Hot And Heavy

There are oases of talent throughout the nation, but the Sun Belt is the prime provider of BCS players

The large map is a county-by-county breakdown of where all recruits of the BCS conference schools and Notre Dame came from for the five classes of 2004 through '08. To boost their programs, most coaches look to the Southern regions—especially Florida. In the five-year span, the Sunshine State produced the most BCS recruits (983) and the most per capita (1 per 18,645 citizens). Texas had 974 signees, and California 826. The smaller maps illustrate how well each of the six BCS conferences harvests and protects its recruiting turf.

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ACC

Big East

Big Ten

Pac-10

Big 12

SEC