Preseason ACC Recruiting Rankings

Yep, we came up with our own. It wasn't all that complicated, but lets call it a "hybrid". I've never completely trusted the recruiting services and how they rank the classes. It's easier trying to split the atom than trying to understand the rankings. You ask the question and it goes unanswered or better yet is answered by the phrase "you'll have to ask one of the national guys", etc.

The basic concept of our rankings is average star ranking and number of players committed. That's it. We don't try to award more points for "positions of need" and other ridiculously arbitrary measures, though more weight is given to the stars vs. the numbers. How good and how many. Sounds good.

So, with that in mind here are the standings. Next to each team is the number of players committed, average number of stars, and our total points for that team.

1. Florida State - 18, 3.58, 100.3 points
2. Clemson - 12, 3.67, 80.7
3. Virginia - 20, 2.55, 76.5
4. Maryland - 19, 2.63, 76.3
5. Duke - 22, 2.36, 75.6
6. Miami - 11, 3.50, 73.5
7. North Carolina - 13, 2.92, 67.2
8. Wake Forest - 16, 2.56, 66.6
9. Georgia Tech - 11, 3.05, 64.0
10. Virginia Tech - 13, 2.50, 57.5
11. North Carolina State - 9, 2.50, 47.5
12. Boston College - 4, 3.00, 42.0

The surprises here are North Carolina and to some extent Miami. Butch Davis has had two outstanding recruiting classes, but he has some work to do. Same for Randy Shannon. But, it's early and it appears that the teams directly ahead of these two are done or almost done and before it's over I would bet that UNC and Miami are in the top 4 in the league with FSU and Clemson.