Cumulative AP vs. recruiting rankings for the '90s

Some teams recruit better than they play, others play better than they recruit ... and then there's Florida State, which does both exceptionally well. Note the similarities and disparities in the '90s in top 25 recruiting classes, and the Top 25 teams on the field (Points determined by assigning 25 points for first place, down to one point for No. 25 in each poll):

AP Top 25   SuperPrep Top 25
Rk. Team Points Top 25 Ranks   Rk. Team Points Top 25 Ranks
1 Florida St. 206 9   1 Florida St. 207 9
2 Florida 180 9   2 Michigan 196 9
3 Nebraska 149 9   3 Notre Dame 182 9
4 Tennessee 146 9   4 Florida 150 8
5 Michigan 133 9   5 Alabama 136 8
6 Penn St. 131 8   6 Penn St. 135 8
7 Miami 126 8   7 USC 131 8
8 Ohio St. 117 7   8 Colorado 125 9
9 Colorado 116 7   9 Tennessee 124 8
10 Texas A&M 111 8   10 Miami 122 8
11 Notre Dame 105 7   11 Georgia 112 8
12 Alabama 99 6   12 Texas A&M 109 6
13 Washington 78 5   13 Texas 105 8
14 Kansas St. 75 6   14 Nebraska 98 8
15 Auburn 67 6   15 Ohio St. 98 6
16 Georgia 55 4   16 North Carolina 87 7
17 UCLA 54 4   17 UCLA 74 6
18 Syracuse 53 6   18 Clemson 70 6
19 North Carolina 50 4   19 Stanford 64 7
20 Arizona 44 3   20 Oklahoma 63 7
21 Georgia Tech 42 3   21 LSU 57 4
22 Texas 41 5   22 Auburn 48 5
23 Wisconsin 40 2   23 Iowa 40 5
24 BYU 36 4   23 Syracuse 40 5
24 Virginia Tech 36 4   25 Georgia Tech 39 6