Consensus Top 100 Quality Index

[irishunclebill]

OK in the hopes that this massive fup can be fixed, I am going to repost my last entry on the Consensus Top 100 thread. Here it is:

Updated Consensus Top 100 Quality Index/ Culliver’s a Gamecock
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Urban finally loses a recruiting battle, unfortunately it is to that other snake oil salesman, Steve Spurrier (UGH! Just saying his name makes me nauseous). The only thing better than watching one of those two miscreants losing out on a recruit is if both lose at the same time. Nevertheless, Chris Culliver is a prize catch for the Gamecocks. Culliver, a Garner NC Wide Receiver is ranked by Rivals as the #3 WR in the nation, and the #19 overall recruit in the country. He is not as highly regarded by the other 4 recruiting boards, as 3 of them do not rank him at all in their Top 100, and ESPN has him ranked only at #93 in the ESPN 150. Culliver’s consensus average ranking is #83, and his commitment moves South Carolina back into the Top 10 of the QIR. In any case it is a big pickup for Spurrier, (there it is again UGH!) and a big loss for Meyer, because despite the fact that the Gators have accumulated an extraordinary group of recruits this year, they have yet to land a Top 100 Wide Receiver. In other good news, guess who else has thus far failed to land a Top 100 WR, it’s none other than the USC Trojans. ND has three Top 100 rated WR’s, Kamara, G. Little, and Golden Tate (if he plays offense).
The following link provides a summary of the QIR (Quality Index Rankings) database with the updated Top 25 consensus ranking by school for all committed High School Seniors who are ranked in the Top 100 of any of the five major recruiting boards. The summary list also includes the consensus Top 10 committed recruits, and a listing that shows total commitments by school for any player who is ranked in the Top 100 of these five boards. Notre Dame’s 2007 Recruiting Class currently ranks #3 in the Quality Index Consensus. ND currently has 10 Top 100 on the CSTV/Lemming board, 9 in the Rise Magazine Top 100, 8 in the Top 100 of the ESPN 150, and 7 each in the Rivals100 and the Scout Hot 100.

http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pAaiTNNa6ngftljn92OEGJg&output=html&gid=0&single=true&range=A408:M513

Follow this link if you would like to see the entire database, which includes the updated listing by school of any committed recruit who is rated in the Top 100 of any of the five boards. This detailed listing provides in one location the school of choice for each Top 100 committed recruit, as well as their ranking in each of the 5 major recruiting boards. The school listing is in alphabetical order.

http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pAaiTNNa6ngftljn92OEGJg

 

[irishunclebill]

and here is what I was going to post today. I hope I'm not wasting my time.

No new commits to report today so the database remains unchanged from yesterday’s update. I do want to report a couple of new stats from the Consensus Top 100 database that shows just how highly regarded the 2007 ND Recruiting Class is by the five major recruiting boards.

13 of the current 19 Irish recruits are Top 100 on at least one of the five boards. That is more than any other school. Florida and Texas are tied for second with 11, followed by LSU & USC with 10 each. ND with an 8.2 average is also #1 in average number of players to appear on the five boards. Florida & USC are tied for second in this category with a 7.8 average.

The only ND recruits that are not listed as Top 100 anywhere are: Taylor Dever, Aaron Nagel, Andrew Nuss, Emeka Nwankwo, Steve Paskorz, & Ian Williams. However, Nuss & Paskorz are both 4 star recruits in Rivals, and Nwankwo and Dever are both 4 star in Scout, and Williams is #120 in the ESPN 150. Of the 19 recruits, Aaron Nagel is the only one who does not receive a 4 star rating from any of the boards, yet despite this he was impressive enough as a High School player to be an Army All American. As you look at this class closely, you have to be extremely impressed with the overall superior quality of these 19 recruits. Let’s hope that all of this high quality transfers to the field of play as well.


ND Class Ranking Overall- ESPN/Scouts, Inc.- #2, Scout.com- #5, Rivals.com- #4

Quality Ranking (Top 100 Rated Recruits Only) #3

 

[NDChatt]

and here is what I was going to post today. I hope I'm not wasting my time.

No new commits to report today so the database remains unchanged from yesterday’s update. I do want to report a couple of new stats from the Consensus Top 100 database that shows just how highly regarded the 2007 ND Recruiting Class is by the five major recruiting boards.

