re: Rivals 250 Ranking Update (247 update is Wednesday)

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Because the portal doesn’t have an end date and not everyone prioritizes it, much less utilizes it.

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That is is already changing and if a coach decides not to that program will get left behind. Lets see how well Clemson does moving forward as Dabo dislikes the portal. A transfer takes the same spot as a incoming freshman and both count as initial counters.

LSU, Ole Miss, and Arkansas just strengthen their teams by using the portal.

In the end the rankings should reflect the class a program has coming in not just the ones from HS. It should be based on overall additions. UA brought in 3 transfers that are all considered NFL bound. Players that have already proven they can play at the highest level so not sure why they would not get ranked vs a player that only has potential based on his HS years.

The transfer portal is basically a free agency market and not like the days of old plucking a kid out of JUCO. The top programs are going to use it to find immediate impact players like Saban did this year with Williams and HT.