Interesting you used ND as an example. ND has underperformed on the field compared with their success in recruiting rankings. How do you explain this? Could it be those rankings are influenced with the fact ND has one of the largest subscription lists for all the recruiting services?
How about these team's rankings compared with their on-field success the last 5 years? Baylor,TCU,Utah,Boise St,UCLA,Georgia Tech,Duke,mich st,Mizzu
All have had tremendous success yet have few subscribers and mediocre recruiting rankings.
Here is some of the bigger subscription schools with highly ranked classes: Florida,Michigan,ND,Nebraska,Tenn,Texas,Oklahoma