Rankings don't truly matter...

The ratings are such an in-exact science. Look at our 2017 class, which was underrated. So many good players in that group. This class will be special too.

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Rankings truly matter. Schools consistently in the top 10 finish in the top 10. It’s a fact. Not an opinion.

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What about Clemson? They rarely finish top-10 in recruiting

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What about Clemson? They rarely finish top-10 in recruiting

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2015: 4th
2016: 6th
2017: 22nd
2018: 8th
2019: 5th

Looks like that 2017 class caught up to them this year.

I wouldn’t say rarely, but they are kind of the outlier in a lot of areas. Who else can boast a championship coaching staff that never gets poached?

To have a Top 10 Playoff contending team you don't need to have 5 stars on 5 stars like the old Florida State, Georgia, and Alabama but you don't just get 3 stars. Clemson had Deshaun Watson and Dexter Lawrence who were both top 50 players.

I don’t think rankings don’t matter at all, but we definitely put way too much stock in them. From the stand point of sheer talent of a team, yes, looking at historical ranks will give a good idea of what schools are the most talented across the board. What it doesn’t give you is how talented a starting line up is once the whole class develops.

Take Justin Jefferson for example. 2* WR out of high school, but developed into one of the most dangerous WRs in all of college football. He’s prime example of why we put too much stock in recruiting rankings. They’re a gut check, not the Bible.

Edit: Also, if memory serves me correctly, Mo Claiborne was unranked and ended up being a first round pick. Just another good example.

Rankings matter very much but are not an exact science, so when our coaches pick up a 3 star, there’s generally a very good reason for it.

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Clemson took a total of 52 (out of a possible 75) commits in the 2016-2018 classes, which is the reason the rankings are low.

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Which is just another of very many reasons why rankings don't truly matter.

Whatever the reason, Clemson was winning national championships with recruiting classes that LSU fans would be melting over.

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Where did that shite come from? I use the 247 composite. Clemson's class rankings: 2013: 15 Clemson 2014: 16 Clemson 2015: 9 Clemson 2016: 11 Clemson 2017: 16 Clemson 2018: 7 Clemson 2019: 10 Clemson Clemson won the 2016 title Clemson won the 2018 title And they played in the championship game in 2015. The guy's statement that he said was "FACT", is NOT fact at all.

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The weak schedule gives them a big boost. They also must evaluate talent pretty well.

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To be an elite program that competes for championships, you really need to consistently be in or around the Top 5 in recruiting nationally in most years.

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This is demonstrably false, proven so by Clemson, which averaged a ranking of 13 in the four years prior to 2018.

BTW, LSU's 2017 and 2018 classes were 7 and 15.

It is true that a school must recruit well, but it is not true that the quality of the class must be recognized by the recruiting services.

Eventually, if a school continuously does well, the recruiting services will begin to bump their recruits up the rankings. That's how the recruiting services work.