Recruiting Rankings Breakdown of All Power Five Conference Teams Ahead of NSD
Written by Ryan Wright
Twitter: @HogManInLA
National Signing Day is the yin and yang of college football, the Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and a little bit Christmas and Halloween all rolled into one. Signing Day is a day of hope and promise for all college football teams, fans, and players alike when high school and junior college recruits put ink to their letters of intent. The day may start with high hopes of a big present or present or two gifted but could also end like a chilling horror film.
The lead up to NSD is rather ho-hum at the top with the usual suspects hoarding all of the five-star and top four-star talent. Alabama, Ohio State, Georgia, Michigan, and Florida State own the top five spots in 247Sports rankings with LSU, Oklahoma, USC, Auburn, and Texas A&M rounding out the Top 10. Teams like Ohio State, Florida State, LSU, USC, and Auburn have a lot of space left to add top players while staffs like Alabama, Michigan, Oklahoma, and Texas A&M are right at or already over the typical 25-recruit roster limit.
Be on the watch out for Notre Dame, Clemson, Penn State, UCLA, Washington, Florida, and Nebraska to finish strong capable of challenging a few teams already in the Top 10 rankings by the end of the day on Wednesday, February 1. When the smoke had cleared for the 2016 class a year ago, Alabama once again was tops in the nation followed by Florida State, LSU, Ohio State, Ole Miss, Michigan, Texas, Georgia, Auburn, and USC inching out Clemson and Florida in the Top 10.
The following list is a breakdown of where the Power Five Conference teams stand the day before NSD. Check back on Wednesday and Thursday for the adjusted final rankings.
Conference Ranking/National Ranking/Total Number of Recruits
Atlantic Coast Conference
Florida State – No. 5, 21 commits, three 5-Star, 7 4-Stars
Clemson – No. 13, 14 commits, two 5-Star, 9 4-Stars
Miami – No. 16, 21 commits, seven 4-Stars
Virginia Tech – No. 19, 27 commits, four 5-Stars
North Carolina – No. 26, 20 commits, four 5-Stars
Louisville – No. 30, 22 commits, four 3-Stars
Pittsburgh – No. 36, 22 commits, two 4-Stars
Georgia Tech – No. 41, 24 commits, one 4-Star
Duke – No. 43, 22 commits, one 4-Star
N.C. State – No. 52, 19 commits, 18 3-Stars
Virginia – No. 56, 24 commits, 21 3-Stars
Syracuse – No. 58, 21 commits, 21 3-Stars
Boston College – No. 61, 21 commits, 18 3-Stars
Wake Forest – No. 63, 19 commits, 17 3-Stars
Big 12
Oklahoma – No. 7, 27 commits, 18 4-Stars
Texas – No. 25, 16 commits, seven 4-Stars
TCU – No. 34, 17 commits, four 4-Stars
Oklahoma State – No. 35, 21 commits, two 4-Stars
Baylor – No. 38, 24 commits, 23 3-Stars
Texas Tech – No. 42, 20 commits, one 4-Star
Iowa State – No. 50, 23 commits, 23 3-Stars
West Virginia – No. 54, 21 commits, 21 3-Stars
Kansas – No. 68, 20 commits, 18 3-Stars
Kansas State – No. 69, 18 commits, 16 3-Stars
Big Ten
Ohio State – No. 2, 20 commits, five 5-Stars, 13 4-Stars
Michigan – No. 4, 27 commits, one 5-Star, 18 4-Stars
Penn State – No. 15, 19 commits, 10 4-Stars
Maryland – No. 17, 28 commits, eight 4-Stars
Nebraska – No. 22, 19 commits, five 4-Stars
Michigan State – No. 31, 21 commits, four 4-Stars
Iowa – No. 37, 19 commits, one 5-Star, one 4-Star
Rutgers – No. 40, 23 commits, three 4-Stars
Illinois – No. 44, 22 commits, 21 3-Stars
Northwestern – No. 45, 19 commits, one 4-Star
Wisconsin – No. 46, 16 commits, one 4-Star
Minnesota – No. 55, 27 commits, 26 3-Stars
Indiana – No. 60, 22 commits, 21 3-Stars
Purdue – No. 64, 21 commits, 19 3-Stars
Pac-12
USC – No. 8, 19 commits, one 5-Star, seven 4-Stars
Stanford – No. 11, 14 commits, three 5-Stars, six 4-Stars
UCLA – No. 18, 17 commits, two 5-Stars, four 4-Stars
Washington – No. 20, 17 commits, nine 4-Stars
Oregon – No. 24, 20 commits, four 4-Stars
Colorado – No. 32, 25 commits, two 4-Stars
Arizona State – No. 33, 16 commits, four 4-Stars
Arizona – No. 39, 25 commits, one 4-Star
Utah – No. 47, 14 commits, three 4-Stars
Oregon State – No. 49, 24 commits, one 4-Star
Washington State – No. 51, 23 commits, 21 3-Stars
Cal – No. 70, 14 commits, 12 3-Stars
SEC
Alabama – No. 1, 24 commits, five 4-Stars, 14 4-Stars
Georgia – No. 3, 23 commits, two 5-Stars, 18 4-Stars
LSU – No. 6, 21 commits, one 5-Star, 12 4-Stars
Auburn – No. 9, 20 commits, one 5-Star, nine 4-Stars
Texas A&M – No. 10, 26 commits, nine 4-Stars
Tennessee – No. 14, 28 commits, one 5-Star, four 4-Stars
Florida – No. 21, 17 commits, seven 4-Stars
South Carolina – No. 23, 21 commits, four 4-Stars
Mississippi State – No. 27, 22 commits, three 4-Stars
Kentucky – No. 28, 24 commits, four 4-Stars
Arkansas – No. 29, 24 commits, three 4-Stars
Missouri – No. 48, 22 commits 21 3-Stars
Ole Miss – No. 53, 14 commits, two 4-Stars
Vanderbilt – No. 62, 16 commits, 16 3-Stars
*All Rankings by 247Sports
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