Here are the ND cohort overlaps for the ND classes of 2006-2010.

Just look at the top 10 teams or so, compare it to the Cincinnati top 10 in the previous post, and you can see immediately the different pools both teams were swimming in.

In other words,

Cincinnati typical recruiting cohort (under Kelly)
75 Indiana
60 Michigan State
58 Illinois
51 Purdue
50 Akron
49 Louisville
39 West Virginia
36 Wisconsin
35 Maryland
33 Boston College

versus

Notre Dame typical recruiting cohort (under Weis)
109 Florida
107 Michigan
103 Nebraska
90 USC
89 Tennessee
82 Stanford
70 Miami (FL)
69 Ohio State
67 Oklahoma
66 Florida State

62 UCLA
60 Georgia
56 California
53 Oregon
52 Boston College
51 North Carolina
50 Penn State
49 South Carolina
48 Illinois
46 Arizona
44 Alabama
43 Clemson
43 Maryland
42 West Virginia
41 Texas A&M
40 Wisconsin
39 Auburn
39 Iowa
37 Colorado
35 Arizona State
35 LSU
35 Oklahoma State
35 Purdue
35 Virginia
34 Pittsburgh
33 Rutgers
32 Louisville
30 Texas Tech
29 Virginia Tech
28 Duke
28 Georgia Tech
28 Mississippi
28 Washington
26 Michigan State
26 North Carolina State
26 Northwestern
26 Texas
24 Vanderbilt
23 Minnesota
21 Kansas
21 Missouri
20 Cincinnati
19 Indiana
17 Oregon State
17 Syracuse
17 Wake Forest
15 Arkansas
15 Kentucky
14 Utah
13 Kansas State
12 Baylor
11 Connecticut
11 Washington State
10 TCU
9 Brigham Young
7 San Diego State
7 South Florida
6 Houston
6 Miami (OH)
6 Mississippi State
5 Iowa State
5 UCF
3 Colorado State
3 Hawaii
3 New Mexico
3 Southern Methodist
3 Tulsa
3 UNLV
2 Army
2 Ball State
2 Boise State
2 Bowling Green
2 Central Michigan
2 East Carolina
2 Fresno State
2 Harvard
2 Marshall
2 Rice
2 Southern Miss
2 Temple
2 Toledo
2 Wyoming
1 Alabama State
1 Eastern Michigan
1 Florida International
1 Louisiana Tech
1 Louisiana-Monroe
1 Middle Tennessee State
1 Nevada
1 New Mexico State
1 Northern Illinois
1 Ohio
1 Utah State
1 UTEP

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