Rank Program Outlooks for the Next Five Years

[NittanyChris]

Rank the outlook for program success over the next five years. I suspect there will be some changes with what has been the order traditionally.

1. Penn State - Ok St may make it interesting in a couple years but Cael & Company remain the Gold Standard.
2. OK St - David has been impressive already and they'll be a strong number 2.
3. Nebraska - A huge gap from two to three but Nebraska has made some nice moves.
4. Va Tech - The Bassett/Miller boost is real.
5. Ohio St - Tan Tom's recruiting will prevent a more severe drop.
6. Iowa - Oh how the mighty have fallen. Slumlord Bob's $ can only do so much to counter the Brands' incompetence.
7. Iowa State - Metcalf will bring improvement. Enough to pass Iowa?
8. Arizona State
9. Missouri
10. NC State

 

[kingstown]

I would drop Meatchicken in there around 6.5

 

[NittanyChris]

I would drop Meatchicken in there around 6.5

Fair. I forgot about them. Though that's completely understandable.

 

[NJ Lion]

You can’t have a top 10 without Rutgers.

 

[J.E.B]

Cael and program are beyond the gold standard. Now at platinum standard.

 

[BaccaFarmer]

Rank the outlook for program success over the next five years. I suspect there will be some changes with what has been the order traditionally.

1. Penn State - Ok St may make it interesting in a couple years but Cael & Company remain the Gold Standard.
2. OK St - David has been impressive already and they'll be a strong number 2.
3. Nebraska - A huge gap from two to three but Nebraska has made some nice moves.
4. Va Tech - The Bassett/Miller boost is real.
5. Ohio St - Tan Tom's recruiting will prevent a more severe drop.
6. Iowa - Oh how the mighty have fallen. Slumlord Bob's $ can only do so much to counter the Brands' incompetence.
7. Iowa State - Metcalf will bring improvement. Enough to pass Iowa?
8. Arizona State
9. Missouri
10. NC State

VT has a good number of studs beyond the big 2. I’d put them above Nebby …. especially in 28’.

 

[Cali_Nittany1]

 

[Acacia]

2026-2027 - 1. Penn State+30 pts 2. Oklahoma State 3. Nebraska 4. Virginia Tech 5. Ohio State 6. Iowa
2027-2028 - 1. Penn State+ 20 pts 2. Oklahoma State 3. Virginia Tech 4. Nebraska 5. Ohio State 6. Iowa
2028-2029 - 1. Oklahoma State+5 pts 2. Penn State 3. Virginia Tech 4. Iowa. 5. Ohio State 6. Nebraska
2029-2030 - 1. Oklahoma State+5 pts 2. Penn State 3. Virginia Tech 4. Iowa 5. Ohio State 6. Nebraska

2027-2028 Penn State loses Kasak, Welsh and Barr (and Lilledahl if no 5 for 5) --- Oklahoma State loses nobody

Oklahoma State needs Michael White and Dreshon Ross to shine to get past PSU

Virginia Tech rise hurts Oklahoma State more than Penn State --- VT strength in the first 5 weights

Nebraska -- bump for 2026-2027 from transfers, not seeing top recruits committed...

 

[PSUPetch]

You can’t have a top 10 without Rutger or Rutgres .

FIFY

 

[BigFella235]

Without getting too much into point shifting, five years from now this is what I’d guess to be the team standings:

1) PSU. Until something tangible changes, they’re the top dog.

2) OK State. First real title threat PSU has had in years.

3) VT. Landing Bassett and Miller was a coup for them. Should help them keep ascending as a program.

4) Ohio State. Usually landing one upper tier kid per class helps to keep them from plummeting, but they’re on shaky ground with the power dynamic shifting.

5) Nebby. MM is starting to get kinda reliant on the portal to fill in the gaps and stay in the team trophy race.

6) Iowa State. Solid foundation with Metcalf at the helm. Could jump ahead with a good recruiting class or two.

7) Iowa. Definitely on the downswing imo. Kids are less in favor of the “Iowa style” nowadays and it’s spreading the talent out.

 

[Nitlion1986]

VT has a good number of studs beyond the big 2. I’d put them above Nebby …. especially in 28’.

I am more inclined to wait and see if VaTech can produce team competitiveness before assuming they will. Robie and crew have done a good job getting 2 individual titles out of 2 extremely talented kids. I haven't seen anything yet (from a development perspective) that makes me believe they are about to take a huge step into the realm of a top 3 program, or even can.

 

[SRATH]

I would drop Meatchicken in there around 6.5

Yeah, they should be in the top ten or so. They always have some strong young guys………who plateau. They always have some rentals who are solid. They always have a few holes.

 

[El_Jefe]

Cornell should be in the top 10, even losing Shapiro. They have a loaded incoming freshman class, several with gaudy records as grayshirts last year.