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 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?
Alabama SEC 1 16 14.5 17 17 15.34 13 7 +6
Arkansas SEC 30 32.5 28.5 28 24.5 28.8 28 65 -37
Auburn SEC 19 6.5 9.5 17.5 26 13.57 12 74 -62
Florida SEC 7.5 1 2 13 7.5 6.2 2 2 0
Georgia SEC 6 13 4 7 6 7.07 3 13 -10
Kentucky SEC 55 56 35 64.5 48.5 51.09 54 64 -10
LSU SEC 9 4.5 7 20.5 2 10.54 8 42 -34
Mississippi SEC 33.5 29 15.5 29.5 34.5 25.44 23 26 -3
Mississippi State SEC 38.5 33 41.5 36 61.5 39.87 40 92 -52
South Carolina SEC 28 5.5 28.5 21.5 31.5 21.87 20 39 -19
Tennessee SEC 35 3.5 23.5 2.5 10 11.68 11 62 -51
Vanderbilt SEC 82 77 60.5 83.5 64 72.6 70 52 +18
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