I decided to try to collect data on recruiting team rankings for Michigan over the last decade or so. Rivals and Scout are the oldest internet sites and therefore have the deepest set of data. Meanwhile, Tom Lemming is the oldest recruiting guru, but the info about his rankings is the least accessible. If you happen to have information to fill in some of the blanks on the chart, I'd be happy to find it. Thanks ahead of time for any help you can provide.
| ESPN | Lemming | Rivals | Scout | 247 Sports | |
| 2002 | N/A | 9 | 16 | 19 | N/A |
| 2003 | N/A | 7 | 17 | 8 | N/A |
| 2004 | N/A | 4 | 5 | 5 | N/A |
| 2005 | N/A | 4 | 6 | 2 | N/A |
| 2006 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 9 | N/A |
| 2007 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 10 | N/A |
| 2008 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 6 | N/A |
| 2009 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 14 | N/A |
| 2010 | 14 | N/A | 20 | 12 | 28 |
| 2011 | N/A | N/A | 21 | 29 | 30 |
| 2012 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 8 |
| 2013 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 8 |
| Average | 10.1 | 7.6 | 11.7 | 10.0 | 18.5 |
I guess it might make more sense to say we were unranked in 2011 to ESPN rather than saying NA. What do you think?
ReplyDeleteHere's a link to ESPN's 2011 class rankings:
http://insider.espn.go.com/college-sports/football/recruiting/archive/classrankings?classyear=2011&classmonth=2&viewmore=yes
can we see conference finish and national rankings?
ReplyDeleterecruiting ultimately comes down to success on field. is there an obvious correlation with michigan's performance and recruiting rankings during this period? what is the lag time?