher records AT FSU......A&M needs to borrow those FSU records.

Monday, February 19, 2018

25 largest Twitter accounts by followers for College Baseball





Friday, February 16, 2018

Composite rankings (Update)



https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/roster-talent-rankings-college-football-teams-with-the-best-players-in-2018/

In the College Football Playoff era, 11 of the 16 available spots have been awarded to four teams: Alabama, Clemson, Ohio State and Oklahoma. Each of these programs has recruited at or near the top of their conference and average at top-15 recruiting class in the College Football Playoff era. Additionally, the teams occupying the other five playoff bids of the era (Georgia, Florida State, Oregon, Washington and Michigan State) all fall in the top 25 of our rolling talent rankings.  
Now that 2018 National Signing Day is in the books, those rankings (a five-year average of the 247Sports Composite team rankings) can be updated to give a preview of the most talented teams in college football for 2018.

TeamConferenceFive-year average20142015201620172018
AlabamaSEC2.211117
Ohio StateBig Ten3.637422
GeorgiaSEC5.086731
Florida StateACC5.2432611
USCPac-125.6102844
LSUSEC6.4253715
AuburnSEC9.0699912
ClemsonACC11.618810166
Notre DameINDIE12.01113151110
TennesseeSEC12.474141720
Texas A&MSEC12.8511191217
TexasBig 1213.4171011263
OklahomaBig 1213.414152189
FloridaSEC13.4921131014
Penn StateBig Ten15.6241420155
MiamiACC16.2122622138
UCLAPac-1216.21912122018
MichiganBig Ten17.820385521
Ole MissSEC19.8151763031
OregonPac-1220.02116281916
South CarolinaSEC20.21619262119
StanfordPac-1221.21324161439
WashingtonPac-1225.63727292213
Michigan StateBig Ten26.62522183632
Mississippi StateSEC27.03518312427



Where the recent national champions (since 2010) rank: Alabama (2.2), Clemson (11.6), Ohio State (3.6), Florida State (5.2), Auburn (9.0)
Elite recruiting, no CFP appearances: USC (5.6), LSU (6.4), Auburn (9.0), Notre Dame (12.0)
Just outside the top 25: Nebraska (27.2), Arizona State (28.6), North Carolina (28.6), Virginia Tech (29.2), Baylor (29.8)

https://www.sbnation.com/college-football-recruiting/2018/2/8/16990550/college-football-recruiting-rankings-2018-class

Below are 2017, five-year, and two-year rankings.
The two-year rankings are what I use in projections, but I wanted to share all of it because I know some people like thinking in terms of five-year trends.

