Recruiting vs. Ranking College Football Team Performance: MAC

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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 2008 Rating 2007 Rating 2006 Rating 2005 Rating 2004 Rating 2008 Recruiting Rating Avg 2008 Recruiting Rating Ranking 2008 Pre-Bowl Ranking Average 2008 Pre-Bowl Difference Missing Ratings?
Akron MAC 82 76 82.5 76 103 81.09 79 91 -12
Ball State MAC 101.5 83.5 79 106 101 91.91 93 25 +68
Bowling Green MAC 111.5 99.5 83 102.5 79.5 93.53 96 75 +21
Buffalo MAC 110 115 97 103 110.5 104.45 112 55 +57 2008x1
Central Michigan MAC 93 102.5 101 93.5 98.5 98.26 105 59 +46
Eastern Michigan MAC 98.5 91 104 110.5 95.5 102.48 110 109 +1
Kent MAC 88 95 112.5 100 114.5 104.1 111 104 +7
Miami-OH MAC 86.5 76 87.5 115 87.5 94.24 97 114 -17
Northern Illinois MAC 119 114.5 107.5 90.5 86 101.6 107 78 +29
Ohio MAC 97.5 98 87 101 95 95.04 100 97 +3
Temple MAC 77 82 82.5 97.5 91 87.98 85 84 +1
Toledo MAC 75.5 74 81.5 95 100 86.07 84 108 -24
Western Michigan MAC 83 94.5 100.5 98.5 82 96.09 101 49 +52
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