13 of the current 19 Irish recruits are Top 100 on at least one of the five boards. That is more than any other school. Florida and Texas are tied for second with 11, followed by LSU & USC with 10 each. ND with an 8.2 average is also #1 in average number of players to appear on the five boards. Florida & USC are tied for second in this category with a 7.8 average.

The only ND recruits that are not listed as Top 100 anywhere are: Taylor Dever, Aaron Nagel, Andrew Nuss, Emeka Nwankwo, Steve Paskorz, & Ian Williams. However, Nuss & Paskorz are both 4 star recruits in Rivals, and Nwankwo and Dever are both 4 star in Scout, and Williams is #120 in the ESPN 150. Of the 19 recruits, Aaron Nagel is the only one who does not receive a 4 star rating from any of the boards, yet despite this he was impressive enough as a High School player to be an Army All American. As you look at this class closely, you have to be extremely impressed with the overall superior quality of these 19 recruits. Let’s hope that all of this high quality transfers to the field of play as well.


ND Class Ranking Overall- ESPN/Scouts, Inc.- #2, Scout.com- #5, Rivals.com- #5

Quality Ranking (Top 100 Rated Recruits Only) #3

Great Stuff! Thanks for all the info, I know the work you do isn't easy. Again thanks.

 

[seniorle]

Yes IUB, thank you very much for all the effort you put into making that list. it is very much appreciated

 

[nd1]

reps to you IUB.

 

[jiggafini19]

This truly is a neat spread here.

I rep you as well.

 

[irishunclebill]

Updated Consensus Top 100 Quality Index
"Henceforth his name shall remain forever banned within these four walls" & Does anyone know where Luther Davis is today? (L. Miles)


Update due to the defection (that seems like much too nice of a word) of ____________, Oh! I can’t remember his name, and LSU’s withdrawal of its’ scholarship offer to Luther Davis. Gee, why didn’t we think of that!!

The following link provides a summary of the QIR (Quality Index Rankings) database with the updated Top 25 consensus ranking by school for all committed High School Seniors who are ranked in the Top 100 of any of the five major recruiting boards. The summary list also includes the consensus Top 10 committed recruits, and a listing that shows total commitments by school for any player who is ranked in the Top 100 of these five boards. Notre Dame’s 2007 Recruiting Class still ranks #3 in the Quality Index Consensus. ND currently has 10 Top 100 on the CSTV/Lemming board, 8 each in the Rise Magazine Top 100 and the Top 100 of the ESPN 150, 7 in the Rivals100, and 6 in the Scout Hot 100.

http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pAaiTNNa6nge9SAlrWhmRSw&output=html&gid=0&single=true&range=A408:M513

Follow this link if you would like to see the entire database, which includes the updated listing by school of any committed recruit who is rated in the Top 100 of any of the five boards. This detailed listing provides in one location the school of choice for each Top 100 committed recruit, as well as their ranking in each of the 5 major recruiting boards. The school listing is in alphabetical order.

http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pAaiTNNa6nge9SAlrWhmRSw

 

[johnnd05]

Thanks for the update IUB.

Question: is there any chance of doing a breakdown of offense vs. defense in these rankings? I'd love to see how we stack up against the other schools on each side of the ball.

 

[irishunclebill]

Thanks for the update IUB.

Question: is there any chance of doing a breakdown of offense vs. defense in these rankings? I'd love to see how we stack up against the other schools on each side of the ball.

Are you a mind reader johnnd. I am working on that breakout now because my point to the doom and gloomers about the defection is to look at the positive, that being ND has far and way the best Offensive Class. Of course, the flip side will be that the D will be way down the list. I will probably wait until after signing day to publish the complete breakout, but I can tell you that the ND Offense gets 1,728 Quality Points, which is more than the #4 rated class, Texas, has in overall points. As of now, ND is easily #1 in the Offensive category with the 1,728, Florida is second with 1,354, and USC is third with 1,291.

I hope you enjoyed the champagne.

 

[irishN1]

IUB you are the BOMB!!!thanks for the update!!!

