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247 Sports provides a "Team Talent Composite" index by ribs
It has been provided here before. I won't claim to know how it is formulated, but it has ND at number 8, see link. I presume it accounts for incoming recruit rankings, retention, and net results of transfers.
In the case of ND, I do find it interesting that the current talent ranking (#8) is higher than any individual class ranking ND has had until this year, and assume the 2021 class is not reflected in this index.
https://247sports.com/Season/2020-Football/CollegeTeamTalentComposite/