Minnesota signee Bennett Tabor. Bennett is one of four Big Board members from Simley High School (Photo/Richard Immel; RImmelPics.com)Last week, InterMat released our 2021 recruiting class rankings and a big ingredient used to tabulate those rankings were MatScouts' Senior Big Board. A factor we used when weighing a certain team's recruiting class against another was how many ‘Big Boarders†each respective team signed. Then we broke it down to, top-50, top100, etc.
Once the recruiting class rankings were finished we decided to have some fun with the Big Board and look at other factors. How many did each state have? How many high schools had multiple Big Board members? Did anyone from the Big Board sign at a non-DI school? What about conferences, surely the Big Ten had to sign the most Big Boarder's...right? We have all of those answers and more below:
Big Boarder's By School:
Air Force: 6 Top 300's. 3 Top 200's.
American: 2 Top 200's.
Appalachian State: 4 Top 300's. 2 Top 200's
Arizona State: 5 Top 200's. 4 Top 100's. 2 Top 50's.
Army West Point: 6 Top 300's. 5 Top 200's.
Bellarmine: 1 Top 300.
Binghamton: 1 Top 200
Brown: 6 Top 300's. 3 Top 200's.
Bucknell: 4 Top 300's. 1 Top 200.
Cal Baptist: 1 Top 200
Cal Poly: 1 Top 50
Campbell: 5 Top 200. 1 Top 100
Chattanooga: 4 Top 300's. 3 Top 200's.
Clarion: 1 Top 100
Cleveland State: 2 Top 200
Columbia: 6 Top 300's. 4 Top 200's. 2 Top 100's.
Cornell: 10 Top 300's. 8 Top 200's. 5 Top 100's. 3 Top 50's.
CSU Bakersfield: 1 Top 200
Drexel: 1 Top 300
Duke: 1 Top 300
Edinboro: 2 Top 200's
George Mason: 4 Top 300's. 3 Top 200's.
Harvard: 3 Top 200's. 1 Top 100
Hofstra: 2 Top 300's. 1 Top 200
Illinois: 4 Top 300's. 2 Top 200's. 1 Top 50
Indiana: 4 Top 300's. 2 Top 200's. 1 Top 50
Iowa: 3 Top 50's.
Iowa State: 6 Top 300's. 4 Top 200's. 3 Top 100's. 2 Top 50's.
Kent State: 3 Top 300's. 1 Top 50.
Lehigh: 2 Top 200's. 1 Top 100
Little Rock: 6 Top 300's. 4 Top 200's. 1 Top 50.
Lock Haven: 2 Top 300's.
Maryland: 5 Top 300's. 4 Top 100's. 2 Top 50's.
Michigan: 2 Top 200's. 1 Top 50.
Minnesota: 8 Top 300's. 7 Top 200's. 5 Top 100's. 2 Top 50's.
Missouri: 2 Top 100's. 1 Top 50.
Navy: 9 Top 300's. 7 Top 200's. 2 Top 100's.
NC State: 8 Top 300's. 6 Top 200's. 5 Top 100's. 4 Top 50's.
Nebraska: 3 Top 200's. 2 Top 50's.
North Carolina: 4 Top 300's. 3 Top 200's. 2 Top 100's. 1 Top 50.
North Dakota State: 8 Top 300's. 6 Top 200's. 5 Top 100's.
Northern Colorado: 6 Top 300's. 3 Top 200's. 2 Top 100's. 1 Top 50.
Northern Illinois: 3 Top 300's. 1 Top 100.
Northern Iowa: 5 Top 200's. 1 Top 100
Northwestern: 3 Top 200's. 2 Top 50's.
Ohio: 5 Top 300's. 4 Top 200's
Ohio State: 4 Top 300's. 2 Top 50's.
Oklahoma: 4 Top 300's. 3 Top 200's. 2 Top 50's.
Oklahoma State: 7 Top 300's. 5 Top 200's. 3 Top 50's.
Oregon State: 5 Top 300's. 3 Top 200's. 1 Top 100.
Penn: 5 Top 300's. 4 Top 200's. 3 Top 100's.
Penn State: 4 Top 100's. 2 Top 50's.
Pittsburgh: 4 Top 300's. 3 Top 200's. 2 Top 100's. 1 Top 50.
Presbyterian: 1 Top 300
Princeton: 3 Top 300's. 2 Top 200's. 1 Top 50.
Purdue: 5 Top 200's. 3 Top 100's.
Rider: 2 Top 200's. 1 Top 50.
Rutgers: 6 Top 300's. 4 Top 200's. 3 Top 100's. 1 Top 50.
SIU Edwardsville: 2 Top 300's. 1 Top 200.
South Dakota State: 6 Top 300's. 4 Top 100's. 1 Top 50.
The Citadel: 1 Top 300
Utah Valley: 1 Top 300
Virginia: 5 Top 300's. 2 Top 200's. 1 Top 100
Virginia Tech: 2 Top 50's.
West Virginia: 3 Top 200's. 1 Top 50.
Wisconsin: 3 Top 100's. 1 Top 50.
Wyoming: 4 Top 300's. 3 Top 200's. 2 Top 100's.