 

[irishunclebill]

Updated Consensus Top 100 Quality Index/ Smith’s a Trojan & Lemming’s Changes

A flurry of changes over the weekend affected the rankings. Malcolm Smith committed to USC, Dez Bryant committed to Oklahoma State, Luther Davis officially changed his commitment to Alabama, and Sidell Corley de-committed to Florida. There was also a minor shuffling of the Scout Hot 100, which as of this moment is the Scout Hot 99, which is probably a technical mistake by Scout. Finally there was a fairly significant change in the CSTV/Lemming Top 100. Lemming made a lot of changes including dropping ND OL recruit Chris Little 50 spots to #83, and removing ND Safety recruit Harrison Smith from his Top 100. Despite all of this activity, the Top 3 in the team rankings remain the same, USC, Florida, and Notre Dame.

Malcolm Smith’s commitment to USC was certainly no surprise, but still a disappointment to ND fans. As late as 6 days ago, Smith was being quoted as saying that ND, Cal, and USC all had an equal shot of getting his commitment. I guess that Malcolm determined that it would be a smoother transition to follow in his brother Steve’s footsteps at USC, then to blaze a new trail to South Bend. Another D loss for the Irish who could have used Smith’s athleticism at the OLB spot. For all of the raves about Malcolm’s athletic skills, he was surprisingly not that highly ranked. He is only listed in 1 of the 5 recruiting boards as a Top 100 (CSTV/Lemming) with a consensus average ranking of 92.

The Irish remain comfortably in third place based solely on the strength of their #1 ranked offensive recruiting class. 1670 of ND’s total of 1983 QI points come from the Offense. However, it will be difficult for Notre Dame to maintain the third spot through National Signing Day as it would be a major surprise if the Irish landed even one of the 23 remaining elite uncommitted recruits.

The following link provides a summary of the QIR (Quality Index Rankings) database with the updated Top 25 consensus ranking by school for all committed High School Seniors who are ranked in the Top 100 of any of the five major recruiting boards. The summary list also includes the consensus Top 10 committed recruits, and a listing that shows total commitments by school for any player who is ranked in the Top 100 of these five boards. Notre Dame’s 2007 Recruiting Class currently ranks #3 in the Quality Index Consensus. ND currently has 9 Top 100 on the CSTV/Lemming board, 8 each in the Rise Magazine Top 100 and the Top 100 of the ESPN 150, 7 in the Rivals100, and 6 in the Scout Hot 100.

http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pAaiTNNa6ngcbSj85fbjZPQ&output=html&gid=0&single=true&range=A406:M513

Follow this link if you would like to see the entire database, which includes the updated listing by school of any committed recruit who is rated in the Top 100 of any of the five boards. This detailed listing provides in one location the school of choice for each Top 100 committed recruit, as well as their ranking in each of the 5 major recruiting boards. The school listing is in alphabetical order.

http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pAaiTNNa6ngcbSj85fbjZPQ

 

[irishranger]

IUB, you do fantastic work. Very informative, and a positive way to evaluate what is happening. Thank You

 

[RI Domer]

Great work IUB

 

[irishunclebill]

Florida moves to #1 in the Consensus Rankings

Rivals has just reported that Major Wright has verbally committed to Florida. Wright's committment will push Florida past USC in the Quality Rankings next time they are published. Wright is the last elite uncommitted recruit who had expressed any interest in Notre Dame.

 

[irishunclebill]

Updated Consensus Top 100 Quality Index/ Wright & McNeil commit, B. Smith is Irish

Being a former High School teammate of current ND Offensive Linemen, Sam Young and Dan Wenger was not enough to convince Ft. Lauderdale SS Major Wright to come to South Bend. Wright is a Top 100 recruit on all 5 recruiting boards with a consensus average ranking of 54.4, a QIR 180 national rank of #40, and is considered the #1 Safety recruit in the country by CSTV/Lemming. Another big commit yesterday was Mobile, AL Michael McNeil to Auburn. McNeil is a Top 100 recruit on 4 of the 5 recruiting boards with a consensus average ranking of 75.6, a QIR 180 national rank of #72, and is considered the #1 Safety recruit in the country by Scouts, Inc./ESPN 150. With the commit of Wright, Florida moves past USC to #1 in the Consensus Team Rankings, and Auburn’s commit from McNeil moves them from #10 to #8 in the rankings. Auburn is quietly building the 3rd highest quality class in the SEC, behind only Florida and Tennessee. However, LSU and possibly South Carolina may leapfrog the Tigers with some major commits in the last week of the recruiting season. Only 1 week to National Signing Day.

