The state of Notre Dame football.

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I'm saying it definitely moves a guy up a spot or two
--this is enough to push ND roughly 5 spots higher than they should be nearly every year (the lines are thin between classes just as they are in season rankings for win/losses)

Weis is still doing a great job and there will be no excuse to not have a top10 team in 3 years

yes, the hype goes onto all schools, however it's more with ND.
Partly because it's ND. Partly because of the close relationship with Tom Lemming and ND.

A recent book, Meat Market by Bruce Feldman, had some good info on this. The book is mainly focused on Ole Miss recruiting for one season. Oftentimes, if LSU got involved on a guy, he would suddenly jump on the recruiting rankings as the recruiting analysts would trust LSU's judgment.

ND gets the same treatment to a higher magnitude. So far, I've seen nothing of the Weis regime to dictate they deserve that respect for their scouting.

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This crap has been debunked time and time again. I'll grant you the ESPN list bumping ND players (not like anyone pays attention to that anyway), but Scout doesn't do that, and Rivals in fact usually drops them.

Those sites kowtow to the SEC, which are their bread and butter. Saying they elevate kids when they show interest in ND is pure BS and is not at all evident in the recruiting rankings/updates of rankings.