As I often point out, the recruiting rankings are meaningless down in the 2-star range. Nevertheless, I'd be remiss if I didn't point out that this class is the lowest ranked class, using 247Sports Composite ratings, going back as far as they computed it retroactively:
2003 113 (12th in MAC)<===was better than that, as seen in 2006-7
2004 92 (5th in MAC) <===was not that good, see 2007-8
2005 102 (9th in MAC)
2006 101 (9th in MAC)
2007 109 (9th in MAC)
2008 88 (2d in MAC) <====really was a good class, as seen in 2011-12
2009 103 (9th in MAC)
2010 112 (12th in MAC) <====really was an awful class, see 2013-14
2011 96 (6th in MAC) <=====was not that good, see 2014-15
2012 93 (5th in MAC)
2013 117 (10th in MAC)
2014 102 (6th in MAC)
2015 92 (5th in MAC)
2016 115 (8th in MAC)
2017 103 (8th in MAC)
2018 122 (10th in MAC)
RankbyOffers doesn't rate the players. Instead they figure that coaches who make offers have more on the line in rating players than self-proclaimed recruiting gurus, so they rate recruiting solely based on how many offers a player has. Here's how they rate the last few years:
2013 101
2014 89
2015 78
2016 119
2017 94
2018 114
Edit - I updated the class ranking for 2018, and added a few comments related to prior classes. I don't think this is the best class ever, but I don't think it's the worst one, either. Ohio's classes tend to be ranked about 6th-9th in the MAC, and that has been good enough to challenge for the MAC title, but not to win one. I'd like to see Ohio land a class in the top 3 again the next few years.
Edit2 - Class ranks seem to be final now. Ohio slid another notch in both rankings. I continue to agree that this class was not as good as those from 2014-2017. Remember that the primary impact of a recruiting class comes 3-4 years after that class. Thus, we'll know for sure how this class was come 2021-2.
Last Edited: 2/15/2018 9:00:43 AM by L.C.