Notre Dame was unsuccessful last Friday in trying to make one Smith Irish, but last night they were fortunate enough to have another Smith become Irish, although as we all know Brian Smith was always Irish, while Malcolm Smith was never really. Congratulations and welcome to the 19th member of the 2007 Notre Dame recruiting class, and thanks Brian for accepting the Irish scholarship offer at the 11th hour. Brian Smith is a 4 star ILB on Rivals who rank him as the #13 ILB in the nation. Based on his position ranking Brian falls just outside the Rivals250 list. He is very highly rated on the ESPN 150 where he is ranked as the #4 ILB in the nation and is the last member of the ESPN 150.The Scouts Inc./ESPN 150 board rates Brian Smith as a higher prospect than Malcolm Smith. It should also be noted that Brian Smith’s Grade of 79 on the ESPN 150 is the same as the most recent ex-ND DE recruit, is higher than Lorenzo Edwards, and is only 1 point behind Chris Donald. Let’s hope that ESPN is right for once.

The following link provides a summary of the QIR (Quality Index Rankings) database with the updated Top 25 consensus ranking by school for all committed High School Seniors who are ranked in the Top 100 of any of the five major recruiting boards. The summary list also includes the consensus Top 10 committed recruits, and a listing that shows total commitments by school for any player who is ranked in the Top 100 of these five boards. Notre Dame’s 2007 Recruiting Class currently ranks #3 in the Quality Index Consensus. ND currently has 9 Top 100 on the CSTV/Lemming board, 8 each in the Rise Magazine Top 100 and the Top 100 of the ESPN 150, and 7 in the Rivals100, and 6 in the Scout Hot 100.

http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pAaiTNNa6ngevhMDZxk9ICQ&output=html&gid=0&single=true&range=A408:M513

Follow this link if you would like to see the entire database, which includes the updated listing by school of any committed recruit who is rated in the Top 100 of any of the five boards. This detailed listing provides in one location the school of choice for each Top 100 committed recruit, as well as their QIR 180 consensus rank, and their ranking in each of the 5 major recruiting boards. The school listing is in alphabetical order.

http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pAaiTNNa6ngevhMDZxk9ICQ

 

[FleaFlicker]

Updated Consensus Top 100 Quality Index/ Wright & McNeil commit, B. Smith is Irish

Being a former High School teammate of current ND Offensive Linemen, Sam Young and Dan Wenger was not enough to convince Ft. Lauderdale SS Major Wright to come to South Bend. Wright is a Top 100 recruit on all 5 recruiting boards with a consensus average ranking of 54.4, a QIR 180 national rank of #40, and is considered the #1 Safety recruit in the country by CSTV/Lemming. Another big commit yesterday was Mobile, AL Michael McNeil to Auburn. McNeil is a Top 100 recruit on 4 of the 5 recruiting boards with a consensus average ranking of 75.6, a QIR 180 national rank of #72, and is considered the #1 Safety recruit in the country by Scouts, Inc./ESPN 150. With the commit of Wright, Florida moves past USC to #1 in the Consensus Team Rankings, and Auburn’s commit from McNeil moves them from #10 to #8 in the rankings. Auburn is quietly building the 3rd highest quality class in the SEC, behind only Florida and Tennessee. However, LSU and possibly South Carolina may leapfrog the Tigers with some major commits in the last week of the recruiting season. Only 1 week to National Signing Day.

Notre Dame was unsuccessful last Friday in trying to make one Smith Irish, but last night they were fortunate enough to have another Smith become Irish, although as we all know Brian Smith was always Irish, while Malcolm Smith was never really. Congratulations and welcome to the 19th member of the 2007 Notre Dame recruiting class, and thanks Brian for accepting the Irish scholarship offer at the 11th hour. Brian Smith is a 4 star ILB on Rivals who rank him as the #13 ILB in the nation. Based on his position ranking Brian falls just outside the Rivals250 list. He is very highly rated on the ESPN 150 where he is ranked as the #4 ILB in the nation and is the last member of the ESPN 150.The Scouts Inc./ESPN 150 board rates Brian Smith as a higher prospect than Malcolm Smith. It should also be noted that Brian Smith’s Grade of 79 on the ESPN 150 is the same as the most recent ex-ND DE recruit, is higher than Lorenzo Edwards, and is only 1 point behind Chris Donald. Let’s hope that ESPN is right for once.

