Where Notre Dame stands in the 2023 On3 Consensus Team Rankings on National Signing Day 2.0
Notre Dame hasn’t landed any new class of 2023 recruits since the December National Signing Day and isn’t expected to, but today is the traditional first Wednesday in February signing day.
The Irish aren’t expected to land any new players today, but other schools around the country have picked up new commitments since December and signed them today.
Not only will that impact the 2023 On3 Consensus Team Rankings, all four of the major recruiting websites (On3, 247 Sports, Rivals and ESPN) have posted their final rankings update for the class.
This article will be updated if there are any major changes, but here’s where things stand as of Wednesday afternoon.
The Irish signed the No. 8 class in December, but dropped to the No. 9 spot Wednesday. Notre Dame’s class score (more on how that works below) is 92.375, and Oregon jumped the Irish today after landing a commitment from top-100 cornerback recruit Rodrick Pleasant.
The top seven is as follows, in order: Alabama, Georgia, Texas, Ohio State, LSU, Miami and Oklahoma.
While we’ll see on any changes (USC at No. 13 could move into the top 10 with a strong signing day), but it’s a safe bet that Notre Dame holds at the No. 9 spot or No. 10 in the worst scenario. The Irish signed the nation’s No. 6 class in the 2022 cycle. Notre Dame hasn’t landed back-to-back top-10 classes since 2013-14.
Below is a look at the top 11 schools according to the 2023 On3 Consensus Football Team Recruiting Rankings, as of Wednesday afternoon.
Understanding On3’s team rankings system
The On3 Consensus Team Recruiting Ranking is the only ranking that utilizes all four major recruiting media companies: On3, 247Sports, Rivals and ESPN. It equally weighs the four media companies at 25 percent.
Instead of a total points system like at Rivals, the On3 Consensus ranking uses a score average of the player rankings, and it solves the problem of varying class sizes during the recruiting cycle. It compiles the highest-rated commits for each team up to a total based on a rolling average of current total commitments among Power Five schools.
The current average number of commits used in the rankings score is 21. This means that of Notre Dame’s 24 commitments, only the 21 highest-ranked players are used for the rankings score.
To further explain that point: Notre Dame’s 24 commits have an average recruit rating of 91.47, but that is not the score used in the team ranking. With Notre Dame’s top 21 commits only being used in the On3 Consensus Team Ranking, and the Irish’s score with that group is 92.375 — and this is the number used for the class ranking, as seen in the image above.
With this model, there are no bonus points for having more commitments than other teams and only small deductions occur when a team has fewer commitments than the rolling average. Unlike distribution (bell) curves, this model doesn’t disproportionately weigh a team’s top three or four highest rated commits and is a more accurate representation of an entire class.
