Recruiting Rankings - 12/18/2002
By Jamie Newberg
National Recruiting Editor
Date: Dec 20, 2002
Here are the latest Top 25 Team Recruiting Rankings for TheInsiders.com as of Wednesday.
Here are TheInsiders.com Top 25 Recruiting Classes as of Wednesday, December 18th (noon eastern). As recruiting season kicks into high gear, there will be some major movement by lots of college football teams in the coming weeks. Please click on the link below. The next updated rankings will come out next Tuesday.
TheInsiders.com Top 25 Recruiting Classes
Note - We have also added a few wrinkles to each team such as average star rankings, average prospect rank of commitment, the headliner commit thus far and the "big fish on the hook." The later represents the biggest name prospect out there that that team has a good chance of signing. Obviously, with three months until Signing Day, the numbers and names will change.
Junior College commitments will be included and so will some soft commitments. The definition of a soft commitment is a prospect publicly committing to a school but openly considering others. If we feel secure that he will honor the commitment, despite taking trips, we will include them with that team's commitment list. This is part of the subjective rankings.
There is a key of definitions below the Top 25 table.
Rk Team Commits Total Avg * Avg Rank * Big Fish on the Hook TI 101 LW
1 Oklahoma
Headliner: Tony Cade 13 51 3.92 16.24 Jarvis Moss 3 1
2 LSU
Headliner: Robert Lane 14 49 3.5 22.44 Anthony Hill 2 2
3 Texas
Headliner: Tarell Brown 16 53 3.31 27.62 Ofa Mohetau 3 4
4 Texas A&M
Headliner: Justin Warren 18 56 3.11 34.47 Xavier Lawson-Kennedy 1 3
5 Notre Dame
Headliner: Brady Quinn 13 45 3.46 24.68 Reggie Bush 2 5
6 Georgia
Headliner: Kregg Lumpkin 18 54 3 50.44 Sean Bailey 3 6
7 South Carolina
Headliner: Blake Mitchell 16 51 3.19 38.75 Demetris Summers 7
8 USC
Headliner: Lawrence Jackson 18 54 3 37.11 Sam Baker 3 8
9 Michigan
Headliner: Will Paul 11 42 3.82 23 Lamarr Woodley 3 12
10 Miami
Headliner: Kyle Wright 11 41 3.73 22.26 Nate Robinson 3 9
11 Auburn
Headliner: Brandon Jacobs 13 41 3.15 44.69 Tez Doolittle 10
12 Florida
Headliner: Justin Midgett 12 41 3.41 33.08 Earl Everett 1 21
13 Arizona State
Headliner: Justin Burks 10 35 3.5 29.2 Kyle Caldwell NR
14 Alabama
Headliner: Tim Castille 12 36 3 47.8 Chad Jackson 1 11
15 Colorado
Headliner: Brian Daniels 21 62 2.95 50.41 Richard Kovalcheck 13
16 Virginia
Headliner: Jordy Lipsey 17 50 2.94 57.5 Phillip Brown 1 16
17 NC State
Headliner: Mario Williams 13 38 2.92 48.85 Stanley McClover 1 14
18 North Carolina
Headliner: Adarius Bowman 12 34 2.83 44.41 Isaiah Thomas 15
19 Virginia Tech
Headliner: Tripp Carroll 15 38 2.53 57.8 Bill Foran 17
20 Ohio State
Headliner: David Patterson 9 28 3.11 38.89 Prescott Burgess 3 19
21 FSU
Headliner: Marcus Thomas 6 24 4 14.67 Ernie Sims 1 18
22 Washington
Headliner: Craig Chambers 15 43 2.87 61.53 Reggie Bush 25
23 Penn State
Headliner: Austin Scott 5 18 3.6 32.2 Vince Hall 20
24 Ole Miss
Headliner: Brandon Jenkins 8 25 3.13 40.25 Quinton Culberson 22
25 Arkansas
Headliner: Chris Baker 11 31 2.82 51.09 Brett Smith 23
Key:
Rank: Current ranking of recruiting classes
Team: Team name in ranking
Headliner: Top Verbal Commitment
Commits: Total # of commitments to date
Total *: Total number of stars for verbal commitments, Non-Ranked Players were estimated
Avg *: Average stars per player committed
Avg. Rank: Average player rank for each player at each position. Non Ranked players were estimated. Kickers and Punters were not included because the small number of players at the positions skews the rankings.
Big Fish on the Hook: Player that said school has a good shot at that could have a drastic change on the rankings.
TI 101: Total number of commitments on TheInsiders.com Hot 101 Team