Pac-12 Recruiting Ranking Comparisons Before and After 2017 NSD

Written by Ryan Wright

Twitter: @HogManInLA

Football fans wanting to know how well their favorite Pac-12 team will do on the gridiron in the near future need not hand over money to a mystic but save their pennies by evaluating how well their team’s recruiting class did against the rest of the conference. While many top recruits will bust and many three-star talents will rise to be among the best of the best, the rankings offer an insight to which teams are acquiring top talent on the recruiting trail that proves to translate to success on the field more times than not.

The Pac-12 overall consensus, USC did very well as did Stanford even with a limited number of scholarships to give. If the average star ranking is taken into account, the Cardinal (3.93) beat out USC (3.71) but the Trojans signed more recruits than Stanford giving them the edge. In the national rankings, Oregon, Stanford, UCLA, and Washington were bunched up near one another.

Viewing top talent, Stanford won the day with three 5-star recruits with the Bruins right behind them with two five-star players. No other Pac-12 team signed a five-star per Rivals. USC won the haul among the four-star recruits with 17 followed by Oregon’s nine.

Player recruiting rankings vary from one site to the next giving another opportunity to evaluate a prospect and respective class. A three-star player on one site maybe a four-star on another further shaking up the final standings. The following is an overview of how each team was positioned by both 247Sports and Rivals on the Monday before National Signing Day and how they ended.

2017 Pac-12 Recruiting Rankings

Team/Ranking/Total Top Commits

247Sports

USC – No. 8, 19 commits, one 5-Star, seven 4-Stars

USC – No. 4, 25 commits, two 5-Star, 12 4-Stars

Rivals

USC – No. 9, 18 commits, 11 4-Stars

USC – No. 6, 24 commits, 17 4-Stars

 

247Sports

Stanford – No. 11, 14 commits, three 5-Stars, six 4-Stars

Stanford – No. 14, 14 commits, three 5-Stars, six 4-Stars

Rivals

Stanford – No. 18, 13 commits, three 5-Stars, six 4-Stars

Stanford – No. 19, 14 commits, three 5-Stars, seven 4-Stars

 

247Sports

UCLA – No. 18, 17 commits, two 5-Stars, four 4-Stars

UCLA – No. 20, 18 commits, two 5-Stars, four 4-Stars

Rivals

UCLA – No. 23, 16 commits, two 5-Stars, five 4-Stars

UCLA – No. 21, 18 commits, two 5-Stars, six 4-Stars

 

247Sports

Washington – No. 20, 17 commits, nine 4-Stars

Washington – No. 22, 18 commits, nine 4-Stars

Rivals

Washington – No. 28, 16 commits seven 4-Stars

Washington – No. 23, 18 commits, seven 4-Stars

 

247Sports

Oregon – No. 24, 20 commits, four 4-Stars

Oregon – No. 19, 24 commits, five 4-Stars

Rivals

Oregon – No. 20, 20 commits, eight 4-Stars

Oregon – No. 18, 24 commits, nine 4-Stars

 

247Sports

Colorado – No. 32, 25 commits, two 4-Stars

Colorado – No. 35, 27 commits, two 4-Stars

Rivals

Colorado – No. 31, 24 commits, two 4-Stars

Colorado – No. 32, 27 commits, two 4-Stars

 

247Sports

Arizona State – No. 33, 16 commits, four 4-Stars

Arizona State – No. 37, 18 commits, four 4-Stars

Rivals

Arizona State – No. 52, 15 commits, four 4-Stars

Arizona State – No. 52, 17 commits, four 4-Stars

 

247Sports

Arizona – No. 39, 25 commits, one 4-Star

Arizona – No. 45, 26 commits, one 4-Star

Rivals

Arizona – No. 30, 25 commits, two 4-Stars

Arizona – No. 36, 25 commits, two 4-Stars

 

247Sports

Utah – No. 47, 14 commits, three 4-Stars

Utah – No. 36, 19 commits, three 4-Stars

Rivals

Utah – No. 51, 15 commits, three 4-Stars

Utah – No. 20, commits, four 4-Stars

 

247Sports

Oregon State – No. 49, 24 commits, one 4-Star

Oregon State – No. 49, 25 commits, one 4-Star

Rivals

Oregon State – No. 38, 24 commits, two 4-Stars

Oregon State – No. 45, 25 commits, two 4-Stars

 

247Sports

Washington State – No. 51, 23 commits, 21 3-Stars

Washington State – No. 44, 27 commits, 22 3-Stars

Rivals

Washington State – No. 49, 20 commits, one 4-Star

Washington State – No. 50, 26 commits, two 4-Stars

 

247Sports

Cal – No. 70, 14 commits, 12 3-Stars

Cal – No. 70, 15 commits, 14 3-Stars

Rivals

Cal – No. 73, 14 commits, two 4-stars

Cal – No. 75, 14 commits two 4-stars

Photo credit: fansided.com; Clay Helton at the Rose Bowl (2016 season).