If you look at the recruiting rankings over the past 4 years, winning looks important, but UT, Miami & South Carolina prove it isn't everything.

National rank School Four-year
1 Alabama 1
2 Ohio State 4
3 Florida State 5
4 LSU 6.5
5 USC 8.5
6 Georgia 9.25
6 Florida 9.25
8 Auburn 9.75
9 Texas A&M 10.5
10 Texas 11.75
10 Notre Dame 11.75
12 UCLA 12.5
13 Tennessee 13.75
14 Clemson 14
15 Oklahoma 14.25
16 Miami 15.5
17 Michigan 17
18 Oregon 17.5
19 South Carolina 18.25
20 Ole Miss 21.75