While one-year recruiting performance can yield good results for a year or two — see Ole Miss, 2013 — championship level depth is built over time. By having good recruiting success year after year, the overall depth and quality of a team’s roster will transform from “a good team” to “a great/championship caliber program”. Which leads us to our next Recruiting Rule:
Stack Elite Classes Year after Year
Obviously, this is easier said than done, but a major key to building a championship caliber team is elite recruiting on a yearly basis. SB Nation Recruiting Analyst Bud Elliott has coined what he calls the Blue Chip Ratio, where teams who have more than 50% of their roster comprised of 4-star and 5-star recruits have a team capable of winning the National Championship.