relative recruiting rankings since 2005

by HumanRobot , Cybertron, Sunday, June 13, 2010, 17:40 (5841 days ago) @ HumanRobot

Rankings from Rivals

2004
TCU- 55
Utah- 61
BSU- 85
Cincy- 80

2005
TCU- 54
Utah- 59
BSU- 64
Cincy- 94

2006
TCU- 60
Utah- 55
BSU- 70
Cincy- 108

2007
TCU- 80
Utah- 71
BSU- 68
Cincy- 89

2008
TCU- 96
Utah- 60
BSU- 89
Cincy- 67

2009
TCU- 46
Utah- 44
BSU- 72
Cincy- 60

2010
TCU- 46
Utah- 32
BSU- 82
Cincy- 59

So it looks to me that BSU and Cincy have been somewhat comparable. Notably, Cincy's recruiting picked up about 20 spots with Kelly.

The more that I look at it, though, I think Suave's curve is interesting, when you look at x-axis positioning, you see that a lot of teams that Cincy tends to play are to the left. Look at last year's scheudle: Rutgers (~45), SEMS (??), OrSU (~45), FrSU (~75), USF (~50), Lou (~50), Syracuse (~60), UConn (~80), WVU (~35), Ill (~35), Pitt (~30). None of those dots are to the right of Cincy's average recruiting. Compare that to BSU's schedule: Oregon (~25), Miami OH (~90), FrSU (~75), BG (~95), UC-Davis (??), Tulsa (~75), Hawaii (~85), SJS (~95), Lou Tech (~85), Idaho (~95), Utah State (~95), Nevada (~85), and NMS (~110) and you start to get a picture that BSU tends to play teams closer to it in talent level, if not superior.

Again, though, great chart of Suave!