With all of the talk about if our coaches are recruiting well, I thought I'd post another way to look at rankings which is average points per player. This method factors in if the 3* is 5.7 or 5.5 or the 4* is rivals 100 or outside the top 250. Since not all 3* or 4* are equal just looking at average stars or total points (strongly affected by class size: see Miami below) can skew the perception of a class. The Gators come in at #21 in avg points. We are #10 in total points and #31 in average stars. I think the ranking of #21 is more accurate in telling the story of recruiting so far this year.
1 #11 USC 149.1
2 #6 LSU 132.0
3 #16 Stanford 130.5
4 #5 Georgia 126.8
5 #27 Auburn 123.8
6 #13 Penn State 121.0
7 #1 Florida State 117.4
8 #3 Ohio State 116.9
9 #15 Clemson 116.8
10 #7 Mississippi 112.6
11 #21 Oregon 112.0
12 #8 UCLA 111.3
13 #9 Alabama 108.5
14 #4 Michigan State 100.2
15 #14 Texas A&M 97.5
16 #19 Michigan 97.0
17 #22 Baylor 94.3
18 #35 Notre Dame 93.5
19 #17 Duke 90.3
20 #18 Tennessee 89.2
21 #10 Florida 84.5
22 #2 Miami (FL) 83.7
23 #33 Nebraska 81.4
24 #32 California 78.8
25 #23 Mississippi State 76.4
26 #24 Maryland 75.9
27 #20 TCU 73.3
28 #25 Minnesota 73.2
29 #12 Kentucky 70.1
30 #26 Louisville 68.2
31 #28 Northwestern 67.3
32 #30 Virginia 66.0
33 #33 Missouri 63.3
34 #29 Texas Tech 49.3
35 #31 Western Michigan 46.1
1 #11 USC 149.1
2 #6 LSU 132.0
3 #16 Stanford 130.5
4 #5 Georgia 126.8
5 #27 Auburn 123.8
6 #13 Penn State 121.0
7 #1 Florida State 117.4
8 #3 Ohio State 116.9
9 #15 Clemson 116.8
10 #7 Mississippi 112.6
11 #21 Oregon 112.0
12 #8 UCLA 111.3
13 #9 Alabama 108.5
14 #4 Michigan State 100.2
15 #14 Texas A&M 97.5
16 #19 Michigan 97.0
17 #22 Baylor 94.3
18 #35 Notre Dame 93.5
19 #17 Duke 90.3
20 #18 Tennessee 89.2
21 #10 Florida 84.5
22 #2 Miami (FL) 83.7
23 #33 Nebraska 81.4
24 #32 California 78.8
25 #23 Mississippi State 76.4
26 #24 Maryland 75.9
27 #20 TCU 73.3
28 #25 Minnesota 73.2
29 #12 Kentucky 70.1
30 #26 Louisville 68.2
31 #28 Northwestern 67.3
32 #30 Virginia 66.0
33 #33 Missouri 63.3
34 #29 Texas Tech 49.3
35 #31 Western Michigan 46.1