What I'm doing here is listing each MAC school in order top to bottom by the number of 3 star (rated above 72) and 2 star (rated above 60) to see how OHIO stacks up. At first glance it would look like OHIO has an average MAC football recruiting class but when considering the bobcats beat out Toledo head-to-head 8 times on the recruiting trail you would have to think Ohio had one of the very best recruiting classes. It also looks like the new guy at Temple isn't quite the recruiter/salesman that Al Golden was. With the OHIO program developed to the point that it is under solich and with the level of recruits coming at this point it looks like we'll continue to be the top program in the East.

Bowling Green (9 players at 3 star, 3 players at 2 star)
Ball State (8 players at 3 star, 6 players at 2 star)
Toledo (7 players at 3 star, 2 players at 2 star)
Akron (5 players at 3 star, 6 at 2 star)
OHIO (5 players at 3 star, 4 at 2 star)
Temple (5 players at 3 star, 4 at 2 star)
Buffalo (5 players at 3 star, 1 player at 2 star)
Central Michigan (4 players at 3 star, 10 players at 2 star)
Miami (4 players at 3 star, 7 players at 2 star)
Kent State (3 players at 3 star, 2 players at 2 star)
Western Michigan (4 players at 2 star)
Northern Ill (2 players at 2 star)
Eastern Michigan (2 players at 2 star)

Anybod know who the real king of "football recruiting" is?  Among Scout, Rival and ESPN there appears to be quite a bit of difference in ratings of players.  I used to think 5 three star recruits a year would get us moving up the charts.  Given the ESPN ratings, it looks like we need 10.

Yea when I go to ESPN I only see 3 3-star guys for Ohio....here is the breakdown that I see:


Bowling Green (3 players at 3 star, 8 players at 2 star)
Ball State (2 players at 3 star, 10 players at 2 star)
Toledo (3 players at 3 star, 5 players at 2 star)
Akron (1 players at 3 star, 9 at 2 star)
OHIO (3 players at 3 star, 4 at 2 star)
Temple (2 players at 3 star, 5 at 2 star)
Buffalo (2 players at 3 star, 4 player at 2 star)
Central Michigan (2 players at 3 star, 10 players at 2 star)
Miami (2 players at 3 star, 8 players at 2 star)
Kent State (0 players at 3 star, 3 players at 2 star)
Western Michigan (3 players at 2 star)
Northern Ill (2 players at 2 star)
Eastern Michigan (2 players at 2 star)

I don't think it is clear that is what you are doing by your initial post....but now I am following you