The 2025 edition of the Blue-Chip Ratio was released this week, providing an annual snapshot at the teams that have been recruiting at the level necessary to win a national championship in the modern era. The BCR, founded by Bud Elliott, contends that in order to have the talent to win it all you must have more than 50% of your recruiting classes rate as blue chips (four-star or five-star prospects) over the prior four-year window.
This year there are 18 teams that meet the requirements, and so in that group you can assume that we will find our national champion for the 2025 season. But it’s extremely important to note that meeting the BCR threshold does not guarantee championship contention, or any level of success, as college football history is filled with talented teams who fall well short of expectations with their results on the field.
Blue-Chip Ratio 2025: These 18 college football teams can actually win the national championship
Bud Elliott
In the modern era, when we find individual teams or programs that are not meeting the expectations set by their roster talent there are two common culprits.
1. Coaching
2. Quarterback
Below we have highlighted six different programs whose recent record does not line up with the ratio of blue chips that have signed with the program over the last four years. Among the many threads connecting these schools is the…
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Author : Chip Patterson
Publish date : 2025-07-18 16:42:00
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