Who are VT's recruiting rivals?

So this is the first full recruiting cycle that I have really paid attention to and something I have been wondering is who our main recruiting rivals are. I decided to look at all the offers we sent out last recruiting class and see where every recruit ended up signing. I made a list and also included the schools average recruit composite score according to 247. I thought about going back more than just one year but it would be pretty time consuming and with a mostly new coaching staff it might be comparing apples to oranges. The list is organized according to the number of recruits the school landed (that also had VT offers) with the average composite score in parentheses.

16 - Maryland (.8824)
13 - Georgia (.9333)
12 - Penn State (.8950)
11 - Florida (.9127)
10 - Michigan (.9309), Clemson (.9195), UNC (.8860)
8 - Notre Dame (.8962)
6 - Auburn (.9074), Miami (.9010), Louisville (.8740)
4 - Ohio State (.9695), Florida State (.9578), South Carolina (.9152), Oklahoma (.8919), Tennessee (.8788), ECU (.8373)
3 - Alabama (.9817), Pitt (.9186), Texas A&M (.9089), Oregon (.8941), Rutgers (.8564), NC State (.8509), Indiana (.8464), Duke (.8440)
2 - Stanford (.9268), Kentucky (.8963), Nebraska (.8852), Baylor (.8662), Mississippi State (.8657), West Virginia (.8618), Ole Miss (.8603), Wisconsin (.8593), UCF (.8487)
1 - UAB (.8838), Boston College (.8803), Georgia Tech (.8752), USC (.8666), UVA (.8646), Iowa State (.8624), Syracuse (.8618), Texas (.8540), Iowa (.8530), Kansas State (.8529), FAU (.8481), South Alabama (.8465), Arkansas State (.8463), William and Mary (.8355), Michigan State (.8351), Toledo (.8341), Illinois (.8326), North Texas (.8166), ODU (.7642)

Some thoughts:
-I wasn't necessarily surprised by the number of recruits Maryland landed because of our overlapping recruiting areas, but I was surprised by the quality of recruits they were able to get.
-Only one recruit with a VT offer decided to go to UVA...poor kid, but that sounds about right.
-I was surprised that only 4 recruits we offered ended up at FSU.
-An overlook of our ACC rivals goes Clemson and UNC (10), Notre Dame (8), Miami and Louisville (6), FSU (4), Pitt and NC State and Duke (2), then BC, GT, UVA, and Syracuse (1)

Any other thoughts or trends people notice? Does this list seem accurate past just this last year? Any surprises? Interested to hear what people think.

Happy TKPing!

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