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Because the NFL Draft isn't just about the NFL, let's try and find college football fans some bragging rights. We've got something really cool along these lines in the works for you, but for now, here are the raw numbers after one night of the 2014 Draft.
By school
Despite Johnny Manziel's tumble, Texas A&M still claimed its expected three first-rounders, along with Louisville, which saw Teddy Bridgewater sneak in at No. 32 and Marcus Smith make a surprise entry. The early leaders were followed by the Aggies' new SEC West rivals Alabama and Auburn, along with Ohio State.
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In the second and third rounds, Notre Dame and LSU joined the top, and that big cluster carried through to the end.
| First round | Picks | First-third | Picks | All rounds | Picks |
| Louisville | 3 | LSU | 5 | LSU | 9 |
| Texas A&M | 3 | Notre Dame | 5 | Alabama | 8 |
| Alabama | 2 | Florida State | 4 | Notre Dame | 8 |
| Auburn | 2 | Louisville | 4 | Florida State | 7 |
| Ohio State | 2 | Ohio State | 4 | Ohio State | 6 |
| Buffalo | 1 | Alabama | 3 | Stanford | 6 |
| Clemson | 1 | Auburn | 3 | Baylor | 5 |
| Florida | 1 | Texas A&M | 3 | Clemson | 5 |
| Florida State | 1 | Clemson | 2 | North Carolina | 5 |
| LSU | 1 | Colorado State | 2 | UCLA | 5 |
| Michigan | 1 | Fresno State | 2 | Wisconsin | 5 |
| Michigan State | 1 | Iowa | 2 | Arkansas | 4 |
| NIU | 1 | Michigan | 2 | Auburn | 4 |
| North Carolina | 1 | Missouri | 2 | Boston College | 4 |
| Notre Dame | 1 | Nebraska | 2 | Florida | 4 |
| Oklahoma State | 1 | North Carolina | 2 | Louisville | 4 |
| Oregon State | 1 | Oregon State | 2 | Missouri | 4 |
| Pitt | 1 | UCLA | 2 | Oklahoma | 4 |
| South Carolina | 1 | USC | 2 | Oregon | 4 |
| TCU | 1 | Washington | 2 | Arizona | 3 |
| Tennessee | 1 | West Virginia | 2 | Arizona State | 3 |
| UCF | 1 | Wisconsin | 2 | Boise State | 3 |
| UCLA | 1 | Arizona State | 1 | Georgia Tech | 3 |
| Virginia Tech | 1 | Arkansas | 1 | Iowa | 3 |
| Washington State | 1 | Boise State | 1 | Miami | 3 |
| Buffalo | 1 | Michigan | 3 | ||
| BYU | 1 | Nebraska | 3 | ||
| Cal | 1 | Penn State | 3 | ||
| Colorado | 1 | Pitt | 3 | ||
| Eastern Illinois | 1 | Tennessee | 3 | ||
| Florida | 1 | Texas A&M | 3 | ||
| Georgia Southern | 1 | USC | 3 | ||
| Georgia Tech | 1 | Vanderbilt | 3 | ||
| Indiana | 1 | Virginia | 3 | ||
| Kent State | 1 | Virginia Tech | 3 | ||
| Maryland | 1 | Ball State | 2 | ||
| Miami | 1 | Cal | 2 | ||
| Michigan State | 1 | Coastal Carolina | 2 | ||
| Minnesota | 1 | Colorado State | 2 | ||
| Mississippi State | 1 | Florida Atlantic | 2 | ||
| Nevada | 1 | Fresno State | 2 | ||
| NIU | 1 | Georgia | 2 | ||
| North Dakota State | 1 | Georgia Southern | 2 | ||
| Oklahoma State | 1 | Indiana | 2 | ||
| Ole Miss | 1 | Louisiana Tech | 2 | ||
| Oregon | 1 | Minnesota | 2 | ||
| Penn State | 1 | NIU | 2 | ||
| Pitt | 1 | Oregon State | 2 | ||
| Pittsburg State | 1 | Purdue | 2 | ||
| Rice | 1 | San Diego State | 2 | ||
| South Carolina | 1 | San Jose State | 2 | ||
| Southern Miss | 1 | SMU | 2 | ||
| Stanford | 1 | South Carolina | 2 | ||
