247Sports Team Talent Composite

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What it is
At its core, the 247Sports College Team Talent Composite is a linear index, ranking college football rosters based on current talent. We do that using a proprietary algorithm that pulls the 247Sports Composite prospect rankings for each of the top 85 players on a given team's active roster.

By using the 247Sports Composite prospect rankings which pull ratings equally from all major recruiting sites, we are able to minimize inherent regional or network bias that may exist to provide the most accurate and comprehensive industry opinion on each prospect.

Using those player rankings for each of the top 85 prospects on a given roster, we use a Gaussian distribution formula (bell curve), to weight each prospect's value towards his team's point total. Based on that distribution, the top 40 percent of each roster based on their prospect ratings account for roughly 80 percent of the team's point total. This formula (as opposed to a simple average of player ratings) allows us to tell a more representative story of each team's talent.

In essence, we're saying that the top 40 percent of a roster represents the players that make the most impact on the game and are therefore weighted more than the back half of the roster which generally consists of redshirts, scout team players and special teams contributors. Our formula also contends that the highest rated prospects in every class will have a disproportionate positive impact than any negative impact that lower rated prospects may have.

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The ranking also validates the recruiting efforts we've seen from some up and coming programs. Clemson and Ole Miss have the nation's 13th and 16th most talented rosters and the results on the field have reflected that as you saw by the Rebels win over Alabama.

On the flip side, Miami and Oklahoma have descended into mediocrity after consistently putting together some of the most talented rosters in the country in the early and mid 2000s. Now both programs are barely inside the Top 20 and their recent records reflect that.

A few schools look out of place in the top 15 given their on-field results. Michigan at No. 9, Texas at No. 11 and Florida at No. 12 are all programs that have seen their talent vastly underperform. It's no coincidence that all three have had coaching changes within the past two seasons.

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