ESPN.com · Jan 21, 2016
Michigan closes gap on Ohio State in recruiting
Top-level recruiting success is nothing new for Urban Meyer. Jim Harbaugh's best class at Stanford ranked 18th.Feb. 3 is the initial signing date for football letters of intent. In the ESPN 300 era (since 2006), every national champion has had a top-10 recruiting class in the ESPN rankings immediately before winning its title. Taking it further, all but one of those national champions had at least one top-five class in the three years before winning the championship.
Today, ESPN Stats & Information looks at the recruiting competition between Big Ten powers Ohio State and Michigan and their coaches.
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