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Rivals Recruiting Point Rankings 2006-2009

Hello Buff faithful,

I am tired of hearing about how we simply don't have athletes on the field every single week we play (from announcers or the press). I decided to see how bad we were using really the only measurement we have of recruiting success.

These are Rivals point rankings (see table below) from their recruiting website sorted by highest average points. Many of us can agree rankings don't mean too much, but they can tell a story of under/over achieving. We see 2 teams at the top (corn and A&M) who are underachieving and 3 teams at the bottom who are overachieving (Kansas, Missouri, and TT).

Our beloved Buffs are right in the middle (with high variation, but the coaching change can play into that) and we are clearly underachieving. Granted, these are biased statistics in the first place, because they are based on qualitative measurement of how 'experts' think a player will develop. And even if our highest ranking came in 2008, still, can we not field a decent team every week? I know you can't coach speed, but if you aren't actually utilizing that speed (Simas, Simmons, etc.) doesn't that fall on a coach who is clearly in way over his head? I know we have a better team than our record indicates......

Rivals.com points for Big 12 Teams from 2006 - 2009

   
Team 2006 2007 2008 2009 Average Stdev
Texas 2283 2562 1919 2375 2284.75 270.05
Oklahoma 2180 1704 2422 1830 2034.00 327.81
Nebraska 1432 1734 1159 1233 1389.50 256.98
A&M 1165 795 1482 1403 1211.25 308.48
Okstate 1330 1143 1212 1049 1183.50 118.33
Colorado 520 1081 1510 744 963.75 431.02
Missouri 564 1059 1214 970 951.75 277.47
TT 1194 469 678 1110 862.75 346.42
Kansas 762 491 899 1155 826.75 276.82
Kstate 675 873 1194 120 715.50 450.94
Baylor 226 274 453 590 385.75 167.58
Iowa State 285 343 281 236 286.25 43.87

                                                                                                                                                                                                               

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