Unt Recruiting Compared To Other Texans & The Belt

Green to the Bone · December 20, 2007

I took a cruise through Rivals to see how we stack up. Keep in mind, it's just a snapshot of a single moment, and commitments change frequently until NLOI days are done.

Keep in mind as well that the stars ratings are based on what some will call subjective judgments and others will call pro-BCS bias.

First I looked at Texas schools, since nearly every successful program recruits well from within its own state (although this count isn't limited to recruits from Texas):

Five-stars: No Texas school has any five-stars listed.

Four-stars: 22 total are committed to Texas schools. UT 10, A&M 8, Tech 3, Baylor 1.

Three-stars: 48 total committed. A&M 14, UT 9, Tech & Baylor 6 each, UNT 5, TCU 4, UTEP 3, Houston 1.

Two-stars: 64 committed. UNT & UTEP 13 each, Houston 12, Rice 10, SMU 6, Baylor 4, A&M & TC, 2 each, UT & Tech 1 each.

No-stars: No Texas school has any no-stars listed.

Class total commitments: A&M 24, UT 20, UNT 18, UTEP 16, Houston 13, Baylor 11, Tech & Rice 10 each, SMU & TCU 6 each.

UNT's share: We have yet to move into the four-stars at all. We have just over 10 percent of the Texas three-stars and nearly one-fourth of the Texas two-stars.

Then I looked at Sun Belt schools, since we hope to beat them:

Five-stars: None.

Four-stars: None.

Three-stars: UNT 5, ULM 2, FIU 1.

Two-stars: UNT 13, FIU, ULM, ULL & Troy 3 each, MTSU 2, ASU 1.

No-stars: ASU 4, ULL 3, Troy 2, FIU, ULM & MTSU 1 each.

Class total commitments: UNT 18, ULL & ULM 6 each, ASU, FIU & Troy 5 each, MTSU 3, FAU 0.

UNT's share: We have the majority of the Belt's announced three-stars and nearly half of the conference's two-stars. We have the same total of threes and twos (18) as the rest of the conference combined.

Conclusion: So far, we are clearly dominating Sun Belt recruiting, which has to pay off sooner rather than later. In Texas, we are out-recruiting TCU, SMU, Houston, UTEP, and Rice. Next to add to that list would be Baylor, which we would pass if we could pick off a four-star who might otherwise be looking there. After that, in ascending order of competition, come the predictables: Tech, A&M and UT.