Blue-Chip Ratio 2020: The 15 teams who can win a national title

[Huntr]

Stars aren't the only thing in winning a championship, but they are the most important thing.

Always enjoy reading this annual post from Bud Elliott.

So what is the minimum level of recruiting required to win it all?

Put simply, to win the national championship, college football teams need to sign more four- and five-star recruits (aka “Blue Chips”) than two- and three-star players over the previous four recruiting classes.

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This is a necessary, but not sufficient, condition. It does not guarantee a national championship, but a team not meeting it is almost certainly guaranteed not to win it all.

 

[Free Manera]

“HOW HAS THIS STAT PERFORMED IN THE PAST?”
Figured you'd ask.

In 2019, LSU won it with a 64 percent BCR, and all four Playoff teams were BCR schools.
Clemson, with a 61 percent mark, took it home in 2018. And all four Playoff teams were BCR schools.
Alabama won it all in 2017 with an incredible 80 percent mark.
Clemson took home the title in 2016 after signing 52 percent blue chips in the 2013-16 classes.
In 2015, Alabama had a 77 percent mark.
In 2014, it was Ohio State at 68 percent.
In 2013, Florida State was at 53 percent.
In 2012, Alabama was at 71 percent ...
... just as Bama was in 2011.

So you're saying there's a chance!

 

[dad4aa]

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