re: 247 List of Top Jobs in College FB

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Its not all about in state talent.

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No one said it was. But it is a factor. Go study Nebraska football and come back and let me know why its no longer a top job.

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In state talent helps but its far from a determining factor in success.

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Okay so it does help. Which is what I said. And it IS a determining factor in success. Again, go study Nebraska football.

There is a reason that of all the historical elite programs, some of gone in different directions over the past 15-20 years. Take a look at those 10 historical elite programs. This is how they rank in AP Poll Points since 2000:

#1 Ohio State
#2 Oklahoma
#3 Alabama
#4 USC
#7 Texas
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#14 Michigan
#22 Penn State
#23 Notre Dame
#31 Tennessee
#32 Nebraska

So 5 of those programs are right where they should be... in the Top 10 since 2000... the other 5 are relatively "down" compared to where they stood heading into the new century.

Those first 5 (OSU, OU, AL, USC, TX) hail from states that produced on average 100 players each on 2016 NFL rosters. The bottom five (MI, PSU, ND, TN, NE) hail from states that that produced on average 35 players each on 2016 NFL rosters.

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You have to have a "committed" administration and an AD that will do and spend whatever in takes to win

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Certainly that too is a factor. That's why Oregon ranks #6 in the AP since 2000. They have a very committed booster who has pumped hundreds of millions of $$$ to get Oregon up to where its been as of late.

There are many factors that go into this, but as far as a program maintaining success over long periods of time, the #1 factor is proximity to top talent.

Head coaches and AD's come and go and so do the whims of boosters wanting to spend big bucks on a football program, but having top tier talent right at your doorstep is for the most part constant. Those that have it have a constant advantage over those that don't.