Keeping in mind that the rankings of all the recruiting sites are skewed a bit toward the power conferences because most of the individual sites cover those schools, here are some interesting nuggets:
1) The lowest rated SEC school was Vanderbilt at No. 47. The highest-rated group of five school (AAC, Mountain West, C-USA, MAC, Sun Belt) was Cincinnati at No. 57.
2) Although the AAC had a rough time on the field, it clearly won the recruiting battle against the other group-of-five leagues. Following Cincy in the rankings was South Florida at 58 and UCF at 63. San Jose State of the Mountain West was 60 and Boise State was 64.
3) Tulane ranked 104th, ahead of only East Carolina (113) and Navy (114) in the AAC, but the ranking are biased against small classes. The Wave is tied with Air Force, which signed 28 players, all of whom were two stars or no stars. Tulane had three three-star guys out of 17.
4) The rest of the AAC rankings were Temple (75), Memphis (77), SMU (82), Houston (90), Tulsa (99) and Connecticut (100). SMU, Tulsa and Houston have new coaches, which always hurts a recruiting class even if the coach is a good recruiter because contacts have not been established.
5) Combined, the group of five conferences signed eight four-star players. Temple, which has recruited really well the past two years but was hurt in these ratings by having a small, 19-player class, got two. UCF, Tulsa, Memphis, San Diego State, Boise State and San Jose State got one. Tulsa was the only school ranked outside the top 80 with a four-star guy. The only four-star freshman Tulane has ever gotten under Rivals. com was Darion Monroe.
6) Of the other Louisiana schools, La Tech was 78, ULL was 89 and ULM was 94. That's not good, but ULL had 28 signees and ULM had 26, skewing the numbers a bit.
7) Michigan, Pittsburgh and Houston, all of whom had coaching changes, were the only schools ranked ahead of Tulane that signed fewer than 17 players.
1) The lowest rated SEC school was Vanderbilt at No. 47. The highest-rated group of five school (AAC, Mountain West, C-USA, MAC, Sun Belt) was Cincinnati at No. 57.
2) Although the AAC had a rough time on the field, it clearly won the recruiting battle against the other group-of-five leagues. Following Cincy in the rankings was South Florida at 58 and UCF at 63. San Jose State of the Mountain West was 60 and Boise State was 64.
3) Tulane ranked 104th, ahead of only East Carolina (113) and Navy (114) in the AAC, but the ranking are biased against small classes. The Wave is tied with Air Force, which signed 28 players, all of whom were two stars or no stars. Tulane had three three-star guys out of 17.
4) The rest of the AAC rankings were Temple (75), Memphis (77), SMU (82), Houston (90), Tulsa (99) and Connecticut (100). SMU, Tulsa and Houston have new coaches, which always hurts a recruiting class even if the coach is a good recruiter because contacts have not been established.
5) Combined, the group of five conferences signed eight four-star players. Temple, which has recruited really well the past two years but was hurt in these ratings by having a small, 19-player class, got two. UCF, Tulsa, Memphis, San Diego State, Boise State and San Jose State got one. Tulsa was the only school ranked outside the top 80 with a four-star guy. The only four-star freshman Tulane has ever gotten under Rivals. com was Darion Monroe.
6) Of the other Louisiana schools, La Tech was 78, ULL was 89 and ULM was 94. That's not good, but ULL had 28 signees and ULM had 26, skewing the numbers a bit.
7) Michigan, Pittsburgh and Houston, all of whom had coaching changes, were the only schools ranked ahead of Tulane that signed fewer than 17 players.
