A look over the last few years

[SoonerNorm]

I did a little research since 2008-09 to see which programs are making the top 10 and this is what I found:

Top 10 since 2009

2008-09

1	Connecticut 	
2	North Carolina 	
3	California	
4	Oklahoma	
5	Stanford	
6	Baylor		
7	Louisville	
8	Texas A&M	
9	Tennessee	
10	Maryland

2009-10

1	Connecticut 	
2	Stanford	
3	Ohio State	
4	North Carolina	
5	Notre Dame	
6	Tennessee	
7	LSU	
8	Baylor	
9	Xavier	
10	Duke

2010-11

1	Connecticut 
2	Baylor	
3	Stanford	
4	Xavier	
5	Duke	
6	Ohio State
7	Texas A&M	
8	Kentucky	
9	Tennessee
10	West Virginia

2011-12

1	Baylor 
2	Connecticut	
3	Stanford	
4	Notre Dame	
5	Texas A&M 
6	Tennessee	
7	Duke	
8	Maryland	
9	Miami (FL)	
10	Georgia	


2012-13

1	Stanford 
2	Connecticut 
3	Baylor
4	Duke	
5	Notre Dame	
6	Penn State	
7	Louisville
8	Georgia	
9	Kentucky	
10	Maryland

2013-14

1	Connecticut 
2	Duke	
3	Tennessee	
4	Louisville	
5	Notre Dame
6	Stanford	
7	Kentucky	
8	Maryland	
9	Baylor	
10	Oklahoma

2014-15

1	South Carolina 
2	Notre Dame
3	Connecticut 
4	Tennessee	
5	Stanford	
6	Texas
7	Texas A&M	
8	Duke	
9	Kentucky	
10	Maryland

Summary:

UCONN shows up 7 times

Stanford shows up 6 times
Baylor shows up 6 times
Tennessee shows up 6 times
Duke shows up 6 times

Notre Dame shows up 5 times

A&M shows up 4 times
Kentucky shows up 4 times
Maryland shows up 4 times

Louisville shows up 3 times

N. Car. shows up 2 times 
Ohip St shows up 2 times 
Oklahoma shows up 2 times
Georgia shows up 2 times 

Others noteworthy with only 1 top 10 appearance

S. Carolina shows up 1 time
Texas shows up 1 time
LSU shows up 1 time
WVU shows up 1 time

It will be interesting to see what changes, if any, occur over the next few years. If I were to guess, I would say Texas and S. Carolina will be regulars in the top 10. I don't see anyone unseating UCONN as the best program anytime soon. It will be interesting to see if there is any slippage with Stanford over the next 2-3 years.

 

[SoonerNorm]

This shows how each class was ranked in recruiting since 2012:

2012

1 UCONN
2 A&M
3 Rutgers
4 Notre Dame
5 Tenn.
6 Syracuse
7 Duke
8 Baylor
9 Maryland
10 N. Carolina

2013

1 North Carolina
2 Duke
3 Tennessee
4 Notre Dame
5 Kentucky
6 Stanford
7 Maryland
8 Vanderbilt
9 Baylor
10 Virginia

2014

1 UCLA
2 South Carolina
3 Duke
4 Connecticut
5 Notre Dame
6 Tennessee
7 Ohio State
8 Louisville
9 Nebraska
10 Stanford

2015

1 Louisville
2 Duke
3 Connecticut
4 Baylor
5 Texas
6 Notre Dame
7 North Carolina
8 Purdue
9 California
10 Nebraska (Nebraska's top recruit for 2015 recently suffered an ACL injury)

I wish I could have found info on recruiting classes prior to 2012 but I didn't see them.

There is a correlation between teams that recruit in the top 10 and teams that finish in the top 10. I know some have stated that gurus don't have a clue about recruits but this would indicate they actually do know what they're talking about.

 

[sybarite]

Where are you going with this? Is this another opportunity to attack Sherri for recruiting?

 

[garyeb2]

Where are you going with this? Is this another opportunity to attack Sherri for recruiting?

Can we clear this up once and for all. No one has to explain or justify anything to you. Your continued insistence that they do is down right disruptive, rude, and aggravating.

 

[sybarite]

Can we clear this up once and for all. No one has to explain or justify anything to you. Your continued insistence that they do is down right disruptive, rude, and aggravating.

Excellent. I'm glad you find it so.