The following link provides a summary of the QIR (Quality Index Rankings) database with the updated Top 25 consensus ranking by school for all committed High School Seniors who are ranked in the Top 100 of any of the five major recruiting boards. The summary list also includes the consensus Top 10 committed recruits, and a listing that shows total commitments by school for any player who is ranked in the Top 100 of these five boards. Notre Dame’s 2007 Recruiting Class currently ranks #3 in the Quality Index Consensus. ND currently has 9 Top 100 on the CSTV/Lemming board, 8 each in the Rise Magazine Top 100 and the Top 100 of the ESPN 150, and 7 in the Rivals100, and 6 in the Scout Hot 100.

http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pAaiTNNa6ngevhMDZxk9ICQ&output=html&gid=0&single=true&range=A408:M513

Follow this link if you would like to see the entire database, which includes the updated listing by school of any committed recruit who is rated in the Top 100 of any of the five boards. This detailed listing provides in one location the school of choice for each Top 100 committed recruit, as well as their QIR 180 consensus rank, and their ranking in each of the 5 major recruiting boards. The school listing is in alphabetical order.

http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pAaiTNNa6ngevhMDZxk9ICQ

You don't have either Harrison Smith or Brian Smith on that chart, are neither of them in the top 100 anywhere? That's surprising, especially since Harrison Smith was on the list ealier this year, and was Mr. Football Tennessee, beating out Donald and Tate for the award.

 

[irishunclebill]

You don't have either Harrison Smith or Brian Smith on that chart, are neither of them in the top 100 anywhere? That's surprising, especially since Harrison Smith was on the list ealier this year, and was Mr. Football Tennessee, beating out Donald and Tate for the award.

Hi Flea Flicker- Harrison Smith was on the list until the most recent CSTV/Lemming update where Lemming dropped him from #89 to out of his Top 100. In order to be in the database you have to be ranked at least once in the Top 100 of the five boards. Brian's best rank is #150 on the ESPN 150, he does not quite make it to the Rivals 250, and Scout has him only as a 3 star. Knowing Scout's bias against ND, they will probably drop him to a 2 star when they realize he is now Irish. I think Harrison Smith is vastly underrated, if his 40 time of 4.38 is correct, at his size, he will be an absolute beast in the secondary, and he may be capable of bulking up to a LB position.

I'll give you a comparison on the Mr. Football title, in Florida it was won by Robert Marve, a QB who is supposed to announce today that he is switching his commit from Alabama to Miami. On a consensus basis, Marve is not even in the Top 20 of Florida high school recruits despite having astronomical stats in his senior year.

 

[irishunclebill]

Updated Consensus Top 100 Quality Index/ 2/1/07 Commitments
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Elite commitments yesterday were Donovan Warren, Long Beach Poly CB to Michigan, John Brown, Lakeland, FL DT to Florida, and Lennon Creer, Tatum, TX RB to Tennessee. Warren is a Top 100 recruit on all 5 recruiting boards with a consensus average ranking of 48.4, and a QIR 179 national rank of #31. Creer is also a Top 100 recruit on all 5 recruiting boards with a consensus average ranking of 60.8, and a QIR 179 national rank of #51. Brown is a Top 100 recruit on 3 of the 5 recruiting boards with a consensus average ranking of 60.0, and a QIR 179 national rank of #48.

The other event that affected the rankings yesterday was the completion of what amounted to a QB trade between Alabama & Miami. Nick Fanuzzi was recruited by Larry Coker to be a Miami QB, and Robert Marve was recruited by Mike Shula to be a Alabama QB. When Nick Saban was hired at Alabama, Fanuzzi switched his commitment to the Crimson Tide. Marve on the other hand became unhappy with the Tide and Saban, and yesterday he switched his commitment to Miami. On paper, Miami comes out way ahead as Marve is a much higher ranked recruit than Fanuzzi, and is the state of Florida’s Mr. Football for 2006, which is quite an achievement with the talent level in that state. The four new commitments had only one effect on the Consensus Team Rankings, as Tennessee jumped over Texas and into the #4 position.