College football 2- and 5-year recruiting rankings

Team 2018 class pctile (Rk) 2018 Rk 5-year avg 5yr Rk 2-year avg 2yr Rk Chg in 2yr Rk
Team 2018 class pctile (Rk) 2018 Rk 5-year avg 5yr Rk 2-year avg 2yr Rk Chg in 2yr Rk
Ohio State 99.6% 2 98.7% 2 99.6% 1 1
Georgia 99.7% 1 97.8% 3 99.4% 2 3
USC 98.8% 3 97.5% 5 98.7% 3 4
Alabama 97.0% 7 99.0% 1 98.4% 4 -3
Florida State 95.1% 10 97.8% 4 96.8% 5 -2
Oklahoma 96.1% 9 92.7% 11 96.4% 6 6
LSU 92.5% 14 96.9% 6 95.1% 7 -1
Penn State 97.8% 5 89.8% 16 94.8% 8 9
Miami-FL 97.0% 8 89.1% 17 94.6% 9 9
Notre Dame 94.5% 11 94.1% 8 93.4% 10 0
Auburn 94.2% 12 95.1% 7 92.7% 11 -2
Clemson 97.0% 6 94.0% 9 92.3% 12 -1
Florida 90.3% 15 91.6% 13 92.0% 13 -5
Texas A&M 90.0% 16 93.3% 10 91.1% 14 -1
Michigan 79.9% 23 83.8% 22 89.3% 15 -11
Texas 98.3% 4 91.1% 14 88.3% 16 3
Washington 93.0% 13 79.1% 24 88.0% 17 9
Oregon 89.8% 17 85.3% 19 87.6% 18 5
UCLA 86.9% 18 90.4% 15 86.0% 19 -4
South Carolina 85.3% 19 85.6% 18 85.5% 20 2
Tennessee 82.2% 20 91.7% 12 85.0% 21 -7
Nebraska 81.5% 21 78.4% 25 82.9% 22 -1
Maryland 75.5% 27 68.5% 37 80.4% 23 9
Virginia Tech 80.8% 22 76.3% 29 78.8% 24 14
North Carolina 79.3% 24 78.2% 26 77.8% 25 4
Mississippi State 77.3% 25 77.5% 27 77.6% 26 5
Stanford 61.2% 45 83.9% 21 75.7% 27 -11
Louisville 74.9% 28 70.9% 34 74.6% 28 8
Kentucky 70.7% 35 75.6% 30 73.6% 29 1
Ole Miss 74.7% 29 84.3% 20 73.4% 30 -10
TCU 77.0% 26 72.2% 33 73.4% 31 -3
Utah 69.6% 37 65.4% 41 73.0% 32 1
Michigan State 74.5% 30 79.7% 23 72.7% 33 -8
Baylor 74.3% 31 74.7% 31 71.5% 34 -10
Oklahoma State 71.8% 34 69.6% 36 70.1% 35 5
Wisconsin 67.7% 39 70.6% 35 69.2% 36 -1
Pittsburgh 67.2% 40 64.7% 42 68.3% 37 -3
Arizona State 70.3% 36 76.4% 28 67.6% 38 -1
Iowa 66.9% 41 59.7% 46 66.4% 39 2
NC State 74.0% 32 68.0% 38 66.2% 40 6
Arkansas 52.7% 58 73.7% 32 65.4% 41 -14
West Virginia 72.2% 33 66.8% 39 65.0% 42 1
Colorado 57.5% 50 52.6% 57 64.7% 43 7
Missouri 64.9% 42 65.9% 40 63.7% 44 5
Arizona 55.4% 53 64.2% 43 60.4% 45 -3
Washington State 61.1% 46 56.0% 52 60.0% 46 6
Minnesota 68.1% 38 57.5% 48 59.8% 47 6
Georgia Tech 56.1% 51 57.3% 49 59.5% 48 6
Iowa State 55.8% 52 53.9% 55 58.4% 49 2
Illinois 55.1% 54 51.6% 59 57.5% 50 9
Duke 51.5% 59 58.8% 47 57.3% 51 -12
Vanderbilt 63.9% 44 56.9% 50 57.0% 52 5
Rutgers 51.1% 60 50.6% 60 56.5% 53 10
Northwestern 53.1% 57 55.9% 53 55.8% 54 -7
Cincinnati 60.2% 48 48.7% 64 55.0% 55 12
Indiana 60.6% 47 56.1% 51 54.3% 56 6
California 64.7% 43 62.9% 44 54.1% 57 -9
Syracuse 53.8% 55 52.0% 58 52.9% 58 3
Texas Tech 41.9% 71 59.8% 45 52.1% 59 -15
Oregon State 42.6% 70 53.2% 56 51.6% 60 -15
Virginia 47.5% 64 55.6% 54 49.6% 61 -1
Purdue 57.6% 49 45.2% 69 49.4% 62 10
Kansas 53.6% 56 44.6% 70 49.2% 63 14
Kansas State 47.4% 65 50.1% 61 49.1% 64 4
Boise State 51.0% 61 48.6% 65 48.9% 65 -1
Central Florida 42.9% 69 47.5% 67 47.9% 66 -8
Wake Forest 50.2% 62 49.3% 62 46.0% 67 -1
Boston College 44.2% 67 47.8% 66 44.5% 68 3
South Florida 49.2% 63 49.0% 63 43.3% 69 0
Houston 44.5% 66 42.8% 71 42.2% 70 -14
Memphis 31.8% 84 38.5% 75 40.4% 71 -6
