Blue Chip Ratio

accfootballrx revisits the blue chip ratio topic. Some related articles shed more light on this.


https://accfootballrx.blogspot.com/2017/01/most-2017-blue-chip-recruits-by-division.html?showComment=1484795939137#!/2017/01/most-2017-blue-chip-recruits-by-division.html

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4 and 5 Commits:

60 - SEC W
58 - BigTen E
39 - SEC E
29 - Big12
22 - ACC Atlantic
21 - P12 N
20 - P12 S
16 - ACC Coastal
6 - BigTen W

4:01 PM - 11 Jan 2017

Here's a breakdown of individual ACC teams as it stands on the morning of 1/18/2017...

Rank	ACC Team	Qty	5*	4*	3*	Other
1	Florida State	21	3	6	10	2
2	Clemson	13	2	8	3	0
3	Miami	20	0	5	14	1
4	N Carolina	19	0	5	13	1
5	Louisville	22	0	3	18	1
6	Virginia Tech	22	0	3	18	1
7	Pittsburgh	20	0	2	16	2
8	Duke	21	0	1	20	0
9	Virginia	22	0	0	19	3
10	NC State	17	0	0	17	0
11	Georgia Tech	16	0	1	14	1
12	Syracuse	20	0	0	15	5
13	Boston College	19	0	1	15	3
14	Wake Forest	16	0	0	16	0

Notice that for the Seminoles almost half of their recruiting class is "blue chip" (either 4 or 5 stars). For Clemson, it's the majority of their class. Miami and UNC are both about 1/3rd blue chip, and the rest of the league is trying to build with just 3 star players.

Contrast that with our most recent recruiting update, which showed lots of teams loaded with 4 and 5 star players [LINK]."


http://www.tomahawknation.com/florida-state-football-recruiting-fsu-class-commit-visit-offer/2017/1/17/14300816/stars-blue-chip

"It is true that every national champion in this century has had more four- and five-stars signed in the previous four classes than two- and three-stars."

"But the key there is four years. Florida State was at 60 percent entering this year, and it will likely be around 60 percent over the last four classes once this class signs. That will keep FSU in the top five nationally, where it has been through much of Jimbo Fisher’s time.

This year’s class is different. While it lacks the depth of the 2016 class (18 blue chippers), the 2017 class has better talent at the high end. The 2016 class had just one player inside the top 30 nationally.

 

"Rankings are damn good, and getting better. If you make it a habit of consistently taking more two- and three-stars than four- and five-stars, you will not compete on the biggest of stages. But FSU is not consistently doing that. There’s also a chance that with top prospects like Marvin Wilson, Jarez Parks, Devonta Smith, Henry Ruggs, Levi Jones, Hamsah Nasirildeen, and Maleik Gray still on the board, FSU could absolutely still sign more four- and five-stars than two- and three-stars.

FSU is likely to finish somewhere between 4th and 6th nationally. The group of teams out-recruiting FSU by any appreciable margin is very small, consisting only of Alabama, Ohio State, and Georgia, the last of which has not done so for an extended time. "

PAST BLUE CHIP RATIO ARTICLES

http://allthingsfsu.blogspot.com/2016/03/fsu-2016-opponent-recruiting-classes.html

FSU 2016 Opponent Recruiting Classes from 2013-16

Blue Chip % is the most interesting stat IMHO. Important to note that to you need to be north of 50-60% in blue chip % to be 'elite' (shot at national title).


http://allthingsfsu.blogspot.com/2016/08/2016-blue-chip-ratio.html

2016 Blue Chip Ratio

Ratio	Team	Conference
0.77	Alabama	SEC
0.7	USC	Pac-12
0.7	Ohio State	Big Ten
0.66	LSU	SEC
0.63	Notre Dame	Independent
0.6	Florida State	ACC
0.59	Michigan	Big Ten
0.57	Auburn	SEC
0.55	UCLA	Pac-12
0.53	Texas A&M	SEC
0.52	Georgia	SEC
0.52	Clemson	ACC
0.5	Texas	Big XII