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Athlon Sports compiled the football recruiting rankings for the past five years and averaged them out to determine how good the rosters for the FBS programs will be in 2017. And unlike me, their findings for the California Golden Bears weren’t pretty...
Roster ranking, 2017
Nat'l rank | Pac-12 rank | '17 | '16 | '15 | '14 | '13 | Avg |
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Nat'l rank | Pac-12 rank | '17 | '16 | '15 | '14 | '13 | Avg |
46T | 9 | 70 | 38 | 34 | 54 | 40 | 47.2 |
Nationally, the Bears were tied for 46th with the Vanderbilt Commodores. Our score was heavily affected by an unsurprisingly poorly ranked 2017 class for Justin Wilcox’s first year. If we throw out that 70th-ranked class, then our average rises from 47.2 to 41.5.
But to be more of a realist, it would take a lot of miracles for Cal to become a national player in 2017, so maybe we should look at something a little more relevant in the short-term—how we stack up in the Pac-12.
The table above kind of ruins the surprise—Cal’s recruiting over the past five years ranks 9th in our conference, with only WSU, OSU, and Colorado ranking worse than us. But that right there is the most important point—despite having the worst recruiting class in the Pac-12, Colorado rose to be the Pac-12 South Champions.
Men’s Gymnastics
Softball
A win over Illinois was a great finish to their trip to Puerto Rico
Baseball
Women’s Golf
The Golden Bears finished the Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge tied for 11th
Men’s Golf
With the John A. Burns Intercollegiate currently in progress, Cal is tied for 9th
Men’s Tennis
Fourth-ranked Cal is 4–0 after a win over Pepperdine
Women’s Tennis
Maya Jansen’s play in the Indoor Championship netted the Pac-12 Player of the Week honor for her
Women’s Water Polo
Emma Wright is our Muscle Milk Student-Athlete of the Week and the MPSF Newcomer of the Week
Lacrosse
Football
In more “the media’s down on Cal” news, the Pac-12 Blog has declared that Wilcox is the conference’s worst coach... for which coach has led the best team in his career. Because he has yet to lead his own team.