Tuesday, December 27, 2005

Recruiting Hype Has Begun

I don’t usually get involved in all the hype of college football recruiting but I wanted to share with you the top 25 lists from Scout.com and Rivals.com. For more proof that recruiting will never be an exact science notice the differences in the two lists.

Pittsburg #5 on Scout and #17 on Rivals.
Oklahoma State #15 on Scout and #20 on Rivals.
Nebraska not ranked on Scout and #13 on Rivals.

Scout.com Top 25
1. Texas
2. Florida
3. Georgia
4. Notre Dame
5. Pittsburgh
6. LSU
7. Oklahoma
8. Michigan
9. Miami (Fl)
10. Florida State
11. UCLA
12. Auburn
13. Arizona
14. Ohio State
15. Oklahoma State
16. Penn State
17. Clemson
18. Texas Tech
19. Alabama
20. Texas A&M
21. North Carolina
22. USC
23. Illinois
24. California
25. Kentucky

Rivals.com Top 25
1. Florida
2. Texas
3. Georgia
4. Notre Dame
5. LSU
6. Florida State
7. Alabama
8. Oklahoma
9. Auburn
10. Arizona
11. UCLA
12. Michigan
13. Nebraska
14. Miami (Fla)
15. Clemson
16. Maryland
17. Pittsburgh
18. Texas Tech
19. Ohio State
20(T). Oklahoma State
20(T). USC
22. Illinois
23. California
24. Penn State
25. Ole Miss


Signing day is still over a month away and both of these lists will change by then because they are based on verbal commitments. Also there are some big time athletes who have yet to commit.

According to Fanblogs.com here are the Top 10 prospects who have not committed. Signing any one of these players will change your teams ranking.

Andre Smith - OG - Birmingham, AL
Rivals - 2nd overall
Scout - 2nd overall
Schools - Alabama, Auburn, Florida, Florida State, Georgia, LSU, Miami, Tennessee, USC

Allen Bradford - LB - Colton, CA
Rivals - 6th overall
Scout - 16th overall
Schools - UCLA, USC

Vidal Hazelton - WR - Chatham, VA
Rivals - 17th
Scout - 6th
Schools - Florida, Georgia, Miami, Penn State, Tennessee, USC, Virginia Tech

Stafon Johnson - RB - Los Angeles, CA
Rivals - 9th
Scout - 4th
Schools - Cal, Florida, Miami, Michigan, Oklahoma, Tennessee, UCLA, USC, Washington

Mitch Mustain - QB - Springdale, AR
Rivals - 7th
Scout - 8th
Schools - Alabama, Arkansas, Notre Dame, Tennessee

Sam Young - OT - Fort Lauderdale, FL
Rivals - 23rd
Scout - 7th
Schools - Florida, Miami, Michigan, Notre Dame, Stanford, Tennessee, USC

Gerald McCoy - DT - Oklahoma City, OK
Rivals - 10th
Scout - 15th
Schools - LSU, Miami, Notre Dame, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, USC, Virginia Tech

Steve Schilling - OT - Bellevue, WA
Rivals - 18th
Scout - 12th
Schools - Cal, Michigan, USC, Washington

CJ Spiller - RB - Lake Butler, FL
Rivals - 19th
Scout - 13th
Schools - Alabama, Clemson, Florida, Florida State, Miami, USC

LeShan McCoy - RB - Harrisburg, PA
Rivals - 14th
Scout - 17th
Schools - Alabama, Florida, Miami, NC State, Penn State, USC, Virginia Tech