Recruiting vs. Ranking College Football Team Performance: Sun Belt

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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.
  • Read the full explanation on the index page.

Index | Top 20 Overachieving Teams
ACC | Big 12 | Big East | Big Ten | Conference USA | Independents | MAC | Mountain West | Pac-10 | SEC | Sun Belt | WAC

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?
Arkansas St. Sun Belt 105.5 79.5 103.5 103.5 97 98.13 103 94 9 85 18 2002S
Florida Atlantic Sun Belt 105 113 117 118 118 116.15 119 89 30 64 55 2002S, 2003S, 2004S, 2005S, 2006R
Florida International Sun Belt 92 91 113.5 119 118.5 110.46 116 100 16 102 14 2002S, 2003S, 2004S, 2005S, 2006R
Louisiana Lafayette Sun Belt 110 29 15.5 29.5 34.5 28.5 102 93 9 92 10 2007S
Louisiana Monroe Sun Belt 93.5 110 108 110 106.5 108.33 113 110 3 101 12 2002S, 2003S
Middle Tenn. State Sun Belt 76 118.5 104.5 116.5 111.5 110.82 91 101 -10 97 -6
North Texas Sun Belt 77 106 115 107 105 108.04 106 120 -14 119 -13 2002S
Troy Sun Belt 72.5 68 82.5 69 74 73.9 71 56 15 63 8 2002S
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