BYU 31.2% 85 46.4% 68 39.0% 72 -17
Toledo 40.4% 73 30.3% 81 37.0% 73 10
Southern Miss 35.0% 77 29.8% 82 35.9% 74 7
San Diego State 34.3% 79 38.9% 74 35.7% 75 -1
UTSA 34.1% 80 24.3% 94 35.7% 76 10
Florida Atlantic 27.4% 90 31.2% 79 34.3% 77 2
Western Michigan 41.3% 72 40.3% 72 33.4% 78 -5
Tulane 43.7% 68 28.6% 84 32.9% 79 13
Marshall 38.9% 74 40.2% 73 32.8% 80 -5
East Carolina 29.4% 86 32.0% 78 32.7% 81 -3
Colorado State 29.4% 87 31.0% 80 32.2% 82 -12
Florida International 37.2% 76 24.8% 91 32.2% 83 10
SMU 31.8% 83 32.8% 77 31.7% 84 -8
Western Kentucky 33.3% 81 26.7% 87 30.9% 85 6
Louisiana Tech 37.4% 75 28.7% 83 30.6% 86 4
Tulsa 27.0% 91 26.4% 89 28.3% 87 -2
Bowling Green 26.2% 92 21.9% 97 27.0% 88 11
Arkansas State 32.3% 82 25.4% 90 26.2% 89 6
Temple 34.7% 78 37.5% 76 25.4% 90 -10
Northern Illinois 28.3% 88 20.8% 101 24.6% 91 26
Navy 20.8% 98 27.3% 86 24.0% 92 -4
Middle Tennessee 18.4% 101 24.6% 93 23.8% 93 -9
Georgia State 27.4% 89 19.2% 105 23.8% 94 21
Fresno State 15.9% 106 26.4% 88 22.6% 95 -13
Connecticut 23.1% 95 21.9% 96 22.3% 96 6
Troy 24.5% 93 20.6% 102 22.1% 97 -3
Nevada 23.5% 94 21.7% 98 21.3% 98 6
North Texas 22.6% 96 19.1% 106 21.0% 99 15
Texas State 19.4% 100 20.1% 104 20.7% 100 5
Ball State 12.5% 115 18.1% 109 19.2% 101 0
UL-Monroe 16.6% 103 16.8% 115 19.0% 102 11
Miami-OH 10.6% 121 21.9% 95 18.8% 103 -16
UNLV 20.0% 99 21.5% 99 18.5% 104 -15
Hawaii 15.8% 107 14.9% 119 18.4% 105 6
Georgia Southern 20.9% 97 24.6% 92 18.4% 106 -10
Central Michigan 12.3% 116 17.2% 113 18.1% 107 -1
San Jose State 16.2% 105 27.3% 85 17.3% 108 -8
Appalachian State 14.8% 110 20.4% 103 16.4% 109 3
Army 16.5% 104 16.4% 116 15.7% 110 -2
Wyoming 9.4% 124 16.1% 117 15.4% 111 -1
Charlotte 11.6% 118 14.9% 120 15.3% 112 7
Ohio 14.4% 111 17.4% 111 15.1% 113 3
New Mexico 9.1% 126 18.3% 108 15.0% 114 -16
Utah State 9.4% 125 17.2% 112 13.9% 115 -6
Massachusetts 11.1% 119 17.9% 110 13.3% 116 -19
UAB 17.7% 102 14.9% 121 13.3% 117 -14
South Alabama 13.4% 113 18.4% 107 13.2% 118 -11
Kent State 14.9% 108 12.5% 126 12.7% 119 -9
UL-Lafayette 10.8% 120 16.9% 114 12.3% 120 -2
Eastern Michigan 13.4% 112 13.2% 123 11.5% 121 5
Old Dominion 10.3% 122 20.9% 100 11.5% 122 1
Rice 7.6% 127 15.4% 118 10.8% 123 1
New Mexico State 12.5% 114 11.3% 128 10.4% 124 3
Buffalo 5.6% 130 14.3% 122 10.1% 125 -5
Akron 11.9% 117 13.0% 124 9.7% 126 -3
UTEP 9.4% 123 12.2% 127 9.5% 127 5
Coastal Carolina 14.9% 109 9.1% 128
Air Force 7.1% 128 12.8% 125 7.3% 129 -8
Liberty 6.7% 129 7.1% 130
(Note: Service academy recruiting rankings are notoriously strange. A lot of guys commit, many don’t get accepted, many change their plans, and plenty without recruiting profiles end up on the roster. So the grain-of-salt method is the way to go with Army, Navy, and Air Force.)
There are rarely a ton of changes here — the teams that recruit well tend to be the teams that always recruit well. Still, there are some interesting shifts. As it pertains to the S&P+ projections, here are some of the most important:





