Recruiting vs. Ranking College Football Team Performance: Sun Belt 2005

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Caveats:

  • Each year's recruiting rating is an average of the rank order ratings from two major recruiting services.
  • The Recruiting Rating Average is weighted to give the most weight for 3rd and 4th year student-athletes, and the least for 1st year student-athletes.
  • The Recruiting Rating Averages are rank ordered to assign each team a Recruiting Ranting Ranking for the team's recruiting rating average.
  • The Post-Bowl Ranking is an average of 20+ ranking services. It is not simply the AP, Coaches, or BCS ratings.
  • Read the full explanation on the index page.

Index | Top 20 Overachieving Teams
ACC | Big 12 | Big East | Big Ten | Conference USA | Independents | MAC | Mountain West | Pac-10 | SEC | Sun Belt | WAC

Updated 15 December 2008: 2008 pre-bowl rankings have now been included and the differences between those rankings and the recruiting ratings have been calculated.

School Conference 2005 Rating 2004 Rating 2003 Rating 2002 Rating Recruiting Rating Avg Pre-Bowl Ranking Pre-Bowl Difference Post-Bowl Rating Post-Bowl Difference Missing Ratings?
Arkansas St. Sun Belt 103.5 97 86 69 83.68 101 -17.33 101 -17.33 2002x1
Florida Atlantic Sun Belt 118 118 118 118 118 115 3 115 3 2002x2, 2003x2, 2004x2, 2005x1, 2006x1
Florida International Sun Belt 119 118.5 118 119 118.53 105 13.53 104 14.53 2002x2, 2003x2, 2004x2, 2005x1
Louisiana Lafayette Sun Belt 84 104.5 85 91.5 92.1 93 -0.9 91 1.1
Louisiana Monroe Sun Belt 110 106.5 91 87 94.43 103 -8.57 102 -7.57 2002x1, 2003x1
Middle Tenn. State Sun Belt 68.5 81.5 78 77 78.05 102 -23.95 103 -24.95
North Texas Sun Belt 89 85 94 111 97.45 114 -16.55 114 -16.55 2002x1
Troy Sun Belt 69 74 77 114 88.8 106 -17.2 107 -18.2 2002x1