Stars matter. The record shows that no team in the last 16 seasons has won a national championship without a blue-chip ratio of at least 50%, and the three teams that hovered closest to that mark had a first-round quarterback.
Created by Bud Elliott of CBS/247Sports, the blue-chip ratio measures how many four- and five-star commits a program has versus two- and three-stars. Every national champion since 2011 has had more four- and five-stars than three-stars and below. The metric is undefeated.
Last season, Ohio State won the national championship with an all-time record blue-chip ratio of 90%.