In a previous analysis, we showed that the ACC wins about two out of every five football recruiting battles against the SEC. Here’s a look at how the league’s individual teams do against their SEC rivals. Over the last two signing days and the verbal commitments of the current recruiting period, here’s a look at the ACC’s win-loss record against the SEC.
|
|
Win |
Loss |
Pct |
|
Notre Dame |
133 |
90 |
0.596 |
|
Florida State |
165 |
163 |
0.503 |
|
Clemson |
131 |
134 |
0.494 |
|
Miami |
106 |
110 |
0.491 |
|
Virginia Tech |
33 |
44 |
0.429 |
|
Virginia |
34 |
46 |
0.425 |
|
Maryland |
31 |
42 |
0.425 |
|
North Carolina |
75 |
107 |
0.412 |
|
NC State |
41 |
81 |
0.336 |
|
Syracuse |
19 |
42 |
0.311 |
|
Duke |
23 |
54 |
0.299 |
|
Pittsburgh |
12 |
32 |
0.273 |
|
Louisville |
41 |
114 |
0.265 |
|
Georgia Tech |
40 |
115 |
0.258 |
|
Boston College |
13 |
46 |
0.220 |
|
Wake Forest |
15 |
56 |
0.211 |
Clearly, Notre Dame is a cut above the full members of the ACC on the recruiting front. Florida State, Clemson and Miami are essentially on even par with SEC schools, however.
One surprise is how often North Carolina tangles with SEC schools on the recruiting trail. Much of that is fending off Tennessee and South Carolina’s forays into the state from the west and south, but the Tar Heels have 50% more head-to-head scraps with the SEC than NC State. The Heels also butt heads with the SEC more than two schools who have in-state rivals from the conference: Louisville and Georgia Tech. Larry Fedora has also improved his head-to-head winning percentage by 50 points, from 29-43, .403 the season he took the job to 35-42, .455 in his first full year of recruiting.