This is an attempt to quantify the amount of raw talent on paper for each teams in the Southeastern Conference. What a team does with that talent once it is on campus is another hugely important factor and by looking at what teams start with compared to where teams finish it provide insight on what coaching staffs develop players and put their players in the best position to win.
The data below is the "Team Recruiting Rankings" from 2006 - 2010 from Rivals.com and Scout.com. The enrolled rankings are used to weed out non-qualifiers.
The classes are then weighted and averaged (WA) as followed to give more weight to upperclassmen over underclassmen.
2006 - .15% - rSR
2007 - .35% - SR and rJR
2008 - .30% - JR and rSO
2009 - .15% - SO and rFR
2010 - .05% - FR
A few biases to consider when looking at the data.
1) Rivals and Scout both focus more heavily on scouting the Southeast compared to the Northeast. Recruits for the NE have a much better chance of falling through the cracks than prospects from the SE. This affects Boston College fairly significantly and Marland, Virginia and Virginia Tech marginally.
2) Schools with larger fanbases have a tendency to to have committed recruits get a "bump" in the rankings. This is balanced to some extent by having data from both Rivals and Scout.
View 2009 ACC Talent Analysis
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