Average Recruiting Class Rankings: 2002-2013

Average Recruiting Class Rankings: 2002-2013


March 17, 2013
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.
Average Recruiting Class Rankings for Michigan

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

2 comments

  1. Comments: 21385
    TSC
    Mar 17, 2013 at 4:54 PM

    I guess it might make more sense to say we were unranked in 2011 to ESPN rather than saying NA. What do you think?

    Here'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

  2. Comments: 21385
    Anonymous
    Mar 17, 2013 at 6:09 PM

    can we see conference finish and national rankings?
    recruiting 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?

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