Is it just me, or are the ranking systems entirely backwards. My view is that the propect scoring system should be like golf. The lower the points the better.
If a college picks up the number 1 prospect to his position, he is a 1 pointer.....the number 38 prospect, 38 points. You simply aggregate the points.
Remember what Scott Daly did for the ND recruiting results last year, but he was the number 1 long snapper in the country according to most of the services. Punters and kickers cause the same issue.
There are two downsides to such a ranking system: 1) if the team's position of need, and recruiting emphasis, is nationally a position of relative weakness, a team will not be adversely affected in the rankings. Each service could create a position strength index to offset this issue (by way of example, line backs are very strong and are highest on the index, while WR are relatively weak and much lower on the index); and 2) class sizes skews the result. It the exactly issue as today, but the opposite direction. Small classes would get an artifical benefit. The simple fix would be to simply average the classes as say 21 incoming freshmen. All schools would be judged on equal footing.
according to scout. That is the most in the country