Even though increased alliance game scheduling will not be occurring until 2017, it’s interesting to think about how the PAC-12/B1G alliance may alter the football recruiting landscape for both conferences. The conferences have the two most profitable college TV networks, which will likely only add to their national exposure. But will an increase in games between the B1G and PAC-12 lead to more recruits from say Ohio in the PAC-12, and from California in the B1G? One Forbes writer seems to thinks so, and even beyond the two conference footprints, “the alliance can add exposure to the existing teams and lure talent, both nationally and internationally.”
Aside from a few non-conference games, and the Rose Bowl, the 2012 recruit class will not likely see much game time facing teams in the opposite alliance conference. So it’s a little premature to speculate the ramifications this alliance will have, if any, on recruiting, but let’s take a look at this year's commits anyway.
This year almost 58% of B1G commits came from states within the B1G footprint (PA, IL, OH, MI, IN, NE, IA, WI, MN), while about 8% came from states in the PAC-12 footprint (CA, CO, WA, AZ, OR, UT). Conversely about 67% of recruits in the PAC-12 came from PAC-12 footprint states, while a little less than 3% came from B1G footprint states.
On the regional diversity front Stanford was the winner in the PAC-12 with recruits coming from 14 different states. Stanford also fared well in the overall recruitment rankings with ESPN ranking them at 12th overall, and Rivals placing them at 5th. Oregon came in a close second in the regional diversity category in the PAC-12 with commits coming from 12 different states.
Kevin Grimmel at ESPN asked Coach Shaw about Stanford’s lack of CA commits (3 this year), who had this to say, “We just can't be bound to a region, even if it is close to home. We've had some years with four guys, others where it's two or three. We have to look at the United States and say 'that's our region.'”
In the B1G, Purdue took the prize for greatest regional diversity with commits coming from 14 different states. Rivals ranked Purdue’s commit class 4th in the B1G, and 35th overall.
Minnesota pulled a clean sweep as far as the B1G is concerned in recruiting from within it’s state, getting all 12 MN commits in the B1G this year. Brian Bennett from ESPN talked to Coach Kill about his in-state recruitment efforts, who had this to say, "When I first got here, I picked up an article that said 38 kids from Minnesota were playing in bowl games, but they weren't going to the University of Minnesota. So we needed to do a great job of locking our state down this year, and I think we did a good job of that.”
Will recruitment grow beyond the local pool and conference footprint that made up close to two-thirds of this year's class of commits? Only time will tell.
***Detailed commit information broken down by conference and school below:
PAC-12
Arizona: 24 commits, 13 3-star.
Location: 6 from AZ, 3 from TX, 1 from OK, 6 from CA, 3 from Florida, 3 from PA, 1 from LA, 1 from HI.
Arizona State: 23 commits, 5 4-star, 4-star.
Location: 5 from AZ, 1 from FL, 10 from CA, 3 from TX, 1 from Canada, 1 from CO, 1 from IN, 1 from WA.
California: 17 commits, 7 4-star, 6 3-star.
Location: 13 from CA, 1 from TX, 1 from WA, 1 from FL, 1 from OR.
Colorado: 29 commits, 2 4-star, 20 3-star.
Location: 3 from CO, 1 from NJ, 3 from DC, 1 from AZ, 11 from CA, 1 from MO, 7 from Texas, 1 from LA, 1 from HI.
Oregon: 21 commits. 3 ESPN 150 commits, 8 4-star, 8 3-star.
Location: 3 from OR, 6 from CA, 1 from TX, 1 from OK, 1 from CO, 1 from AZ, 1 from OH, 1 from HI, 3 from TX, 1 from MT, 1 from VA, 1 from ID.
Oregon State: 24 commits, 1 ESPN 150 commit, 2 4-star, 10 3-stars
Location: 2 from OR, 10 from CA, 5 from WA, 1 from OK, 1 from LA, 1 from TX, 2 from Samoana, 1 from UT, 1 from HI.
Stanford: 22 commits, 6 ESPN 150 commits, 1 5-star, 9 4-star, 9 3-star.
Location: 3 from CA, 3 from Az, 2 from FL, 2 from WA, 1 from OK, 1 from VA, 1 from MN, 1 from GA, 1 from TN, 1 from HI, 1 from MO, 1 from UT, 3 from TX, 1 from IL.
