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How Do Portal Rankings Translate on the Field
Posted on 1/11/26 at 2:09 pm
Posted on 1/11/26 at 2:09 pm
Here are the last 4 championship games and their previous year’s portal rankings.
2025
Indiana (24/7: #25; On3: #13)
Miami (24-7: #3; on3: #5)
2024
Ohio State (24/7: #8; On3: #54)
Notre Dame (24/7: #39; On3: #15)
2023
Michigan (24/7: #17; On3: #24)
Washington (24/7: #46; On3: #17)
2022
Georgia (24/7:nr; On3: #61)
TCU( 24/7:#13; On3: #59)
2025
Indiana (24/7: #25; On3: #13)
Miami (24-7: #3; on3: #5)
2024
Ohio State (24/7: #8; On3: #54)
Notre Dame (24/7: #39; On3: #15)
2023
Michigan (24/7: #17; On3: #24)
Washington (24/7: #46; On3: #17)
2022
Georgia (24/7:nr; On3: #61)
TCU( 24/7:#13; On3: #59)
This post was edited on 1/11/26 at 2:19 pm
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Posted on 1/11/26 at 2:10 pm to captdalton
So coaching and playing the games still matter.
Posted on 1/11/26 at 2:11 pm to captdalton
Did those portal rankings use avg per player or just total score (meaning more players adds up but may not be best per player)
Posted on 1/11/26 at 2:12 pm to sorantable
Portal rankings are even more meaningless in the bag chasing era we are in now.
3 million for Cam Coleman and theres no guarantee he will produce anything other than a fumble against Bama.
3 million for Cam Coleman and theres no guarantee he will produce anything other than a fumble against Bama.
Posted on 1/11/26 at 2:12 pm to sorantable
No… I have read here that having a high ranked portal class is the only hope for success. It is the future. You shouldn’t even recruit highschoolers.
Posted on 1/11/26 at 2:13 pm to crimsoncoded94
Is this the official Smothers/Coleman melt thread for the Gumps?
Posted on 1/11/26 at 2:14 pm to SEC Doctor
Enjoy your 17 wide receivers and zero quarterbacks and offensive linemen.
This post was edited on 1/11/26 at 2:41 pm
Posted on 1/11/26 at 2:15 pm to SEC Doctor
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Is this the official Smothers/Coleman melt thread for the Gumps?
Posted on 1/11/26 at 2:16 pm to captdalton
Yep, this is the official Coleman/Smothers melt thread.
Posted on 1/11/26 at 2:18 pm to SEC Doctor
We will be in playoffs again regardless
Posted on 1/11/26 at 2:18 pm to crimsoncoded94
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We will be in playoffs again regardless
Good lord, you want another embarrassment?
Posted on 1/11/26 at 2:19 pm to captdalton
I think what it means is in this day and age of NIL AND portal, lots of teams will have players but the SEC has focused on recruiting instead of coaching.
These other teams have better coaching and now they are buying some players.
SEC will not win until it changes from hiring recruiters to coaches. NIL will get most of the SEC Enough talent, at least half the teams anyway to win a title but if the coaching does not improve the SEC will not win.
These other teams have better coaching and now they are buying some players.
SEC will not win until it changes from hiring recruiters to coaches. NIL will get most of the SEC Enough talent, at least half the teams anyway to win a title but if the coaching does not improve the SEC will not win.
Posted on 1/11/26 at 2:20 pm to SEC Doctor
You're right. Id rather us be LSU and miss them entirely for years.
Posted on 1/11/26 at 2:21 pm to crimsoncoded94
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We will be in playoffs again regardless
We don’t need to see Bama, Tech, Tulane, or JMU in the playoffs again.
Posted on 1/11/26 at 2:22 pm to captdalton
You can't look at portal alone.
You need composite talent ratings of recruiting plus portal.
You need composite talent ratings of recruiting plus portal.
Posted on 1/11/26 at 2:22 pm to captdalton
Looks like higher portal rankings are starting to matter
Posted on 1/11/26 at 2:24 pm to captdalton
I think the bigger issue is all these HS kids are going to soon quit being recruited as much due to the fact of how many of them are leaving after 1 or 2 years.
That's quite a bit of money schools are spending on a player only for them to leave after developing them. And that's true before you even take NIL into account.
What you really want is a good HS recruit that you can develop over time and then one day reap the rewards of that, aka the old way. But you want one that's actually going to stick around and with 1/3rd of all players entering the transfer portal every year, that's not happening. Over 3 years, it seems the odds of a keeping a single player is low.
Schools are getting screwed over, they don't have basic protections on their "investments". All schools because all schools are forced to partake in it. Yeah you grab some guy from another team, but you losing them as well.
They talk about going up to 105 scholarships or whatever, but it seems more likely a team should drop down to 55 or whatever the bare minimum needed is and just let other teams spend the money to develop/babysit the players. I think it's 53 in the NFL right?
The entire system makes no sense. And that's about all I can say without getting political about the sad state of colleges across the country and the quality of education they are putting out. They are ate up from the ground up.
That's quite a bit of money schools are spending on a player only for them to leave after developing them. And that's true before you even take NIL into account.
What you really want is a good HS recruit that you can develop over time and then one day reap the rewards of that, aka the old way. But you want one that's actually going to stick around and with 1/3rd of all players entering the transfer portal every year, that's not happening. Over 3 years, it seems the odds of a keeping a single player is low.
Schools are getting screwed over, they don't have basic protections on their "investments". All schools because all schools are forced to partake in it. Yeah you grab some guy from another team, but you losing them as well.
They talk about going up to 105 scholarships or whatever, but it seems more likely a team should drop down to 55 or whatever the bare minimum needed is and just let other teams spend the money to develop/babysit the players. I think it's 53 in the NFL right?
The entire system makes no sense. And that's about all I can say without getting political about the sad state of colleges across the country and the quality of education they are putting out. They are ate up from the ground up.
Posted on 1/11/26 at 2:25 pm to UltimaParadox
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Looks like higher portal rankings are starting to matter
Yep, trending upward every season. Indiana is proof it is tough to win with 18 and 19 year olds against 22-23 year olds. Most of those older guys have come through the portal, I would think.
Posted on 1/11/26 at 2:25 pm to Imber
LSU’s portal ranking and record:
2025: #1, # 2; 7-6
2024: #41, #49; 9-4
2023: #5, #9; 10-3
That $21 million dollar transfer class cost you an additional $120 million in buyouts and salaries.
Instead of learning from it, LSU has doubled down.
2025: #1, # 2; 7-6
2024: #41, #49; 9-4
2023: #5, #9; 10-3
That $21 million dollar transfer class cost you an additional $120 million in buyouts and salaries.
Instead of learning from it, LSU has doubled down.
Posted on 1/11/26 at 2:26 pm to SEC Doctor
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Is this the official Smothers/Coleman melt thread for the Gumps?
Everything is a melt according to LSU pigeons.
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