Largest positive change in two-year recruiting rankings (Power 5)

  • Virginia Tech (14 spots, from 38th to 24th)
  • Kansas (14 spots, from 77th to 63rd)
  • Rutgers (10 spots, from 63rd to 53rd)
  • Purdue (10 spots, from 72nd to 62nd)
  • Penn State (nine spots, from 17th to eighth)
  • Miami (nine spots, from 18th to ninth)
  • Washington (nine spots, from 26th to 17th)
  • Maryland (nine spots, from 32nd to 23rd)
  • Illinois (nine spots, from 59th to 50th)
  • Louisville (eight spots, from 36th to 28th)
Obviously a list of rising rankings is going to feature a lot of teams that started really far down the list (with lots of room to rise), but two of the top 10 risers were already doing reasonably well.
Both Penn State and Miami have kicked their respective recruiting games up a notch or two. Penn State’s 2018 haul finished fifth overall in my percentile ratings, ahead of Alabama, while Miami finished eighth, just behind the Crimson Tide. James Franklin has taken full advantage of PSU’s recent on-field success, while it appears that both Georgia and Miami benefited when the former fired head coach Mark Richt and the latter picked him up.
Three other teams rose a decent length to join the two-year top 25: Washington, Virginia Tech, and Maryland. Terps head coach D.J. Durkin is doing all he can from a recruiting standpoint; we’ll see if that begins to translate on the field in 2018.
And now we look at the other side: the teams that are falling.

Largest negative change in two-year recruiting rankings (Power 5*)

  • Oregon State (15 spots, from 45th to 60th)
  • Texas Tech (15 spots, from 44th to 59th)
  • Arkansas (14 spots, from 27th to 41st)
  • Duke (12 spots, from 39th to 51st)
  • Stanford (11 spots, from 16th to 27th)
  • Michigan (11 spots, from fourth to 15th)
  • Baylor (10 spots, from 24th to 34th)
  • Ole Miss (10 spots, from 20th to 30th)
  • California (nine spots, from 48th to 57th)
  • Michigan State (eight spots, from 25th to 33rd)

'all time' recruiting rankings (2002) (update)

FSU #1 (Tied with USC with most 5 stars signed all time (as of 2018)) with 57.



https://www.sbnation.com/college-football-recruiting/2018/2/14/17003548/recruiting-rankings-all-time-history


Who’s been the top recruiting team of the entire internet rankings era? The answer will probably surprise you.
The list of current FBS teams, going back to 2002, or the oldest year before the recorded rankings start getting pretty weird (recruiting ratings have been around forever, but only became a casually accessible thing around the turn of the millennium):

