Ratings Are Dumb

[HurricaneU]

It is now a matter of data, correlations, regressions, patterns and trends.

"Beyond the vagaries, the hype and the busts, the annual recruiting rankings still represent the most reliable system at our disposal for making initial assumptions about teams and players alike. Taken as a whole, the numbers actually do work – as long as you're willing to use all of the numbers."

- Full Article: http://www.footballstudyhall.com/20...-matters-why-the-sites-get-the-rankings-right

Coaching matters

 

[JimmyJohnsonsHair]

There is a direct correlation between recruiting rankings and performance in college. This isn't debatable. You have exceptions, but thats what they are exceptions not the norm. Trying to justify your argument with the super bowl rosters is also way off. These star rankings are for college lvl performance, not for NFL performance. Recruiting is a numbers game where you play the percentages. And the numbers say the higher ranked players are gonna get you more wins than the lower ranked players.

In addition, there are fewer 5 star recruits overall so based purely on the math there are going to be fewer former 5 star recruits on NFL rosters.

 

[fxd5122]

Ohio State

2011 - 2
2012 - 2
2013 - 1
2014 - 1

Boy OSU is really racking up the 5 Star Players

Ohio State class ranking

2011-7
2012-5
2013-2
2014-3

Good attempt to try to change the numbers to make your arguement. OSU won with elite recruiting and recruits that were highly ranked. 5 star players represent less than 1% of each recruiting class. Getting 1-2 of them a year is pretty **** good.

Thats not their class rankings. Those are number of 5 Stars as I was told to count em up... I did . Here ya go..