It appears to me that most of A&M's SEC West competitors consistently have recruiting classes that are ranked in the top ten. Only Arkansas and Mississippi State consistently have classes that rank outside the top ten and below A&M. Does anyone know the correlation between SEC schools that have top ten and five recruiting classes and their win-loss records? It seems to me that those schools consistently have highly ranked recruiting classes and as a result have a much better win record than A&M. The only exception to this trend is 2011 when A&M was 11 and 2 but that was a team that was primarily staffed with Sherman recruits. My personal opinion is that while Sumlin has improved recruiting he is not recruiting at a level high enough to overtake Alabama, LSU, Mississippi and Auburn. Those teams consistently have highly ranked classes with a large number of 4 and 5 stars relative to their 3 star recruits. Are we being lulled by Sumlin recruiting better than previous A&M coaches and unknowingly settling for being consistently in the second tier of the SEC West because he is not overtaking the top teams in the SEC West with recruiting classes?
Impact of Recruiting Class Rankings on Winning?
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