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ScriptOhio
Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
Ohio State and Alabama Are Tied for College Football's Highest Blue-Chip Ratio For the 2025 Season
Ohio State and Alabama are tied for the country's highest blue-chip ratio on their rosters for the 2025 college football season.In a yearly study conducted by CBS Sports since 2013, a blue-chip ratio equates to what percentage of a team's players are composed of five- and four-star prospects. Both the Buckeyes and the Crimson Tide have a blue-chip ratio of 89 percent, meaning that 89 percent of their rosters consist of either five- or four-star recruits. Transfers are not factored into the blue-chip ratio.
Since the 2011 season, no college team has won the national championship with less than 52 percent of its roster being composed of blue-chip athletes (2016 Clemson was the lowest percentage champion at 52). Ohio State's national championship team in 2014 had a 68 percent blue-chip ratio, while last season's Buckeyes had a whopping 90 percent blue-chip ratio, the highest ever in the sport since the study's inception.
CBS Sports also conducted a blue-chip ratio with transfers factored into the equation, and the Buckeyes lead the nation with an 82 percent blue-chip ratio, followed by Alabama at 78 percent.
The complete list of teams for the 2025 season that meet the 52 percent threshold and therefore are capable of winning the national championship this season per the metric is listed below (not factoring in transfers).
- Ohio State, 89%
- Alabama, 89%
- Georgia, 84%
- Texas A&M, 82%
- Oregon, 78%
- Texas, 78%
- LSU, 73%
- Notre Dame, 73%
- Oklahoma, 70%
- Penn State, 68%
- Miami, 64%
- Florida, 64%
- Auburn, 64%
- Michigan, 57%
- USC, 57%
- Clemson, 55%
- Tennessee, 54%
- Florida State, 54%
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calibuck
Too soon old, too late smart
Can see the reasoning behind Script's write-up, as well as the year around push to get the best talent in America on your team. Do have a question- are these 'blue chippers' ranked as to their initial/final HS ranking? Or are these blue chippers ranked as to league awards, all star teams, etc. In other words, is there a developmental portion to these rankings? Or strictly as to their rankings as to HSers entering college? Not entirely certain I've said this in the best way. Upper classmen is an easy view, being a junior or senior. But, to me at least, being a Blue Chipper can be a nebulous title, based on several criteria.
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ScriptOhio
Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
Just sayin': Based on other recruit rankng articles by CBS Sports I believe that they just use the final 24/7 Sports rankings. The big missing factor here is that "transfers are not included".
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I think what gets lost in recruiting now, is being able to manage your current roster. Fans get too excited over the shiney new toys of the 4 or 5star HS kid. But forget all about the talent on their roster(who most were also former 4 and 5star HSers). No matter how many misses and flips OSU has lost in '26, and will lose going forward. The fact that they were able to not lose a single possible starter to the Portal this pass cycle is HUGE! And that's on top of gaining multiple transfers at positions of need. I'd much rather have OSU not have to overspend for an 18 or 17yo fresh out of HS, then keep Igbinosun, Reese, Matthews or Inniss on the roster. That's good for Texas for paying 7 figures for Tyler Atkinson, but I'm much happier that OSU held on to Reese and Styles. If OSU can limit this attrition going forward, on top of signing top 5-10 classes, then they're going to be a constant tough out. Schools like Miami, Texas, Oregon, etc will have to constantly outbid on top of recruiting their own roster.
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calibuck
Too soon old, too late smart
Believe back in the day of 85 scholarship limit, was a much bigger issue than today, when shall we say, total # is liquid? Heard that coaches do sit down and pour over the positions, and position coaches talk about who's coming up, who's riding even, and who's not holding up their position, and might be when 'the talk' occurs, re playing time (now include NIL $). Have also read that position coaches start with the current players, and project them as to where their ceiling (?) may be, before the current/future recruiting season starts (that point in time is very blurred these days).
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I think it’s imperative for any successful program to evaluate their current roster against any incoming class. And if your program is solely reliant on the HS class every year, then your program won’t be that good and the ceiling Is just making a CFP(I.e. Miami, aTm, Texas Tech. USC). Money will constantly have to go to teenagers looking for the biggest payday in many scenarios, but development is not very good putting a cap on the team because players aren’t playing to their full potential or their HS ranking was their ceiling, but yet they were paid so much from their NIL deals, that also leads to many of them possibly not getting better.
The teams who will see the most success,will be ones who can combines have a roster of talented veterans mixed in with top HS recruits. Not all of the HS recruits will be have massive NIL deals, and some will have to compromise, in hopes they earn more as they progress at those schools(I.e. OSU, Texas, UGA, Clemson, ND).
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