Recruiting Classes

[go guins]

According to Brian McLaughlin, who does this regularly, but I haven't followed enough to have an opinion, here are the top 50 FCS recruiting classes for 2018.  We were ranked 38th in his list last year.
Of note is the lack of SDSU on the list, and I was surprised to see how many OVC schools were ranked above us!  Opinions?  Anybody have an opinion on McLaughlin's creds?

50   Holy Cross
49   Northern Colorado
48   UT Martin
47   Campbell
46   Duquesne
45   Alcorn State
44   Furman
43   Rhode Island
42   Houston Baptist
41   Northern Iowa
40   Elon
39   Bethune Cookman
38   Youngstown State
37   Fordham
36   Tennessee State
35   Howard
34   Illinois State
33   Dartmouth
32   Eastern Kentucky
31   Montana
30   Murray State
29   Stephen F. Austin
28   Prairie View A&M
27   Grambling
26   Western Carolina
25   South Dakota 
24   The Citadel
23   Delaware
22   Penn
21   Sam Houston State
20   Stony Brook
19   Weber State
18   Southern Illinois
17   UC Davis
16   Austin Peay
15   Villanova
14   Columbia
13   Southern Utah
12   Kennesaw State
11   Mercer
10   Eastern Washington
9   Central Arkansas
8   Cchattanooga
7   Jacksonville State
6    Harvard
5   James Madison
4   NDSU
3    Montana State
2   Yale
1   Princeton

[Penguin Ice]

According to Brian McLaughlin, who does this regularly, but I haven't followed enough to have an opinion, here are the top 50 FCS recruiting classes for 2018.  We were ranked 38th in his list last year.
Of note is the lack of SDSU on the list, and I was surprised to see how many OVC schools were ranked above us!  Opinions?  Anybody have an opinion on McLaughlin's creds?

50   Holy Cross
49   Northern Colorado
48   UT Martin
47   Campbell
46   Duquesne
45   Alcorn State
44   Furman
43   Rhode Island
42   Houston Baptist
41   Northern Iowa
40   Elon
39   Bethune Cookman
38   Youngstown State
37   Fordham
36   Tennessee State
35   Howard
34   Illinois State
33   Dartmouth
32   Eastern Kentucky
31   Montana
30   Murray State
29   Stephen F. Austin
28   Prairie View A&M
27   Grambling
26   Western Carolina
25   South Dakota
24   The Citadel
23   Delaware
22   Penn
21   Sam Houston State
20   Stony Brook
19   Weber State
18   Southern Illinois
17   UC Davis
16   Austin Peay
15   Villanova
14   Columbia
13   Southern Utah
12   Kennesaw State
11   Mercer
10   Eastern Washington
9   Central Arkansas
8   Cchattanooga
7   Jacksonville State
6    Harvard
5   James Madison
4   NDSU
3    Montana State
2   Yale
1   Princeton

McLaughlin has been doing this for a long time and knows everybody. I respect his opinion. He knows what he’s talking about

[ysuguins4]

Looks like he has been following FCS recruiting for a while, but 2017 appears to be the first time he ranked the top 50 classes, so it will take a couple more years to see how it plays out. 

[go guins]

"McLaughlin has been doing this for a long time and knows everybody. I respect his opinion. He knows what he’s talking about"

TOO BAD.  I was hoping he was the opposite.  class ranked 38 two years in a row isn't too good!  Maybe that is why we have to scrounge around for a grad student, "one and done" QB and have -0- OT?

James Madison's top recruit is an OT named Amelio Moran
Check out the mid season video at http://www.hudl.com/profile/4393964/Amelio-Moran
That would fill one big hole at YSU!

[ytownchief22]

Hard to rank FCS recruiting classes.

[guinpen]

Hard to rank FCS recruiting classes.

Usually takes 4-5 years!

[go guins]

Hard to rank FCS recruiting classes.

hard to rate FCS, but just as hard for FBS and past that, it is really hard to rate a NFL draft class.  I read 4-5 years, but I'm thinking more like 2-3.  By the time the RS finishes his Soph. year, you know what you've got.