| Syracuse | 1 | Syracuse | 2 | ||
| TCU | 1 | Tennessee State | 2 | ||
| Tennessee | 1 | Texas Tech | 2 | ||
| Texas Tech | 1 | UCF | 2 | ||
| Towson | 1 | UConn | 2 | ||
| UCF | 1 | Utah | 2 | ||
| Vanderbilt | 1 | Utah State | 2 | ||
| Virginia | 1 | Washington | 2 | ||
| Virginia Tech | 1 | West Virginia | 2 | ||
| Washington State | 1 | Western Kentucky | 2 | ||
| Wyoming | 2 | ||||
| Arkansas State | 1 | ||||
| Bloomsburg | 1 | ||||
| Buffalo | 1 | ||||
| BYU | 1 | ||||
| Colorado | 1 | ||||
| Concordia-St. Paul | 1 | ||||
| Duke | 1 | ||||
| Eastern Illinois | 1 | ||||
| Furman | 1 | ||||
| Georgia State | 1 | ||||
| Illinois State | 1 | ||||
| Iowa State | 1 | ||||
| Kansas State | 1 | ||||
| Kent State | 1 | ||||
| Kentucky | 1 | ||||
| Liberty | 1 | ||||
| Lindenwood | 1 | ||||
| Maine | 1 | ||||
| Marist | 1 | ||||
| Marshall | 1 | ||||
| Maryland | 1 | ||||
| McGill | 1 | ||||
| Memphis | 1 | ||||
| Michigan State | 1 | ||||
| Middle Tennessee | 1 | ||||
| Mississippi State | 1 | ||||
| Montana | 1 | ||||
| Murray State | 1 | ||||
| NC State | 1 | ||||
| Nevada | 1 | ||||
| North Dakota State | 1 | ||||
| Northwest Missouri State | 1 | ||||
| Ohio | 1 | ||||
| Oklahoma State | 1 | ||||
| Ole Miss | 1 | ||||
| Pittsburg State | 1 | ||||
| Portland State | 1 | ||||
| Princeton | 1 | ||||
| Rice | 1 | ||||
| Saginaw Valley State | 1 | ||||
| South Dakota | 1 | ||||
| Southern Miss | 1 | ||||
| TCU | 1 | ||||
| Towson | 1 | ||||
| Tulane | 1 | ||||
| UMass | 1 | ||||
| USF | 1 | ||||
| Wake Forest | 1 | ||||
| Washington State | 1 |
By conference
In the first round, the race was for second place. And second place went to the other Southern(ish) conference. The SEC finished with 11, one short of the record set by the ACC in 2007 and tied by the SEC in 2013.
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(We're counting Louisville as an AAC team, since its players left before the Cardinals actually played any ACC games.)
The Big Ten and Pac-12 made strong pushes on Friday, with the ACC and SEC taking over on Saturday.
| First round | picks | First-third | Picks | All rounds | Picks |
| SEC | 11 | SEC | 23 | SEC | 49 |
| ACC | 5 | Big Ten | 16 | ACC | 42 |
| American | 4 | ACC | 15 | Pac-12 | 34 |
| Big Ten | 4 | Pac-12 | 14 | Big Ten | 30 |
| Pac-12 | 3 | Independents | 6 | Big 12 | 17 |
| Big 12 | 2 | Mountain West | 6 | Mountain West | 16 |
| MAC | 2 | American | 5 | American | 12 |
| Independents | 1 | Big 12 | 5 | Conference USA | 9 |
| MAC | 3 | Independents | 9 | ||
| Conference USA | 2 | MAC | 8 | ||
| CAA | 1 | Ohio Valley | 4 | ||
| MIAA | 1 | Sun Belt | 4 | ||
| Missouri Valley | 1 | Big South | 3 | ||
| Ohio Valley | 1 | MIAA | 3 | ||
| SoCon | 1 | Missouri Valley | 3 | ||
| SoCon | 3 | ||||
| Big Sky | 2 | ||||
| CAA | 2 | ||||
| Great Lakes | 1 | ||||
| Ivy | 1 | ||||
| Northern Sun | 1 | ||||
| Pioneer | 1 | ||||
| PSAC | 1 | ||||
| RESQ | 1 |
By high school state
No surprises at all. The states at the top regularly produce the country's best prospects and feed into most of college football's best programs. Florida also produced three of the draft's top five (Blake Bortles, Sammy Watkins, and Khalil Mack).
