Originally Posted by Anonymous
Rankings mean nothing. Completely agree.

I also have a 2022 and it does matter to be on a top team in the top bracket. My daughter was not top 5 on her team but her team was a top 5 team and there were tons of coaches at her games which really helped to get her recruited. The fields in lower brackets had few coaches. The coaches go to the fields with the most recruits and if she'd been on a lower ranked team, top coaches would not have gone out of their way to watch her but she was noticed playing against top competition.