Six months ago, Rutgers football was in shambles. A four-win season kept the Scarlet Knights out of a bowl for the first time in five years. A miserable on-field product coupled with multiple off-field controversies pushed the administration to cut ties with the head coach. Following his dismissal, several of his recruits decommitted from the program, leaving the Rutgers football landscape looking not unlike the charred ruins of Los Angeles in 1996's Escape from L.A.
And yet, here we are. Rutgers currently sits at No. 15 in 247Sports' 2017 national class rankings. In the Big Ten, the Scarlet Knights sit comfortably at No.