| First round | Picks | First-third | Picks | All rounds | Picks |
| Florida | 8 | Florida | 20 | Florida | 44 |
| California | 4 | California | 12 | California | 37 |
| Georgia | 4 | Texas | 11 | Texas | 25 |
| Texas | 4 | Georgia | 6 | Georgia | 17 |
| Alabama | 3 | Louisiana | 5 | Ohio | 11 |
| Louisiana | 2 | Alabama | 4 | Louisiana | 10 |
| Arizona | 1 | Illinois | 4 | Virginia | 10 |
| Indiana | 1 | Ohio | 4 | Missouri | 8 |
| Maryland | 1 | Maryland | 3 | North Carolina | 8 |
| New York | 1 | Missouri | 3 | Alabama | 7 |
| North Carolina | 1 | Virginia | 3 | New York | 7 |
| Pennsylvania | 1 | Washington | 3 | South Carolina | 7 |
| South Carolina | 1 | Arizona | 2 | Illinois | 6 |
| Minnesota | 2 | Pennsylvania | 6 | ||
| Mississippi | 2 | Arizona | 5 | ||
| New York | 2 | Maryland | 5 | ||
| North Carolina | 2 | Massachusetts | 4 | ||
| Pennsylvania | 2 | Minnesota | 4 | ||
| South Carolina | 2 | New Jersey | 4 | ||
| D.C. | 1 | Mississippi | 3 | ||
| Indiana | 1 | Tennessee | 4 | ||
| Kansas | 1 | Washington | 3 | ||
| Michigan | 1 | Wisconsin | 3 | ||
| Nebraska | 1 | Connecticut | 2 | ||
| Nevada | 1 | Michigan | 2 | ||
| Utah | 1 | Oregon | 2 | ||
| Massachusetts | 1 | Arkansas | 1 | ||
| D.C. | 1 | ||||
| Idaho | 1 | ||||
| Indiana | 1 | ||||
| Iowa | 1 | ||||
| Kansas | 1 | ||||
| Montana | 1 | ||||
| Nebraska | 1 | ||||
| Nevada | 1 | ||||
| Oklahoma | 1 | ||||
| Quebec | 1 | ||||
| Utah | 1 |
By recruit rating (based on the 247 Sports Composite)
Only 15 blue-chips in the whole first round? Recruiting ratings are a sham!
(Let's remember that thousands more players earn two-, three-, or zero-star ratings from recruiting services than earn four- or five-stars. Based on probability and championship history, a blue-chip rating is still a valid predictor of college and NFL success.)
| First round | Picks | First-third | Picks | All rounds | Picks |
| Five | 5 | Five | 9 | Five | 17 |
| Four | 10 | Four | 36 | Four | 64 |
| Three | 15 | Three | 39 | Three | 104 |
| Two | 2 | Two | 11 | Two | 23 |
| Not rated | 0 | Not rated | 5 | Not rated | 48 |
| Average | 3.56 | Average | 3.28 | Average | 2.73 |
And some bonus numbers:
Picks per school: SEC: 3.5 ACC: 3 Pac-12: 2.83 Big Ten: 2.5 Big 12: 1.7 MWC: 1.33 Indy: 1.29 AAC: 1.2 C-USA: .64 MAC: .62 Sun Belt: .5
— SB Nation CFB (@SBNationCFB) May 11, 2014
SEC picks: LSU: 9 Bama: 8 Arkansas, Auburn, Florida, Missouri: 4 Tennessee, A&M, Vandy: 3 UGA, South Carolina: 2 UK, MSU, Ole Miss: 1
— SB Nation CFB (@SBNationCFB) May 11, 2014
Percentage of conference picks: Baylor: 29.4% of Big 12 Ohio State: 20% of B1G LSU: 18.3% of SEC Stanford: 17.6% of Pac-12 FSU: 16.7% of ACC
— SB Nation CFB (@SBNationCFB) May 11, 2014