Recruiting vs. Ranking College Football Team Performance: SEC

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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 2007 Rating 2006 Rating 2005 Rating 2004 Rating 2003 Rating 2007 Recruiting Rating Avg 2007 Recruiting Rating Ranking 2007 Post-Bowl Ranking 2007 Post-Bowl Difference Missing Ratings?
Alabama SEC 16 14.5 17 17 47 19.46 15 40 -25
Arkansas SEC 32.5 28.5 28 24.5 26 26.93 23 29 -6
Auburn SEC 6.5 9.5 17.5 26 13.5 17.87 13 18 -5
Florida SEC 1 2 13 7.5 3 7.51 6 10 -4
Georgia SEC 13 4 7 6 8.5 6.46 3 4 -1
Kentucky SEC 56 35 64.5 48.5 58.5 52.38 55 26 29
LSU SEC 4.5 7 20.5 2 1.5 9.16 8 1 7
Mississippi SEC 29 15.5 29.5 34.5 35 28.88 27 81 -54
Mississippi State SEC 33 41.5 36 61.5 14.5 43.25 46 34 12
South Carolina SEC 5.5 28.5 21.5 31.5 11.5 24.56 20 41 -21
Tennessee SEC 3.5 23.5 2.5 10 12.5 10.22 9 13 -4
Vanderbilt SEC 77 60.5 83.5 64 69.5 70.81 68 60 8