| Year | AP Final Ranking | Top Player Recruit | Players | (Scout/ESPN Lemming) | Hodge/CBS | Emfinger | Scout(Luginbill) | ||
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2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 |
n/a n/a UR 18 20 UR 13 |
Gardner Turner McGuffie Mallett Graham Grady Henne |
13 11 n/a 8 n/a 4 |
n/a 10 n/a n/a 10 5 |
7 9 10 13 4 5 |
n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 5 |
n/a n/a n/a n/a 8 n/a 4 |
n/a 10 8 10 11 1 5 |
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| 2003 | 6 | Woodley | 17 | n/a | 7 | 17 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 2002 | 9 | Watson | 22 | 9 | 3 | 16 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 2001 | 20 | Baraka | 22 | 2 | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 2000 | 11 | Ecker | 21 | 20 | 13 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 1999 | 5 | LeSueur | 24 | 8 | 8 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 1998 | 12 | Henson | 19 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 1997 | 1 | Thomas | 20 | 5 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 1996 | 20 | Hutchinson | n/a | 9 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 1995 | 17 | Woodson | n/a | 10 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 1994 | 12 | Dreisbach | n/a | 3 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 1993 | 21 | Loeffler | n/a | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 1992 | 5 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 1991 | 6 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 1990 | 7 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 1989 | 7 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 1988 | 4 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 1987 | 19 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |