How is the Composite Done

Keep seeing folks say we're ranked #5. Scout has us at 12, ESPN at 10 and Rivals at 8. The 247 Composite has us at 5 somehow.

I checked their website and it says:

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The 247Sports Team rankings are calculated using the industry-generated 247Sports Composite player rankings - which is a proprietary algorithm that gives equal weight to the player rankings from all major recruiting networks to create the industry’s most unbiased and comprehensive rankings.

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So as best I can tell, LSU must have had extreme variability amongst several players, where a bunch of people thought a player was highly ranked and one site was down on him and then other sites were down on a player that all of the other sites highly ranked.

That's the only explanation I can muster.

I like the class. The rank is just for keeping score, but curious to know if people who spend way more time on this can better explain how a class ranked elsewhere 8-12 got a #5 overall composite.

I'll hang up and listen.