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[QUOTE="Orijinal, post: 5117960, member: 2359"]
Okay, I did some cursory research on class recruiting rankings and how they might correlate to top-10 team rankings.

Mind you, I am only taking 1 year of results in each category. So this is obviously not going to be conclusive. I would need more time to dig into it. Anyway, here it goes

The final AP college football rankings for 2023-2024 (Top 10), with their 2021 Rivals class recruiting ranking in parentheses:

1) Michigan (10)
2) Washington (42)
3) Texas (16)
4) Georgia (5)
5) Alabama (1)
6) Oregon (3)
6) Florida State (27)
8) Missouri (19)
9) Mississippi (17)
10) Ohio State (2)

So here we have four of the top-10 teams with a 2021 class recruiting ranking in the top 5

We have eight of the top-10 teams with a 2021 class recruiting ranking in the top 25

We have one team with a class recruiting rank of 27 ...(so top 30), and we have one team as an outlier ...Washington with a class recruiting ranking of 42

Bottom line--for the 2023-2024 season: 90% of the top 10 teams recruited a top 30 class 2 years prior. 80% recruited a top 25 class 2 years prior. And 40% of top-10 teams recruited a top 5 class 2 years prior

There are always outliers (overachievers and underachivers), including in the 2023-2024 season. So coaching still does make a difference. But the bigger indicator (at least in terms of final results in 2023-2024) seems to be how well a program can recruit an [B]entire class[/B]

Again, I am not saying this is conclusive. It's only what I have time to research right now

And I will always believe that Syracuse can make the playoffs regardless of class recruiting rankings
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