2021 247/Rivals/etc. National and Regional Rankings

[ScriptOhio]

247 update:

205. DE Tyreak Sapp

On the other hand, in a weird bit of news because this is recruiting, St. Thomas Aquinas (Fla.) defensive end Tyreak Sapp has released a list of his top five, which includes the Buckeyes going up against Florida, Georgia Tech, Miami and Alabama.



Why is this an odd releasing of a list of top schools? Because Sapp – a top-100 overall recruit and top-8 strongside defensive end – has been committed to Florida since Christmas Eve of 2018 and has not announced a decommitment.

Oh, well. Stranger things have happened.

Entire article: https://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio...rt-landers-and-coverage-techniques-from-tyree

 

[Akron Rick]

Has Wilcoxson started a trend down there?

 

[ScriptOhio]

Big Ten recruiting analysis: Each team ranked nationally & in conference

Ohio State holds a commanding lead in the 2021 national rankings. The second-place team, Tennessee trails by 437 points while the third-place Florida Gators are 590 points behind. With a long way left to go until this cycle concludes teams like Alabama, Clemson, Georgia, and LSU are poised to make serious runs at the top spot. However, if the Ohio State staff is able to land 40% of their remaining top-five targets plus sign all their current commits they should easily take the 2021 title.

While the Buckeyes still have to maintain their national ranking, the Big Ten is just a race for second place. That being what it is, the conference is still well represented with six teams in the top-30 including the surprising Rutgers Scarlet Knights at 19. Rutgers probably won’t finish in the top-twenty-five but they could maintain top-thirty status. Meanwhile, Michigan is sixth, Iowa sits at number 12, Wisconsin at 13, Minnesota sits at 20, Penn State at 23, and Maryland at 30.

Here is the long drawn out version of how Rivals awards recruiting points. Here's the simplified version: The team with the most highly ranked players win. With that knowledge in mind, let's take a look at how the Big Ten is doing on the national scale.

1. Ohio State
Big Ten Rank: 1st

Class Breakdown: 18 total commits — three five-stars, 12 four-stars, two three-stars and one two-star

Top Commit: Pickerington (Ohio) North five-star defensive end Jack Sawyer

Top Uncommitted Target: J.T. Tuimoloau

6. Michigan
Big Ten Rank: 2nd

Class Breakdown: 19 total commits — nine four-stars, nine three-stars and one two-star

Top Commit: La Grange Park (Ill.) Nazareth Academy four-star quarterback .J. McCarthy

Top Uncommitted Target: Donavan Edwards
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23. Penn State
Big Ten Rank: 7th

Class Breakdown: 12 total commits — six four-stars and six three-stars

Top Commit: Olney (Md.) Our Lady of Good Counsel four-star offensive tackle Landon Tengwall

Top-ranked Uncommitted target: Nolan Rucci
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Entire article: https://ohiostate.rivals.com/news/b...sis-each-team-ranked-nationally-in-conference




Entire article: https://ohiostate.rivals.com/news/b...sis-each-team-ranked-nationally-in-conference

 

[MililaniBuckeye]

Just jumped up to 305.37 points on 247 after the Hancock commit. UNC at #2 has 261.90 points.

 

[Tanner]

If you're a 3 star Harbaugh WILL find you

 

[ScriptOhio]

 

[johnson2443]

The fact that Clemson dropped from #2 to #9 with the Hancock decommit shows how far the gap between us at the top is and everybody else. I think Bama, LSU, and Georgia will all close really strong but if we get our main targets (JT, Egbuka, Malone, and Burton) and clean up with a few others that aren’t really in the radar right now for most of us this class will be absolutely incredible. Would be comfortable going after some OL and LB to fill out the roster spots in last few openings as I believe it’s expected to sign a full 25 man class

 

[mendensa]

Good for OSU, but the rest of the B1G needs to do their part too.

 

[MililaniBuckeye]

If we can get Tuimoloau and Egbuka in this class, that would a staggering 14 top-100 players.

 

[pnuts34]

Good for OSU, but the rest of the B1G needs to do their part too.

I thought they were

 

[johnson2443]

Good for OSU, but the rest of the B1G needs to do their part too.

correct they do, and we know everything will change with a lot more commitments to come. But in fairness to the others in the BIG, currently is the number of commits per conference in the top 100

SEC - 19
BIG - 16
ACC - 11
Big 12 - 8
PAC - 7
Others - 3 (ND 2, SMU 1)

thats 64 of the top 100 currently committed. It’s really UM, PSU and Wisconsin that are dropping the ball right now.

 

[DaddyBigBucks]

Good for OSU, but the rest of the B1G needs to do their part too.

The older I get, the less I care about conference/regional pride. Frankly, as long as we keep beating all of them, they can do the 3-stars-only thing until doomsday for all I care

 

[billmac91]

The older I get, the less I care about conference/regional pride. Frankly, as long as we keep beating all of them, they can do the 3-stars-only thing until doomsday for all I care

I actually think it’s a decent selling point for both Clemson and Ohio State.

Get elite training for the NFL, with less mileage on your bodies, as you go to NFL. Clemson has been selling that for a while now....not sure OSU does, but it’d make sense.

 

[AuTX Buckeye]

If you're a 3 star Harbaugh WILL find you

Does he have a particular set of skills, skills acquired over a long career that make him very adapt at finding people like those 3 stars?

 

[mendensa]

yeah, but the SEC has been selling the "come play in the best conference in America with the majority of the top recruits in the nation and play against the best teams", and whether they buy into it or not, seems to be working for them too. And they seem to have made in-roads to having 2 teams in the CFP conversation every year too..... so I kind of like their approach better.

But I get it though, the regional pride thing has kind of subsided for me too over the years. As long as the Bucks take care of their own business, their Nat'l brand should keep them in the CFP conversation despite a weak conference (i.e. Clemson). But if the Bucks do happen to lose in a down year in the conference, they could get left out. All I'm saying.

Remember when Urban arrived? He eluded to the fact that the rest of the B1G had to pick it up to catch the SEC. I think they did for a few years but it's only a few schools. I'll be curious to see if P.J., Franklin, hairball, ect...., can consistently recruit top tier recruits going forward as more families continue to flock to the southern states.