These are the yearly rankings that show the functional talent level of a program at any given year. This metric is used in the Head Coach Rating to show what the talent level of the program was when the coach took over the program.
These are the Rivals and 247 Rankings combined together to get an average ranking between the two services for each year. Those averages are weighted based on the percentage of each class that typically comprises a two deep:
First Year players (FR) count as 10% of the two deep.
Second Year players (FR*, SO) count as 22% of the two deep.
Third Year players (SO*, JR) count as 23% of the two deep.
Fourth Year players (JR*, SR) count as 27% of the two deep.
Fifth Year players (SR*, GR) count as 18% of the two deep.
