Go ahead and say it. Recruiting rankings don’t matter.
Ask Alabama, which brought in the No. 1 class according to 247Sports for the sixth consecutive season. Ask the last three national champions, which have top-five classes again. Recruiting rankings do matter. They always will.
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Sporting News found the Top 10 recruiting schools since 2010. Schools were judged by 247Sports team rankings the last seven seasons and scored on a scale of 1-10. Alabama got 10 points for each No.