This week Rivals is celebrating 20 years of the Rivals rankings. There have always been debates about which recruiting class has been the best one during the 20-year history of Rivals.com and now there might be an answer.
Assigning five points to each five-star in the class and four points to each four-star, we’ve come up with what we think is the best way to figure out which recruiting class would top the charts based on their high school ranking (and not how they eventually panned out).
A simple analysis of total points in each recruiting class could not be utilized because the points system has changed since the beginning of the rankings so it wouldn't be an apples-to-apples comparison.
So here’s a look at how we would score the No. 1 classes over the first 20 recruiting classes at Rivals based on four- and five-stars signed.
Note: Rivals will be doing a series of these lookbacks, re-rankings, etc with it being the 20th year of rankings.
Assigning five points to each five-star in the class and four points to each four-star, we’ve come up with what we think is the best way to figure out which recruiting class would top the charts based on their high school ranking (and not how they eventually panned out).
A simple analysis of total points in each recruiting class could not be utilized because the points system has changed since the beginning of the rankings so it wouldn't be an apples-to-apples comparison.
So here’s a look at how we would score the No. 1 classes over the first 20 recruiting classes at Rivals based on four- and five-stars signed.
Link: Rivals Rankings Turn 20: The top No. 1 classes in our history
Note: Rivals will be doing a series of these lookbacks, re-rankings, etc with it being the 20th year of rankings.