The following link provides a summary of the QIR (Quality Index Rankings) database with the updated Top 25 consensus ranking by school for all committed High School Seniors who are ranked in the Top 100 of any of the five major recruiting boards. The summary list also includes the consensus Top 10 committed recruits, and a listing that shows total commitments by school for any player who is ranked in the Top 100 of these five boards. Notre Dame’s 2007 Recruiting Class currently ranks #3 in the Quality Index Consensus. ND currently has 9 Top 100 on the CSTV/Lemming board, 8 each in the Rise Magazine Top 100 and the Top 100 of the ESPN 150, and 7 in the Rivals100, and 6 in the Scout Hot 100.

http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pAaiTNNa6ngd3L320F0qYIQ&output=html&gid=0&single=true&range=A410:M517

Follow this link if you would like to see the entire database, which includes the updated listing by school of any committed recruit who is rated in the Top 100 of any of the five boards. This detailed listing provides in one location the school of choice for each Top 100 committed recruit, as well as their QIR 179 consensus rank, and their ranking in each of the 5 major recruiting boards. The school listing is in alphabetical order.

http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pAaiTNNa6ngd3L320F0qYIQ

 

[GoshenGipper]

I think Harrison Smith is vastly underrated, if his 40 time of 4.38 is correct, at his size, he will be an absolute beast in the secondary, and he may be capable of bulking up to a LB position.

I actually think his skill set is perfect for what a FS needs in the 3-4 defense.

 

[irishunclebill]

Updated Consensus Top 100 Quality Index/ 2/5/07 RoJo puts USC back at #1
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5 Elite commitments yesterday and this morning:

1) USC- Ronald Johnson, Muskegon, MI WR/CB is a Top 100 recruit on all 5 recruiting boards with a consensus average ranking of 31.8, and a QIR 179 national rank of #19.

2) LSU- Stefoin Francois, Reserve, LA SS is a Top 100 recruit on 4 of the 5 recruiting boards with a consensus average ranking of 74.2, and a QIR 179 national rank of #69.

3) LSU- Sidell Corley, Mobile, AL DE is a Top 100 recruit on 3 of the 5 recruiting boards with a consensus average ranking of 82.0, and a QIR 179 national rank of #87.

4) TEXAS- Christian Scott, Dallas, TX FS is a Top 100 recruit on 1 of the 5 recruiting boards with a consensus average ranking of 85.6, and a QIR 179 national rank of #96.

5) NORTH CAROLINA- Rashad Mason, Nashville, TN WR is a Top 100 recruit on 1 of the 5 recruiting boards with a consensus average ranking of 100.2, and a QIR 179 national rank of #173.

The new commitments allowed USC to retake the #1 spot from Florida, pushed Texas past Tennessee again into the #4 position, and move LSU up three spots to #8.


The following link provides a summary of the QIR (Quality Index Rankings) database with the updated Top 25 consensus ranking by school for all committed High School Seniors who are ranked in the Top 100 of any of the five major recruiting boards. The summary list also includes the consensus Top 10 committed recruits, and a listing that shows total commitments by school for any player who is ranked in the Top 100 of these five boards. Notre Dame’s 2007 Recruiting Class currently ranks #3 in the Quality Index Consensus. ND currently has 9 Top 100 on the CSTV/Lemming board, 8 each in the Rise Magazine Top 100 and the Top 100 of the ESPN 150, and 7 in the Rivals100, and 6 in the Scout Hot 100.

http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pAaiTNNa6ngffyHt3_9A5Pg&output=html&gid=0&single=true&range=A409:M516

Follow this link if you would like to see the entire database, which includes the updated listing by school of any committed recruit who is rated in the Top 100 of any of the five boards. This detailed listing provides in one location the school of choice for each Top 100 committed recruit, as well as their QIR 179 consensus rank, and their ranking in each of the 5 major recruiting boards. The school listing is in alphabetical order.

http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pAaiTNNa6ngffyHt3_9A5Pg

 

[irishunclebill]

Final Consensus Top 100 Quality Index/ 2/9/07 USC edges out Florida, ND #3
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This is the final posting for the 2007 recruiting class. In the Quality Index, USC edges out Florida for the top spot. This is primarily because USC ended up with 4 players in the Consensus Top 10, while Florida had none. Florida did have however 5 players ranked in the Consensus Top 25. USC & Florida ended up dominating the final quality index with 10 of the Consensus Top 25 players, no other school has more than 2 in the Top 25. USC & Florida’s final point totals were both almost double of the #3 school in the rankings, Notre Dame.

