There are a few ways to examine the success of recruiting in college football. There’s the overall grade based on volume and talent, there’s filling needs on the roster that’s coming back, and then there’s the average talent rating per prospect. In reality, you have to take all of them into account, but going solely on overall points based on the 247Sports Composite Ratings can be misleading for programs that were never going to pull in a lot of recruits because of what’s coming back for the next season.
At a place like Ohio State, the reality is that there’s success in almost all areas of recruiting, but now that the early signing period is pretty much in the books, we thought it would be interesting to see which programs did the best according to average talent rating per commit. The Buckeyes are always up there, as are places like Alabama and even Georgia as of late, but how do things line up for the 2022 recruiting cycle?
Here are the top ten 2022 recruiting classes based on average talent rating based on metrics from the 247Sports Composite Rankings. This is so far, before any more news that might come out from here until the traditional signing day in February.
