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Listiing of Number of NFL Players By State Where They Played HS Ball

California 268
Texas (one SEC school) 235
Florida (one SEC school) 222
Georgia (one SEC school) 113
Ohic 101
Louisiana(one SEC school) 75
skipping on down
Alabama (two SEC schools) 55

Texas A&M only recruits against in-state SEC schools? Impressive... I'm sure Texas and TCU never sign top athletes.

Alabama has, and will continue, to recruit nationally. Yes, it makes life easier on a Texas A&M coach because he can get most of his talent in-state, but an Alabama coach who goes out and works hard is, apparently, going to out recruit an A&M coach.

In the last since 2011, Alabama's rankings have been (247 sports):
2011 - #2 (Texas A&M - #31)
2012 - #1 (Texas A&M - #14)
2013 - #1 (Texas A&M - #8)

A&M only beat Texas once, following what was the worst showing by Texas in ages, and by signing 32 kids. Those kids might be playing high school ball in Texas, but apparently they're not playing college ball in Texas. By your logic, Texas and Texas A&M should've been the two top teams for years upon years, as they were the only two "power conference" teams in Texas, while the one state that had more, California, has 4.