Impact of Recruiting on College Football Success

Authors

Lynnae Benyshek, Fort Hays State UniversityFollow
Ryan Lalicker, Fort Hays State UniversityFollow

Classification

Empirical Undergraduate

Abstract

We investigate the relationship between winning college football games and recruiting class success. Recruiting is important, but we attempted to find statistical evidence. We combined the results and statistics from the 2019 season with the 2017 recruiting classes for all major college football teams. We found that there is a statistically significant relationship between winning and recruiting. We controlled for average time of possession, average offensive yards per game, and red zone efficiency, as well, and found all three to be statistically significant. When examining individual conferences, we found recruiting is not a guarantee of winning, as some individual conferences underperformed compared to others.

Faculty Advisor

Dr. Sam Schreyer

Department/Program

Economics, Finance, & Accounting

Submission Type

in-person poster

DOI

10.58809/MAWK2640

Date

4-20-2022

Rights

Copyright the Author(s)

Comments

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Recommended Citation

Benyshek, Lynnae and Lalicker, Ryan (2022) "Impact of Recruiting on College Football Success," SACAD: John Heinrichs Scholarly and Creative Activity Days: Vol. 2022, Article 34.
DOI: 10.58809/MAWK2640
Available at: https://scholars.fhsu.edu/sacad/vol2022/iss2022/34