Despite the NSD defections of the Little’s, Notre Dame edged out Tennessee, LSU, and Texas for the third spot because the 9 ND recruits in the Final rankings had a higher average ranking than the recruits from the other 3 schools. For example ND beat out LSU despite having 4 less players in the final rankings because the Irish had 4 recruits in the Consensus Top 50 compared to 2 for LSU, and 4 of LSU’s recruits were in the bottom 12 of the rankings. Does this mean that Notre Dame had the 3rd best recruiting class this year, or is Rivals right when they have ND at #8, or Scout right with ND at #11. We will not really know the answer to that question for about 4 years. What the ND #3 ranking in the Quality Index does mean is that taken as a whole, and compared to all other schools, the elite Top 100 players recruited by the Irish as ranked by the five recruiting boards has the 3rd highest quality rank. The whole point of accumulating this consensus database was three-fold. One, so that you could see in one place how differently each recruiting service ranked individual players, two, to try to blend out some of the biases inherent in each board, and three, to see if down the road, quality is as important as quantity. For example, it is obvious that Scout has a strong bias toward USC and against Notre Dame, so the Scout’s ratings taken individually are suspect, but when you combine them with the other 4 services, that bias is balanced out. The other final comparison will be on how the volume vs. quality factor plays out in the next 4 years. South Carolina and Auburn both finished ahead of Notre Dame in Rivals and Scout only because of their total volume of recruits. As this class blends into their respective programs, it will be interesting to see which factor is more important to on the field success.

The following link provides a summary of the QIR (Quality Index Rankings) database with the Final Top 25 consensus ranking by school for all committed High School Seniors who are ranked in the Top 100 of any of the five major recruiting boards. The summary list also includes the consensus Final Top 10 committed recruits, and a listing that shows total commitments by school and recruiting service for any player who is ranked in the Top 100 of these five boards. Notre Dame’s 2007 Recruiting Class finished ranked #3 in the Quality Index Consensus. ND finished with 7 Top 100 each on the CSTV/Lemming board, Rivals 100, and the Top 100 of the ESPN 150, 6 in the Rise Magazine Top 100, and 5 in the Scout Hot 100.

http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pAaiTNNa6ngdFDN2yEf-SWQ&output=html&gid=0&single=true&range=A431:M539

Follow this link if you would like to see the entire database, which includes the updated listing by school of any committed recruit who is rated in the Top 100 of any of the five boards. This detailed listing provides in one location the school of choice for each Top 100 committed recruit, as well as their QIR 179 consensus rank, and their ranking in each of the 5 major recruiting boards. The school listing is in alphabetical order.

http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pAaiTNNa6ngdFDN2yEf-SWQ

For all of you stat freaks, I have also broken down the 2007 recruiting class by player ranking, by school, by recruit state, and by conference. All of these spreadsheets can be found under the last posting in the QIR Consensus Top 184 (now 179) Player Rankings thread.

Finally as I post the last stats for the Recruiting Class of 2007, I know I should not be bothering to say this, but I just can’t help myself. The purpose of putting this data together was to share it with people who are interested in the entire recruiting process, and more specifically as it relates to the University of Notre Dame. It was also put together because there are a lot of people who were intrigued by the differences between the recruiting services, and how that affects the perception of the quality of an individual schools recruiting class. All of this data is for informational purposes only for anyone who is interested in a statistical analysis of the combined recruiting services, as opposed to the opinion of a certain individual who shall remain nameless who considers that those of us who are interested in the recruiting process are as he is so fond of saying “I dont have spreadsheets full of 17 year olds”. I actually believe the constant reference to 17 year olds is a Freudian slip, my man. I for one am sick and tired of hearing the same lame comment from this one individual. However, that is what these boards are for. So in that spirit of freedom my final comment is, God, Idiots!, ignorance to some is bliss. Like I said couldn’t help myself.

 

[seniorle]

IUB, thanks for your efforts in maintaining this for the last couple of months! I know it's not easy and I for one really appreciate it. It provides a ton of perspective and some real insight into how everyone is doing and how everyone is rated. Reps to you!

 

[irishunclebill]

IUB, thanks for your efforts in maintaining this for the last couple of months! I know it's not easy and I for one really appreciate it. It provides a ton of perspective and some real insight into how everyone is doing and how everyone is rated. Reps to you!

Thanks, seniorle. I appreciate the sentiments.