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Breaking down the recruiting classes from 2002-2012, I sorted the classes based on classes with at least 20 recruits and on the average rating of the recruits. I sorted the top-100 classes and found the following results...

By Conference:

SEC - 34 teams
Big 12 - 18 teams
Big 10 - 16 teams
Pac-10 - 15 teams
ACC - 10 teams
Independent - 4 teams
Big East - 3 teams

Within the SEC:

LSU - 9
Florida - 6
Alabama - 5
Georgia - 5
Auburn - 4 (2010, 2011 and 2012 classes)
Tennessee - 4
South Carolina - 1

Auburn recruiting notes:

During Tommy Tuberville's last 7 recruiting classes at Auburn (2002-2008), the Tigers signed 10 OL rated as 4 & 5 stars. They also signed 15 DL rated as 4 & 5 stars during the same time period.

During Gene Chizik's last 3 recruiting classes, the Tigers have signed 10 OL and 10 DL rated as 4 & 5 star recruits.

From 2002-2007, Tuberville's staff inked 3 players outside the southeast, rated as 4 & 5 stars.

Chizik's staff over the past 4 seasons has signed 6 recruits rated as 4 & 5 star recruits outside of the Southeast region.

Last 3 recruiting classes...

For those who might feel Auburn has fallen behind in recruiting with the major players within the conference, consider the following.

Alabama has a national ranking average of 4th place over the past 3 seasons, signing 49 four & five star recruits.
Auburn has an average ranking of 6th place, signing 42 four & five star recruits.
LSU has an average ranking of 8th place, signing 35 four & five star recruits.
Florida has an average ranking of 11th place, signing 42 four & five star recruits.
Georgia has an average ranking of 13th place, signing 33 four & five star recruits.