Big Border's to Non-DI Schools
10 to Non-DI Schools
Clackamas CC (Victor Jacinto), Lake Erie (Tyler Swiderski), Lander (Randy Myers), Mercyhurst (Dillon Walker), New York (Cooper Pontelandolfo), Southeastern (Dom Lomazzo), St. Cloud State (Nick Novak), Triton (Elon Rodriguez), Warburg (Luke Walker), UW-LaCross (Ben Kawczynski)
Big Border's by Home State
Pennsylvania: 42 (19 Top 100)
Ohio: 31 (7 Top 100)
Illinois: 25 (7 Top 100)
California: 24 (13 Top 100)
New Jersey: 23 (10 Top 100)
Minnesota: 14 (7 Top 100)
Missouri: 13 (4 Top 100)
Oklahoma: 13 (3 Top 100)
Wisconsin: 11 (3 Top 100)
Indiana: 10 (0 Top 100)
Iowa: 10 (2 Top 100)
New York: 10 (3 Top 100)
Colorado: 8 (2 Top 100)
Florida: 8 (0 Top 100)
Georgia: 7 (4 Top 100)
Texas: 7 (3 Top 100)
Michigan 5 (2 Top 100)
Kansas 4 (1 Top 100)
Nebraska 4 (1 Top 100)
North Carolina 4 (0 Top 100)
Oregon 4 (1 Top 100)
Arizona 3 (2 Top 100)
Tennessee 3 (1 Top 100)
Connecticut: 2 (1 Top 100)
Montana: 2 (0 Top 100)
Rhode Island: 2 (0 Top 100)
Utah 2 (1 Top 100)
Idaho: 1 (1 Top 100)
Kentucky: 1 (1 Top 100)
Maryland 1 (1 Top 100)
Massachusetts 1 (0 Top 100)
New Hampshire 1 (0 Top 100)
South Dakota 1 (0 Top 100)
Virginia 1 (0 Top 100)
Washington 1 (0 Top 100)
Big Boarder's Per Conference
Big 12: 59 (25 Top 100)
Big Ten: 54 (34 Top 100)
EIWA: 54 (15 Top 100)
MAC: 26 (4 Top 100)
ACC: 24 (12 Top 100)
Pac-12: 18 (7 Top 100)
SoCon: 16 (2 Top 100)
Big Boarder's Per High School
Buchanan, CA: 5 (Maximo Renteria, Carlos Negrete, Rocco Contino, Ray Lopez, George Ruiz)
Simley, MN: 4 (Bennett Tabor, Ryan Sokol, Quayin Short, Cael Berg)
Dundee, MI: 3 (Stoney Buell, Tyler Swiderski, Dom Lomazzo)
Gilroy, CA: 3 (Henry Porter, Jayden Gomez, Victor Jacinto)
LaSalle, OH: 3 (Dustin Norris, Dillon Walker, Casey Wiles)
Wyoming Seminary, PA: 3 (Cole Rees, Gregor McNeil, Luke Duthie)
Arrowhead, WI: 2 (Jack Ganos, Mason Diel)
Bethalto, IL: 2 (Caine Tyus, Caleb Tyus)
Blair Academy, NJ: 2 (Shayne Van Ness, Travis Mastrogiovanni)
Brecksville, OH: 2 (Victor Voinovich, Ben Vanadia)
Brick Memorial, NJ: 2 (David Szuba, Vince Santaniello)
Broken Arrow, OK: 2 (Jared Hill, Emmanuel Skillings)
Burrell, PA: 2 (AJ Corrado, Ian Oswalt)
Chesterton, IN: 2 (Evan Bates, Brock Ellis)
Christian Brothers College, MO: 2 (Vince Zerban, William White)
Cold Spring Harbor, NY: 2 (Christian Hansen, Gaven Bell)
Elyria, OH: 2 (Enrique Munguia, Jake Evans)
Graham, OH: 2 (Alek Martin, Nick Moore)
Hempfield, PA: 2 (Isaiah Vance, Ethan Berginc)
Louisville, OH: 2 (Davin Rhoads, Garett Lautzenhesier)
Marian Central Catholic, IL: 2 (Dylan Connell, Elon Rodriguez)
McCallie School, TN: 2 (Alex Whitworth, Gavin Cagle)
Millard South, NE: 2 (Conor Knopick, Caleb Coyle)
Mt. Carmel, IL: 2 (Connor Gaynor, Noah Mis)
Mustang, OK: 2 (Tate Picklo, Tucker Owens)
Perry Meridian, IN: 2 (Alex Cottey, Aiden Warren)
Seneca Valley, PA: 2 (Alejandro Herrera-Rondon, Dylan Chappell)
Skiatook, OK: 2 (Josh Taylor, Cougar Andersen)
Spring-Ford, PA: 2 (Joey Milano, Jack McGill)
St. Edward, OH: 2 (Paddy Gallagher, Hudson Hightower)
St. John Bosco, CA: 2 (Cael Valencia, Isaac Salas)
Stillwater, OK: 2 (Carter Young, Teague Travis)
Stoughton, WI: 2 (Brooks Empey, Luke Mechler)
Wadsworth, OH: 2 (Logan Messer, Jon List)
Waynesburg, PA: 2 (Wyatt Henson, Luca Augustine)
Woodland Cartersville, GA: 2 (Caden McCrary, Jaxon Smith)
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