The early signing period in college football recruiting is now behind us, and there are a few different ways to look at the number of recruiting classes across the country.
Over the weekend, we took a looked at how the classes stacked up in the Pac-12, where a late flip from 4-star WR Tetairoa McMillan caused the Oregon Ducks to plummet down the rankings while boosting the Arizona Wildcats. Those rankings were measured by the strength of the overall class, though, and not based on the individual recruits. For any Oregon fan who may have been disappointed by the Ducks’ No. 5 ranking in the conference, I urge you to use these new rankings instead.
We want to look at where each Pac-12 class shakes out when you look a the average rating of players, rather than the class as a whole. Unsure of what that means? Here is an example:
The Stanford Cardinal were ranked No. 1 in the Pac-12 according to overall class rating, with 227 recruiting points, according to 247Sports. So far, they have 22 total commits, with four 4-stars and 17 3-stars. Is that class wildly better than the USC Trojans, who have a pair of 5-star signings already, but only 7 total commits?
It’s hard to say yes.
So when we look at these classes according to the average rating of recruits, the rankings start to look much different. For Oregon Duck fans, that may please you.