SEC - Talent Analysis Updated

Here is an updated talent analyis based on Rivals "enrolled" rankings, which will eliminate any players that signed an LOI, but never enrolled. I also did two seperate weighted averages (WA) with one putting more emphasis on 2005 and 2006 and the other putting more emphasis on 2008 and 2009.

The data below is the "Team Recruiting Rankings" from 2005 - 2009 from Rivals.com. The classes are then weighted and averaged (WA) as followed.

2005 - .15% - rSR
2006 - .35% - SR and rJR
2007 - .30% - JR and rSO
2008 - .15% - SO and rFR
2009 - .05% - FR

This WA gives more value to upperclassmen.



This weighted average gives more value to underclassmen.

2005 - .10% - rSR
2006 - .30% - SR and rJR
2007 - .30% - JR and rSO
2008 - .20% - SO and rFR
2009 - .10% - FR



Observations

There is very little difference between the WA with more weight given to upperclassmen and when more weight is given to underclassment. Alabama get a little stronger while Tennessee gets a little weaker.

The differences between the "enrolled" rankings and the "signed" rankings is a little more noticable. South Carolina jumps Tennessee from 7th into 6th and Arkansas jumps Ole Miss from 9th into 8th. The top five remained unchanged.