For everyone upset that our current class is not highly ranked....

Lets have a look at some rankings over the years....

2002 Rivals 2002 Scout 2002 ESPN
LSU 15(NL) 15 NA
BAMA 30(NL) 37 NA
Florida 20 20 NA
FSU 4 6 NA
Texas 1 1 NA
Oklahoma 7 2 NA
USC 13 12 NA
Ohio State 5 3 NA
Miami 8 4 NA
Notre Dame 24 13 NA



2003 Rivals 2003 Scout 2003 ESPN
LSU 1(8ofLA10) 2 NA
BAMA 49(0ofLA10) 45 NA
Florida 2 4 NA
FSU 21 12 NA
Texas 15 14 NA
Oklahoma 4 3 NA
USC 3 1 NA
Ohio State 41 25 NA
Miami 5 6 NA
Notre Dame 12 5 NA



2004 Rivals 2004 Scout 2004 ESPN
LSU 2(9ofLA10) 2 NA
BAMA 15(0ofLA10) 19 NA
Florida 7 8 NA
FSU 3 4 NA
Texas 10 10 NA
Oklahoma 8 7 NA
USC 1 1 NA
Ohio State 9 11 NA
Miami 4 3 NA
Notre Dame 32 30 NA


2005 Rivals 2005 Scout 2005 ESPN
LSU 22(6ofLA10) 19 NA
BAMA 18(0ofLA10) 16 NA
Florida 15 11 NA
FSU 2 3 NA
Texas 20 13 NA
Oklahoma 3 5 NA
USC 1 6 NA
Ohio State 12 7 NA
Miami 7 12 NA
Notre Dame 22 27 NA


2006 Rivals 2006 Scout 2006 ESPN
LSU 7(9ofLA10) t7 8
BAMA 11(0ofLA10) 18 18
Florida 2 2 1
FSU 3 12 6
Texas 5 3 3
Oklahoma 9 t7 7
USC 1 1 2
Ohio State 12 13 10
Miami 14 14 17
Notre Dame 8 5 5


2007 Rivals 2007 Scout 2007 ESPN
LSU 4(7ofLA10) 5 6
BAMA 10(0ofLA10) 22 17
Florida 1 1 2
FSU 21 33 25
Texas 5 3 3
Oklahoma 14 30 NR in Top 25
USC 2 2 1
Ohio State 15 16 20
Miami 19 13 9
Notre Dame 8 11 8


2008 Rivals 2008 Scout 2008 ESPN
LSU 11(7of10) 7 11
BAMA 1(1of10) 1 3
Florida 3 12 4
FSU 9 8 12
Texas 14 16 10
Oklahoma 6 13 8
USC 8 9 7
Ohio State 4 4 6
Miami 5 3 1
Notre Dame 2 2 9


2009 Rivals 2009 Scout 2009 ESPN
LSU 2(6ofLA10) 3 1
BAMA 1(2of10) 2 2
Florida 11 21 5
FSU 7 18 8
Texas 5 7 3
Oklahoma 13 10 11
USC 4 9 4
Ohio State 3 1 9
Miami 15 24 7
Notre Dame 21 23 14


2010 Rivals 2010 Scout 2010 ESPN
LSU 6(NL) 7 8
BAMA 5(NL) 4 3
Florida 2 1 1
FSU 10 9 6
Texas 3 3 2
Oklahoma 7 2 5
USC 1 5 7
Ohio State 25 20 16
Miami 16 14 13
Notre Dame 14 19 21


2011Rivals 2011 Scout 2011 ESPN
LSU 6(7ofLA10) 9 10
BAMA 1(1ofLA10) 7 2
Florida 12 26 12
FSU 2 1 1
Texas 3 3 5
Oklahoma 14 15 11
USC 4 4 4
Ohio State 11 6 7
Miami 36 35 NR in Top 25
Notre Dame 10 8 9


2012Rivals 2012 Scout 2012 ESPN
LSU 15(5ofLA10) 7 16
BAMA 1(2ofLA10) 1 1
Florida 4 5 4
FSU 6 t10 2
Texas 2 2 3
Oklahoma 9 15 10
USC 17 31 18
Ohio State 3 3 8
Miami 7 6 13
Notre Dame 14 8 9



There are several things that stand out when looking over this.

One there is no set standard on how these sites acheive there rankings. Last year Rivals had Alabama Number 1, Scout had them Number 2, and ESPN had them Number 3. In 2007 Rivals had Oklahoma Ranked 14th and Scout had them at 30!

Two, 3 of the last 4 years LSU has not been "Ranked" a top 5 class.

Three, even the great Saban has had years he was not ranked the best recruiter in the world.

Fourth, the numbers in () after the rivals rankings are the number of LA top 10 recruits that LSU and BAMA has pulled. We can see that LSU averages 7 each year of the states top 10 recruits. We can also see that this is not the first year that Alabama has grabbed some of our talent so no need to be alarmed that we lost two guys this year. (Also, Saban lost the #1 state recruit while coach at LSU)

And the last thing that I want to point out is that schools like USC, Notre Dame, FSU, and Miami have all had great ranked classes but at the end of the day it didnt matter.