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Over the last few weeks, we’ve done a lot with recruiting. Our Class of 2025 recruiting rankings dropped as did our honorable mentions. With another year’s worth of recruiting data, it’s a good time to add it to the recent past, in order to see who have been the consistent forces on the recruiting trail. We’ve taken recruiting data from 2021-25 (since Willie Saylor took over InterMat) and compiled it in such a manner to hopefully answer questions about who has been the most consistent in the recruiting game. During this span, we have mentioned the top 25 teams in our rankings, plus listed five honorable mentions. A team that was ranked #1 for a particular year has received 30 points. #2 was worth 29 points…an so on. Once we got a point total, it was divided by five for the five years observed - giving us a particular average. Teams below have been sorted in order of their average - largest to smallest. The teams listed below have appeared at least once in our recruiting rankings (2021-25) or honorable mentions. 1. Oklahoma State: 124 points - 24.8 average 2. Penn State: 118 points - 23.6 average 3. Iowa: 113 points - 22.6 average 4. NC State: 111 points - 22.2 average 5. Ohio State: 104 points - 20.8 average 6. Virginia Tech: 103 points - 20.6 average 7. Nebraska: 101 points - 20.2 average 8. Cornell: 96 points - 19.2 average 9. Stanford: 95 points - 19 points 10. Iowa State: 93 points - 18.6 points 11. Rutgers: 81 points - 16.2 average 12. Missouri: 77 points - 15.4 average 13. Michigan: 71 points - 14.2 average 14(t). Minnesota: 68 points - 13.6 average 14(t). North Carolina: 68 points - 13.6 average 16. Arizona State: 58 points - 11.6 average 17. Oklahoma: 48 points - 9.6 average 18. Wyoming: 46 points - 9.2 average 19(t). Pittsburgh: 43 points - 8.6 average 19(t). Oregon State: 43 points - 8.6 average 21(t). Army West Point: 42 points - 8.4 average 21(t). Penn: 42 points - 8.4 average 23. Wisconsin: 40 points - 8.0 average 24. Purdue: 38 points - 7.6 average 25. Virginia: 37 points - 7.4 average 26. Illinois: 36 points - 7.2 average 27. Indiana: 34 points - 6.8 average 28(t). Lehigh: 33 points - 6.6 average 28(t). Navy: 33 points - 6.6 average 30. South Dakota State: 33 points - 6.6 average 31. Princeton: 32 points - 6.4 average 32. North Dakota State: 31 points - 6.2 average 33. Maryland: 27 points - 5.4 average 34. Northwestern: 24 points - 4.8 average 35(t). Air Force: 23 points - 4.6 average 35(t). Bucknell: 23 points - 4.6 average 37. Northern Iowa: 20 points - 4.0 average 38. Little Rock: 17 points - 3.4 average 39. West Virginia: 15 points - 3.0 average 40(t). Campbell: 12 points - 2.4 average 40(t). Northern Colorado: 12 points - 2.4 average 42(t). Brown: 11 points - 2.2 average 42(t). Lock Haven: 11 points - 2.2 average 44. Columbia: 10 points - 2.0 average 45. California Baptist: 8 points - 1.6 average 46. Drexel: 6 points - 1.2 average 47. Cal Poly: 5 points - 1.0 average 48. SIU Edwardsville: 4 points - 0.8 average Of course, recruiting is only part of the game when it comes to success at the collegiate level. There is also retention and development. Schools that have poor retention might have a higher recruiting score, while programs known for their development might end up with better results than this study would indicate.