UCLA: 27 commits, 4 ESPN 150 commits, 7 4-star, 14 3 star.
Location: 16 from CA, 1 from NJ, 2 from TX, 2 from AZ, 2 from GA, 1 from NY, 1 from DE, 1 from HI, 1 from FL.
USC: 17 commits, 7 ESPN 150 commits, 10 4-stars, 3-stars.
Location: 13 from CA, 2 from Florida, 1 From WA, 1 from PA.
Utah: 28 commits, 1 4 star, 15 3-star.
Location: 10 from UT, 10 from CA, 3 from TX, 1 from NV, 1 from AZ, 2 from LA, 1 from HI.
Washington: 25 commits, 1 ESPN 150 commit, 4 4-star, 15 3-star.
Location: 5 from WA, 15 from CA, 1 from CO, 1 from AZ, 3 from HI.
Washington State: 28 commits, 2 4-star, 8 3-star.
Location: 4 from WA, 14 from CA, 1 from LA, 1 from OR, 1 from CO, 1 from AZ, 1 from FL, 1 from HI, 1 from TX, 2 form Samoana, 1 from DE.
BIG TEN
Illinois: 19 commits, 7 3-star.
Location: 4 from IL, 5 from FL, 1 from PA, 6 from OH, 1 from MI, 1 from NC, 1 from IN.
Indiana: 25 commits, 1 4-star, 11 3-star.
Location: 8 from IN, 2 from CA, 3 from IL, 2 from FL, 3 from OH, 2 from TX, 1 from AZ, 2 from
GA, 1 from MS, 1 from MO.
Iowa: 24 commits, 6 4-star, 10 3-star.
Location: 3 from IA, 1 from PA, 6 form IL, 1 from CO, 2 from OH, 1 from TN, 3 from MI, 1 from TX, 1 from Canada, 2 from FL, 1 from NE, 1 from WV, 1 from AZ.
Location: 9 from MI, 9 form OH, 2 from MO, 1 from CA, 1 from TN, 1 from IA, 1 from KY, 1 from UT.
Michigan State: 20 commits, 4 4-star, 13 3-star.
Location: 7 from OH, 2 from PA, 5 from MI, 1 from IN, 2 from FL, 1 from GA, 1 from OR, 1 from WI.
Minnesota: 31 commits, 1 ESPN 150, 3 4-star, 4 3-star.
Location: 12 from MN, 1 from NC, 5 from TX, 1 from AL, 3 from FL, 1 from MO, 2 from OH, 1 from IL, 2 from WI, 1 from LA, 1 from KS, 1 from SC.
Nebraska: 17 commits, 1 ESPN 150, 4 4-star, 8 3-star.
Location: 1 from MO, 1 from CO, 1 from UT, 1 from GA, 2 from IL, 2 from OH, 1 from LA, 2 from TX, 1 from NE, 3 from CA, 1 from AZ, 1 from VA.
Northwestern: 22 commits, 1 ESPN 150 commit, 1 4-star, 9 3-star.
Location: 4 from OH, 5 from PA, 5 from IL, 1 from MI, 1 from MA, 2 from TX, 1 from CA, 1 from FL, 1 from MO, 1 from KY.
Ohio State: 25 commits, 5 ESPN 150, 1 5-star, 11 4-star, 12 3-star.
Location: 16 from OH, 1 from PA, 1 from CO, 1 from IL, 1 from NC, 2 from MA, 1 from FL, 1 from IN, 1 from CA.
Penn State: 19 commits, 2 4-star, 11 3-star.
Location: 4 from PA, 4 from MD, 1 from VA, 2 from NJ, 1 from OH, 2 from NY, 1 from GA, 1 from CT, 1 from NH, 1 from WA.
Purdue: 25 commits, 13 3-star.
Location: 4 from Texas, 1 from MD, 1 from AL, 6 from FL, 1 from NC, 1 from NJ, 1 from AR, 4 from IN, 1 from OH, 1 from KY, 1 from MI, 1 from VA, 1 from AZ, 1 from CA.
Wisconsin: 12 commits, 4 4-star, 5 star.
Location: 3 form WI, 1 from CA, 1 from IL, 1 from NJ, 2 from FL, 1 from IN, 1 from WA, 2 from PA.
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