Average recruiting ranking, 2002-2018

Overall Team Current conference Average ranking
Overall Team Current conference Average ranking
1 USC Pac-12 4.8
2 Georgia SEC 6.8
3 Florida State ACC 7.1
4 Florida SEC 7.7
5 LSU SEC 7.8
6 Texas Big 12 8.5
7 Ohio State Big Ten 10.2
8 Alabama SEC 10.2
9 Oklahoma Big 12 10.4
10 Michigan Big Ten 12.6
11 Miami ACC 12.8
12 Notre Dame Independent 13.6
13 Tennessee SEC 13.7
14 Auburn SEC 13.8
15 Texas A&M SEC 17.5
16 Clemson ACC 19.3
17 South Carolina SEC 20.5
18 Oregon Pac-12 22.7
19 Penn State Big Ten 22.7
20 UCLA Pac-12 24.7
21 Nebraska Big Ten 26.1
22 North Carolina ACC 27.5
23 Ole Miss SEC 27.8
24 Virginia Tech ACC 27.9
25 Arkansas SEC 28.7
26 Mississippi State SEC 28.8
27 Washington Pac-12 29.7
28 Stanford Pac-12 30.2
29 Arizona State Pac-12 31.8
30 Oklahoma State Big 12 31.9
31 California Pac-12 32.1
32 Maryland Big Ten 32.8
33 Michigan State Big Ten 33.4
34 Missouri SEC 36.0
35 Wisconsin Big Ten 39.4
36 West Virginia Big 12 40.4
37 Virginia ACC 40.7
38 Pittsburgh ACC 41.3
39 Arizona Pac-12 41.4
40 NC State ACC 41.8
41 Texas Tech Big 12 42.8
42 Iowa Big Ten 42.9
43 Louisville ACC 44.4
44 Baylor Big 12 45.2
45 Illinois Big Ten 45.3
46 TCU Big 12 45.8
47 Rutgers Big Ten 45.9
48 Colorado Pac-12 47.0
49 Kentucky SEC 47.6
50 Oregon State Pac-12 48.5
51 Georgia Tech ACC 50.4
52 Kansas State Big 12 51.1
53 Utah Pac-12 51.7
54 Washington State Pac-12 52.0
55 Boston College ACC 52.1
56 Minnesota Big Ten 52.6
57 Kansas Big 12 55.0
58 Iowa State Big 12 55.7
59 Purdue Big Ten 56.3
60 BYU Independent 56.6
61 Vanderbilt SEC 58.2
62 Syracuse ACC 58.2
63 USF AAC 59.1
64 Duke ACC 60.1
65 Indiana Big Ten 62.1
66 Northwestern Big Ten 62.1
67 Houston AAC 65.8
68 Wake Forest ACC 67.2


5. Conference rankings show something like four tiers.

Average rankings, based on current membership (that’s imperfect, since teams have changed conferences, but it’s what’s happening here):
  1. SEC, 23.2
  2. Pac-12, 34.7
  3. Big 12, 38.7
  4. Big Ten, 38.8
  5. ACC, 39.4
  6. American, 77.9
  7. Mountain West, 90.2
  8. Conference USA, 99
  9. MAC, 101.4
  10. Sun Belt, 111.8
The SEC stands alone, which makes sense. It dominates the most talented region and doesn’t depend on just a couple teams to bring in all its five-stars, like most other power leagues usually do. For all the talk about the SEC being top-heavy in the Alabama era (which is sometimes true in individual seasons), the league’s had four different schools win titles since 2002. The Big 12, Big Ten, and Pac-12 have one title-winning school each in that span.
The AAC and MWC stand apart from the Group of 5, and not just because their numbers include lots of rankings by once and future Power 5 teams.

7. Your hardest power-conference jobs, more or less:

  1. Wake Forest
  2. Northwestern
  3. Indiana
  4. Duke
  5. Syracuse
  6. Vanderbilt
  7. Purdue
Northwestern’s had a handful of 10-win seasons, but S&P+ has Indiana as the best recent program in this group. The numbers evidently prefer a team that nearly beats elite teams to a team whose games are always 17-10, no matter the opponent.
Please never forget that time Wake Forest won the ACC.