Teams with the most Rivals top 250 talent

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  1. Terry O'Keefe

    Terry O'Keefe Well-Known Member Administrator

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    A poster on Rivals compiled this....Biggest suprise is the amount of talent Texas has recruited vs the amount of talent OU has recruited. No Suprise that USC and UF are on top.
     
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    Any class breakdown on that?
     
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    Nope..but everybody knows that some teams like USC are Young in terms of Starters back, but not in terms of talent based on HS rankings at least. While other teams like ND are no longer young with most of the starters having good experience.
     
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    gotcha. my point was that if the OP was taking a shot at the last 2 seasons under Charlie, its safe to say that the bulk of that top 250 talent is in the Junior, Sophomore and Freshman classes for this season.
     
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    So if he recruited less successfully his feet wouldn't be held to the fire :?:
     
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    Here's a further breakdown of Rivals Top 50 and Top 100 players and who has the most.

    TOP 50 PLAYERS

    Southern Cal: 29
    Florida: 15
    Oklahoma: 13
    Texas: 12
    NOTRE DAME: 10
    Louisiana St: 10
    Ohio St: 10
    Alabama: 10
    Michigan: 9
    Georgia: 8
    Tennessee: 8
    Florida St: 7
    Clemson: 5
    Miami: 4
    Penn St: 2

    TOP 100 PLAYERS

    Southern Cal: 45
    Texas: 25
    Florida: 24
    NOTRE DAME: 22
    Ohio St: 20
    Oklahoma: 19
    Louisiana St: 19
    Georgia: 19
    Alabama: 18
    Miami: 16
    Tennessee: 15
    Florida St: 14
    Michigan: 11
    Clemson: 9
    Penn St: 7
     
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    So USC has nearly 3 times the number of top 50 players that we do, but there isn't a talent gap?