College Football’s Overachievers - ISU #1

[cycloneworld]

Cool article from The Athletic with good analysis on recruiting vs. performance. (Subscription required).

Spoiler alert: Iowa State is #1, Iowa is #2

College football's biggest overachievers and underachievers based on recruiting, from Iowa State to Florida State

What recruiting and performance rankings say about which college football teams are getting the most out of their talent, and which are not.

theathletic.com

 

[knowlesjam]

Spot on...very cool! Interesting too that the BIG has 4 of the top 10 underachievers...making it easy for the others to chalk up gaudy win-loss numbers.

 

[WooBadger18]

Spot on...very cool! Interesting too that the BIG has 4 of the top 10 underachievers...making it easy for the others to chalk up gaudy win-loss numbers.

Sure, although the Big 10 also has 4 of the top 10 overachievers.

I think another interesting thing that the article brings up is what this says about recruiting. Because iirc, 6/10 teams are in the Midwest (and Oklahoma State would function similarly). How much of it is a case of teams like Iowa State and Wisconsin doing less with more, and how much of it is that their players were underrated to begin with. I’m sure it’s a matter of both, but it is interesting to think about.

 

[Cyched]

A fine publication

 

[Aclone]

FYI…

Recruiting OverAchievers

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