Top 10 On 1/10

[ETGator1]

Top 10 based on the sum of the 4 recruiting rankings on the morning of 1/10, ESPN/247 Sports/Rivals/Scout:

1. Notre Dame - 1+3+1+2=7
2. Florida - 2+2+2+7=13
3. Ohio State - 4+4+3+4=15
4. Alabama - 3+1+4+8=16
5. Michigan - 6+5+5+1=17
6. Texas A&M - 7+6+8+3=24
7. Louisiana State - 8+8+6+5=27
8. Southern California - 5+7+7+9=28
9. Georgia - 9+9+9+6=33
10. Florida State - 11+11+10+15=47

[LAGatorDoc]

Georgia am Alabama havers highest potential to move up bc they are still on the running for the most 5 Star guys (Reuben Foster, Tunsil, Adams, and some more 4 star guys as well). I can see us moving up as well, but besides Adams, we don't have a realistic shot with any 5 star guys

[gator7_5]

Sounds like some legit smoke about Jones. He's a 5 star for sure.

[qwghlmgator]

You should throw Scout out of the mix. Their ranking method is total bs. Then the gap between UF and ND would then be a much more legit 5 vs 6.

[LimeyGator]

If Kelly goes to Philly after his denial last weekend, I expect some defections from ND.

I assume he's just wangling for extra $$$ but apparently various Twitterati are reporting the interest as genuine.

If so, that might not stay that way with ND#1 for much longer...

[StrangeGator]

You should throw Scout out of the mix. Their ranking method is total bs. Then the gap between UF and ND would then be a much more legit 5 vs 6.

I agree 100%. UF at #7, ludicrous. What's more ludicrous is Bama at #8.

[StrangeGator]

Top 10 based on the sum of the 4 recruiting rankings on the morning of 1/10, ESPN/247 Sports/Rivals/Scout:

1. Notre Dame - 1+3+1+2=7
2. Florida - 2+2+2+7=13
3. Ohio State - 4+4+3+4=15
4. Alabama - 3+1+4+8=16
5. Michigan - 6+5+5+1=17
6. Texas A&M - 7+6+8+3=24
7. Louisiana State - 8+8+6+5=27
8. Southern California - 5+7+7+9=28
9. Georgia - 9+9+9+6=33
10. Florida State - 11+11+10+15=47

According to my math, we're tied with Ohio State for second. 247 sports has UF ranked 4th. We just moved up one spot after getting Robinson.

They've only got him ranked as the #22 WR, #186 player overall. Starting to wonder about them. Love the respect they give Kelvin Taylor, but they don't show much to several of our commits. They only have five of them in their top 100.

[haddon]

http://espn.go.com/college-sports/football/recruiting/classrankings

we just jumped to #1 on espn

[Nicho]

I agree 100%. UF at #7, ludicrous. What's more ludicrous is Bama at #8.

There is a clear bias towards non SEC schools on Scout. Personally, I think it's a differentiation strategy. I suspect they are banking on the rest of the country being tired of reading about the SEC, its BCS championships and recruiting titles. I believe they are trying to pump them up with false hope, thinking it will draw more eyeballs.

The only reason TAMU got so high is because of their huge class. Scout doesn't cap the number of players that can contribute to total points (Rivals does at 20).

This is my theory, anyway.

[ETGator1]

247 Sports has UF at #2:

http://247sports.com/Season/2013-Football/TeamRankings

ESPN moved UF to #1 this afternoon.

[ETGator1]

Top 10 based on the sum of the 4 recruiting rankings in the afternoon of 1/10 after ESPN moved UF back to #1, ESPN/247 Sports/Rivals/Scout:

1. Notre Dame - 3+3+1+2=9
2. Florida - 1+2+2+7=12
3T. Ohio State - 4+4+3+4=15
3T. Alabama - 2+1+4+8=15
5. Michigan - 7+5+5+1=18
6. Texas A&M - 5+6+8+3=22
7. Louisiana State - 8+8+6+5=27
8. Southern California - 6+7+7+9=29
9. Georgia - 9+9+9+6=33
10. Florida State - 10+11+10+15=46

[dakcman]

Now #1 on both ESPN & Rivals.

[ETGator1]

On the sum of the four, UF is now #1. We also moved up from 7 to 6 on Scout.

[Gatorrick22]

On the sum of the four, UF is now #1. We also moved up from 7 to 6 on Scout.

What a bad joke they've (Scout) become.

[coldsteel120]

Star gazing? How many Generals do we have now?

[GatorJeff]

What a bad joke they've (Scout) become.

They've stunk for several years now. They like to play favorites with schools that are strong in their network.

[Gatorrick22]

Star gazing? How many Generals do we have now?

Not sure what you're asking.

[Gatorrick22]

You should throw Scout out of the mix. Their ranking method is total bs. Then the gap between UF and ND would then be a much more legit 5 vs 6.

This, absolutely. Scout people have a personal vendetta going against the Gator Nation.

[StrangeGator]

This, absolutely. Scout people have a personal vendetta going against the Gator Nation.

Not sure that's the case. The guys we ended up getting were underrated on Scout long before they were UF commits. I just think they do a poor job of evaluating players. A few years back, they seemed to favor us more than the other polls and Rivals was seen as being anti Gator.

[Gatorrick22]

Not sure that's the case. The guys we ended up getting were underrated on Scout long before they were UF commits. I just think they do a poor job of evaluating players. A few years back, they seemed to favor us more than the other polls and Rivals was seen as being anti Gator.

Really? They had VH3 at #14 before the UA All American game in which he became the MVP, after the game and award they dropped him to #16 on their list.

But they have a good for that, I assume.

[NoahBeanBizzel]

The problem with these services isn't necessarily their ability to evaluate talent; I just don't like the system they use to rank classes. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't believe they factor things like what needs a school has, how they managed to fill those needs, what kind of players they filled those particular needs with and, most importantly, how those players fit into the offensive/defensive system they'll be a part of.

They also don't have a scale for judging a player's character, which is so critical in their development once they step foot on campus. All of that factors into how they will perform at the next level. An example of what I'm referring to could be something as simple as receiver's desire to block, or if a running back would be willing to switch over exlusively to linebacker to fill a team need during his senior season. Muschamp and his team have done a great job of filling the needs we have with quality guys.