Number of Recruited Scholarship Players on Rosters (reflects quality depth--think special teams & 4th quarter conditioning)
1. Alabama and Miss St (87) - must eliminate 2 players by August
3. LSU & South Carolina (85)
5. Kentucky & Missouri (81)
7. Arkansas (80)
8. Florida, Texas A&M, & Vanderbilt (79)
11. Ole Miss & Tennessee (78)
13. Auburn (75)
14. Georgia (73) - does not include 5 non-rated walk-ons currently on scholarship (last season UGA had 11 walk-ons on scholarship)
Average Stars per Recruited Scholarship Player (Rivals.com scale of 0-5)
1. Alabama (3.76)
2. Florida (3.75)
3. Georgia (3.63)
4. LSU (3.58)
5. Auburn (3.51)
6. Tennessee (3.31)
7. South Carolina (3.25)
8. Texas A&M (3.20)
9. Arkansas & Missouri (3.01)
11. Miss St (3.00)
12. Ole Miss (2.95)
13. Vanderbilt (2.75)
14. Kentucky (2.72)
Normalized Data - Average Stars per Player (i.e., accounts for walk-ons impact on an FBS-team's maximum 85 scholarship players)
1. Alabama (3.78)
2. LSU (3.58)
3. Florida (3.48)
4. South Carolina (3.25)
5. Georgia (3.12)
6. Auburn (3.09)
7. Tennessee (3.04)
8. Miss St & Texas A&M (3.01)
10. Missouri (2.91)
11. Arkansas (2.87)
12. Ole Miss (2.71)
13. Kentucky (2.59)
14. Vanderbilt (2.55)
1. Alabama and Miss St (87) - must eliminate 2 players by August
3. LSU & South Carolina (85)
5. Kentucky & Missouri (81)
7. Arkansas (80)
8. Florida, Texas A&M, & Vanderbilt (79)
11. Ole Miss & Tennessee (78)
13. Auburn (75)
14. Georgia (73) - does not include 5 non-rated walk-ons currently on scholarship (last season UGA had 11 walk-ons on scholarship)
Average Stars per Recruited Scholarship Player (Rivals.com scale of 0-5)
1. Alabama (3.76)
2. Florida (3.75)
3. Georgia (3.63)
4. LSU (3.58)
5. Auburn (3.51)
6. Tennessee (3.31)
7. South Carolina (3.25)
8. Texas A&M (3.20)
9. Arkansas & Missouri (3.01)
11. Miss St (3.00)
12. Ole Miss (2.95)
13. Vanderbilt (2.75)
14. Kentucky (2.72)
Normalized Data - Average Stars per Player (i.e., accounts for walk-ons impact on an FBS-team's maximum 85 scholarship players)
1. Alabama (3.78)
2. LSU (3.58)
3. Florida (3.48)
4. South Carolina (3.25)
5. Georgia (3.12)
6. Auburn (3.09)
7. Tennessee (3.04)
8. Miss St & Texas A&M (3.01)
10. Missouri (2.91)
11. Arkansas (2.87)
12. Ole Miss (2.71)
13. Kentucky (2.59)
14. Vanderbilt (2.55)