Rankings

According to Rivals.com, the Aggies are moving up in the world of football recruiting. The 2013 class that was officially signed, sealed and delivered today is rated as the 8th best class nationally. I thought it was interesting to see how the A&M class compared to those in their new conference (the SEC), and to those in their old conference (the Big WTF).

The Aggies (at number eight) have the fifth best class in the SEC, fourth best in the SEC West:

• Alabama (number one)
• Florida (number three)
• Louisiana State (number five)
• Ole Miss (number seven)
• Texas A&M (number eight)

TAMU is ahead of the other seven SEC teams, but they're also ahead of ALL their former rivals in the Big Whatever (including its two newest members):

• Oklahoma (15th)
• Texas (24th)
• West Virginia (25th)
• Baylor (29th)
• Oklahoma State (34th)
• TCU (35th)
• Kansas (44th)
• Texas Tech (51st)
• Iowa State (58th)
• Kansas State (62nd)

The conclusion seems to be that moving to the SEC helped the Aggies in recruiting, since they live in a swankier neighborhood now.