re: SI ranks college football's most talented rosters

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Using the 247 Sports Composite recruiting rankings of the three major services (247, Rivals, and ESPN), we give each player on the roster a point total based on the star they were assessed as a recruit. So 5 points for a 5-star, 4 points for a 4-star, etc. 

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247 team rankings:

2020
LSU 5
Purdue 30

2019
LSU 5
Purdue 25

2018
LSU 15
Purdue 52

2017
LSU 7
Purdue 72