(02-01-2018 02:38 AM)chiefsfan Wrote:  

(01-31-2018 10:41 PM)AtlantaJag Wrote:  

(01-31-2018 10:27 PM)chiefsfan Wrote:  

(01-31-2018 11:35 AM)TroyFootball05 Wrote:  GSU now leads at 247: https://247sports.com/Season/2018-Footba...erence=SBC

They will be a force in the SBC soon, but some will deny these rankings. We'll see who's right.

Recruiting rankings are the most subjective things there ever was. It's basically all down to whether or not some supposed "expert" of talent sees the players you signed as strong.

Then there's the whole thing that it's easier to lead in a recruiting ranking at the G5 level if you have a dedicated reporter for a particular service who can work to insist players get rated. Or the players that can get an immediate star boost the minute they get a P5 offer.

I know when we win in the rankings we all like to spout off, but the reality is that its a meaningless tool used to make recruiting fun.

There’s absolutely subjectively in every player’s rating, like there is the scoring of gymnastics or diving or other such sports.
Over the last few years I think the recruiting services have improved dramatically in evaluating players, probably more so for those at the G5 level since they were given less attention in the past.
I think Troy is a good example of how they’ve gotten better and become more objective. Troy, which does not have a site on a network that evaluates recruits, has been near the top of the rankings ever since Neal Brown arrived and their results on the field have improved as well.
As has been pointed out, they currently lead the conference recruiting classes in average per player.

I'm not arguing whether or not Troy has the best evaluated class in the conference. I'm just pointing out that we'll know a lot more in a few years about whether or not the players can deliver to their potential than we will now.

It's gotten better at the G5 level, but both you and I know that if one of those Troy commits jumped for Florida State tomorrow, they'd immediately go up in evaluation.