Army outplayed Florida State by 104 spots — and barely anyone recruited them

The distance between where a team recruits and how it actually plays can be jaw-dropping, and Army and Florida State are the perfect split-screen. Army signed one of the least-heralded rosters in the country — 132nd in recruiting — and then went out and played like one of the 16 best teams in the land once you account for who they faced. Florida State did the opposite: the Seminoles brought in the 13th-ranked class and finished playing like the 120th-best team out there. The lesson is old but it keeps getting proven: scheme and player development can swallow a huge talent gap whole.