Recruiting Rankings - Someone please explain this one to me

[Volbound1700]

So look at Oklahoma vs. Tennessee here.

Tennessee has:

1. More 5 stars and 3 stars than Oklahoma (OU has 0 5* and 9 3*)
2. Tennessee and OU are tied on 4*
3. Tennessee has a higher average star rating

Yet Oklahoma is ranked ahead of Tennessee? Source is Rivals.com 2023 Team Ratings.

 

[Red_Alert]

There are Points on stars

 

[Red_Alert]

Oklahoma's 4*'s >>> Tennessee's 4*'s

 

[WhosYourDawggy]

There are Points on stars

Red gets it. Ranking is based on the point system and you can have high 4* and low 4* and they can be substantially different.

I'll us Rivals as it's a little easier:
- 5* are worth 6.1 points.
- 4* are worth 5.8 - 6.0 points.
- 3* are worth 5.5 - 5.7 points.

UGA and UTjr might have 18 4* each, but UGA's are 6.0s and UTjrs are 5.8s. That is a huge difference.

Here is a graph I did a few years ago to show the difference in recruiting between UGA and UF. This was on a forum where I was arguing with a UF fan who said they were closing the talent gap:

I pointed out that we had six 5* to their 1. He said, yeah but we have the same number of 4* - they have 13 we have 14. See, he said, you just have 1 more that we do. I then showed this chart where we have two 6.0 4* to their zero, and we have four 5.9s to their 2. They have 3 more 5.8 four stars, but that's not a good thing for them.

They weren't convinced, so I showed them this chart:

This convinced them.