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Recruiting W-L vs. Mega Teams (updated, revised, and with 2012 added)

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Stanford Recruiting Wins-Losses, 2012-2015

Vs. UCLA (26-9)

Davis, Peat, S. Thomas, Murphy, Garnett, McCaffrey, Simmons, Costello, Robinson, Sanders, Schultz, Shittu, Tucker, Owusu, Buncom, Irwin, Scarlett, Edwards, Meeks, Kaumatule, Whitfield, Hoffpauir, Phillips, Barton, Palma, Perez.
Losses: Jack, Hollins, Saavainaea, A. Roberts, D. Williams, Pickett, Jamabo, Olorunfunmi
Not many true losses, and lots of Stanford wins.

LSU (7-3)
Watkins, Davis, K. Smith, Simmons, Yarbrough, D. Jackson, Justin Reid
Note: Beat LSU for a Georgian, Floridian, Texan, Texan, Virginian, Tennesseean, and Louisianan: A bit like winning seven away games.

Oregon (14-7)
Peat, Murphy, Kalambayi, McCaffrey, Garnett, C. Robinson, Davidson Alfieri, Okereke, F. Owusu, B. Scarlett, Oser, Hooper, Taboada
Losses: Byron Marshall, Evan Baylis, Devon Allen, Jalen Brown, Jimmie Swaim, Rex Manu. Troy Warner.
Beat the Ducks for two Oregonians: Alfieri and Scarlett

Florida (11-6)
Davis, Peat, Watkins, Murphy, Kalambayi, Costello, Yarbrough, Owusu, Schultz, Love, N. Wilson
Beat Florida for a Floridian, South Carolinian, Virginian, North Carolinian, and a Georgian.

Ohio State (11-8)
Davis, Watkins, Kalambayi, McCaffrey, Thomas, Simmons, Edmonds, Love, Edwards, Davidson, Alexander
Losses: Burrows, Hubbard, Stump, Cornell, McMillan
Nice wins, but none for recruits from the Midwest or North East. (Nick Davidson's family, with a pro football coach as the dad, had been peripatetic.)

Michigan (16-12)
Peat, Murphy, Garnett, Kalambayi, McCaffrey, K. Smith, C. Robinson, Costello, Simmons, C. Tucker, Yarbrough, Schultz, Davidson, Shittu, R. Williams, Turley
Similar to the Ohio State story: Ann Arbaugh wins when they have the geographic advantage, save Reagan Williams.

USC (12-12)
Davis, Peat, Murphy, Garnett, C. Robinson, Costello, C. Tucker, Schultz, Alfieri, Okereke, Shittu, Chryst
Losses include Su'a Cravens, Chris Hawkins, Rasheem Green, and Porter Gustin

Alabama (11-11)
Davis, Watkins, Peat, Murphy, S. Thomas, K. Smith, Edmonds, Costello, Sanders, Taboada, D. Jackson
Losses include Ross Piersbacher
Beat the Tide for a Floridian, three Georgians (counting Edmonds as one, because his family still lives there), two Texans, and a Tennessean.

Notre Dame (17-19)
Davis, Watkins, Peat, Murphy, Garnett, McCaffrey, Thomas, Simmons, C. Robinson, C. Tucker, Owusu, Shittu, Edwards, Alexander, Scarlett, Buncom, Hooper
Losses include Tristen Hoge, Durham Smythe, Alex Bars, Quenton Nelson, and Nick Watkins
No Stanford wins in recruitments where the Irish had a geographic advantage. Pre this group, we beat Notre Dame for Indianan Blake Lueders, but the Irish staff was just weeks into the Brian Kelly era and hadn't named a DL coach--and their biggest connection to Lueders, Brian Pollian, had just been stolen by another team: Ours.

Texas (3-8)
S. Thomas, Peat, K. Smith
Stole two Texans from the Horns.
 
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