Iowa Football Recruiting

You do realize the 52nd ranking was as... high? as it was because of the number of commits (29) right? - which is also the current case.
The average rating was actually pretty low, and powerhouses Wake Forest, Memphis, USF, Syracuse and Rutgers all had higher averages.
Rhoads had a better class in 2014; and this years class already has a worse average than last year - which is odd because I thought that wouldn't have happened until the games actually started.

Did I just not quantify my statement?
 
It was ranked 53rd by Rivals and benefited in the rankings because of the high number of players they signed, 29.

They will probably end up right around the same place in this years recruiting rankings.

Any staff is going to have a tough time winning in a P5 conference if they cant break into the Top 50 in recruiting rankings.

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You do realize the 52nd ranking was as... high? as it was because of the number of commits (29) right? - which is also the current case.
The average rating was actually pretty low, and powerhouses Wake Forest, Memphis, USF, Syracuse and Rutgers all had higher averages.
Rhoads had a better class in 2014; and this years class already has a worse average than last year - which is odd because I thought that wouldn't have happened until the games actually started.

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So he still has an Iowa offer now and Iowa wants him?

Yeah, technically he still has an offer. He made the decision to leave Iowa and has committed somewhere else. Van Ginkel hasn't committed anywhere. Little different situation. I imagine if CMC didn't want him he wouldn't have an ISU offer.
 
Did I just not quantify my statement?

You said they have to be 'high' to not lower the average, but the average is weak it's the points that had ISU ranked in the 50's last year. For instance, only two players from Iowa's class ranked below ISU's average.
On the other hand, ISU's highest rated recruit ranks below Iowa's average recruit this year. Yikes.
 
Yeah, technically he still has an offer. He made the decision to leave Iowa and has committed somewhere else. Van Ginkel hasn't committed anywhere. Little different situation. I imagine if CMC didn't want him he wouldn't have an ISU offer.

I'm surprised Ferentz still wants him after he decommitted three times. Interesting I had Hawk fans tell me he no longer had an offer
 
First off, you don't automatically get a boost in the ranking because you signed signed a bunch of bodies. They actually have to be rated high enough to do more good than not.

Secondly, the biggest difference between last years class and basically all the ones before it is the number of P5 offers the kids had. As a fan of ISU, that's something that I follow. You wouldn't see that because you're not a fan.

Rivals, which I was using for the ranking of 53, assigns points to each commit as long as the player is rated I believe. The team rankings are based off the points earned by each team. You get bonus points for being higher ranked or in the Top 250 and more points if they are in the Top 100 nationally. Below is a link that will explain it.

https://iowa.rivals.com/news/inside-the-rankings-12


Perusing through the list rather quickly, most of the P5 offers were held by Allen, Foster and one of the Bailey kids.

Otherwise its a lot of Syracuse, Illinois, South Florida, UCF types of offers or worse.

I cant believe you are trumpeting a class that had fourteen 2 star recruits, per Rivals.
 
You said they have to be 'high' to not lower the average, but the average is weak it's the points that had ISU ranked in the 50's last year. For instance, only two players from Iowa's class ranked below ISU's average.
On the other hand, ISU's highest rated recruit ranks below Iowa's average recruit this year. Yikes.

Last year Iowa's average recruit was .8418, Iowa State had 6 players above that plus Park was at .8417. Iowa's recruiting class was #49 and Iowa State's was #54 and Campbell did that in 65 days. Incredible
 
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Last year Iowa's average recruit was .8418, Iowa State had 6 players above that plus Park was at .8417. Iowa's recruiting class was #49 and Iowa State's was #54 and Campbell did that in 65 days. Incredible

I said this years class...
 
Rivals, which I was using for the ranking of 53, assigns points to each commit as long as the player is rated I believe. The team rankings are based off the points earned by each team. You get bonus points for being higher ranked or in the Top 250 and more points if they are in the Top 100 nationally. Below is a link that will explain it.

https://iowa.rivals.com/news/inside-the-rankings-12


Perusing through the list rather quickly, most of the P5 offers were held by Allen, Foster and one of the Bailey kids.

Otherwise its a lot of Syracuse, Illinois, South Florida, UCF types of offers or worse.

I cant believe you are trumpeting a class that had fourteen 2 star recruits, per Rivals.

Per Rivals, Sean Foster was a better recruit than any player Iowa got last year
 
I said this years class...

This year's class is #37 right now on 247. I'm totally cool with it. Plus recruiting is fluid, I'm sure Iowa will slide quite a bit when they get decommittments and ISU can go up with a Kam White commitment and can also go down when the big dogs add to their classes
 
I'm surprised Ferentz still wants him after he decommitted three times. Interesting I had Hawk fans tell me he no longer had an offer

I know, it's interesting that ISU offers guys they don't want. Bold move. CMC might be a Jedi.
 
This year's class is #37 right now on 247. I'm totally cool with it. Plus recruiting is fluid, I'm sure Iowa will slide quite a bit when they get decommittments and ISU can go up with a Kam White commitment and can also go down when the big dogs add to their classes

It's ranked 46th, and the average is already worse than last years average.
 

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