247 sports has posted a "Team Talent Ranking" based on the cumulative 247 rankings of the entire roster, including how many 3*, 4* and 5* recruits each program has...you can find it here.
http://247sports.com/Season/2017-Football/CollegeTeamTalentComposite
Now of course once kids get on campus you can throw recruiting rankings out the window, but for comparison's sake it's a fun exercise. Of note are some of the teams ranked below us:
#54 UCF (1-5*, 4-4*, 60-3*)
#57 UofH (2-5*, 3-4*, 52-3*)
#59 USF (1-4*, 66-3*)
#69 Memphis (1-4*, 49-3*)
#71 Boise St (2-4*, 54-3*)
#72 Cincy (1-4*, 58-3*)
#73 SMU (2-4*, 44-3*)
#74 ECU (3-4*, 37-3*)
#76 Temple (3-4*, 33-3*)
#80 Tulsa (33-3*)
#81 Uconn (1-4*, 33-3*)
#85 Tulane (1-4*, 22-3*) of note our 4* is Corey Dauphine, but J. Banks was a 4* coming out of HS
#86 la tech (29-3*)
#87 usm (27-3*)
#91 NAVY (21-3*)
#96 geo southern (25-3*)
#106 FIU (12-3*)
#112 ul-l (15-3*)
#133 ARMY (1-3*)
Some interesting takeaways...on paper we are more talented than Army and Navy, but both teams won 8 or more games last season while we lost 8. Uconn is more talented, on paper, but we kicked the poop out of them last season. Big Bad Boise st is below 4 AAC teams in talent, but do we think those 4 teams (UCF, UH, USF and Memphis) could beat Boise? Houston, which is one of the most talented outfits in the conference lost to SMU & Navy last season and were 1 yard shy of losing to Tulsa. Talent matters, but coaching scheme is the great equalizer.
http://247sports.com/Season/2017-Football/CollegeTeamTalentComposite
Now of course once kids get on campus you can throw recruiting rankings out the window, but for comparison's sake it's a fun exercise. Of note are some of the teams ranked below us:
#54 UCF (1-5*, 4-4*, 60-3*)
#57 UofH (2-5*, 3-4*, 52-3*)
#59 USF (1-4*, 66-3*)
#69 Memphis (1-4*, 49-3*)
#71 Boise St (2-4*, 54-3*)
#72 Cincy (1-4*, 58-3*)
#73 SMU (2-4*, 44-3*)
#74 ECU (3-4*, 37-3*)
#76 Temple (3-4*, 33-3*)
#80 Tulsa (33-3*)
#81 Uconn (1-4*, 33-3*)
#85 Tulane (1-4*, 22-3*) of note our 4* is Corey Dauphine, but J. Banks was a 4* coming out of HS
#86 la tech (29-3*)
#87 usm (27-3*)
#91 NAVY (21-3*)
#96 geo southern (25-3*)
#106 FIU (12-3*)
#112 ul-l (15-3*)
#133 ARMY (1-3*)
Some interesting takeaways...on paper we are more talented than Army and Navy, but both teams won 8 or more games last season while we lost 8. Uconn is more talented, on paper, but we kicked the poop out of them last season. Big Bad Boise st is below 4 AAC teams in talent, but do we think those 4 teams (UCF, UH, USF and Memphis) could beat Boise? Houston, which is one of the most talented outfits in the conference lost to SMU & Navy last season and were 1 yard shy of losing to Tulsa. Talent matters, but coaching scheme is the great equalizer.