Recruiting vs. Ranking College Football Team Performance: Conference USA

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Caveats:

Each year's recruiting rating is an average of the rank order ratings from two major recruiting services.
The Recruiting Rating Average is weighted to give the most weight for 3rd and 4th year student-athletes, and the least for 1st year student-athletes.
The Recruiting Rating Averages are rank ordered to assign each team a Recruiting Ranting Ranking for the team's recruiting rating average.
The Post-Bowl Ranking is an average of 20+ ranking services. It is not simply the AP, Coaches, or BCS ratings.
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Updated 21 July 2009: 2008 post-bowl rankings have now been included and the differences between those rankings and the recruiting ratings have been calculated.

School	Conference	2008 Rating	2007 Rating	2006 Rating	2005 Rating	2004 Rating	2008 Recruiting Rating Avg	2008 Recruiting Rating Ranking	2008 Pre-Bowl Ranking Average	2008 Pre-Bowl Difference	2008 Post-Bowl Ranking Average	2008 Post-Bowl Difference	Missing Ratings?
East Carolina	Con USA	87	71	66.5	95	77	78.68	76	46	30	41	35
Houston	Con USA	88.5	75	80	83.5	74.5	79.95	78	60	18	42	36
Marshall	Con USA	75	68.5	69	82	79	74.43	73	96	-23	100	-27
Memphis	Con USA	93	91	70	80.5	71	78.69	77	87	-10	81	-4
Rice	Con USA	105.5	95	88	105	113	98.21	104	51	53	33	71	2002S
SMU	Con USA	88.5	96	99	94	81	94.53	99	118	-19	118	-19
Southern Miss	Con USA	42.5	61	74	73	68.5	69.26	66	73	-7	62	4
Texas El-Paso	Con USA	84.5	92.5	93.5	81.5	115.5	91.18	89	88	1	82	7	2002S
Tulane	Con USA	102	109.5	82.5	96	63	91.19	90	116	-26	116	-26
Tulsa	Con USA	80.5	95	87	71.5	72	81.73	80	47	33	34	46
UAB	Con USA	102	102.5	44	78	92.5	74.09	72	105	-33	103	-31	2002S
UCF	Con USA	61	61	79.5	74.5	98.5	75.31	74	102	-28	104	-30

Recruiting vs. Ranking College Football Team Performance: Conference USA

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