Recruiting Rankings
2004 College Football Recruiting Rankings
Rank the full class board by average star power, class volume, and the blue-chip names pushing each program up the national order.
- Top Class
- USC
- Ranked Programs
- 120
- Avg Class Size
- 15.8
Position recruiting pages
State recruiting pages
National class table
Deterministic ordering: average stars, then class size, then school name.
| Rank | Team | Conference | Avg Stars | Recruits | Top Prospect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | USC | Big Ten | 4.6★ | 10 | Keith Rivers (5★) |
| 2 | Oklahoma | SEC | 4.6★ | 7 | Adrian Peterson (5★) |
| 3 | LSU | SEC | 4.4★ | 8 | Early Doucet (5★) |
| 4 | Georgia | SEC | 4.3★ | 7 | Brandon Miller (5★) |
| 5 | Florida State | ACC | 4.2★ | 10 | Xavier Lee (5★) |
| 6 | Miami | ACC | 4★ | 12 | Willie Williams (5★) |
| 7 | Florida | SEC | 4★ | 9 | Derrick Harvey (5★) |
| 8 | Texas | SEC | 4★ | 8 | Frank Okam (5★) |
| 9 | Alabama | SEC | 4★ | 2 | Nikita Stover (4★) |
| 10 | Michigan | Big Ten | 3.9★ | 9 | Chad Henne (5★) |
| 11 | NC State | ACC | 3.7★ | 3 | DeMario Pressley (5★) |
| 12 | Iowa | Big Ten | 3.5★ | 2 | Kyle Williams (5★) |
| 13 | Ohio State | Big Ten | 3.4★ | 8 | Ted Ginn Jr. (5★) |
| 14 | Penn State | Big Ten | 3.3★ | 9 | Dan Connor (5★) |
| 15 | Tennessee | SEC | 3.3★ | 6 | Demonte Bolden (5★) |
| 16 | Arkansas | SEC | 3.2★ | 5 | Marcus Monk (4★) |
| 17 | California | ACC | 3.1★ | 7 | Marshawn Lynch (5★) |
| 18 | — | 3.1★ | 526 | — | |
| 19 | Oklahoma State | Big 12 | 3★ | 9 | Bobby Reid (5★) |
| 20 | Boston College | ACC | 3★ | 5 | Brian Toal (5★) |
| 21 | Oregon | Big Ten | 2.9★ | 10 | Cameron Colvin (5★) |
| 22 | Texas A&M | SEC | 2.8★ | 10 | William Morrisey (4★) |
| 23 | Virginia Tech | ACC | 2.8★ | 5 | George Bell (4★) |
| 24 | Michigan State | Big Ten | 2.8★ | 4 | Roland Martin (5★) |
| 25 | Missouri | SEC | 2.7★ | 9 | Chase Patton (4★) |
| 26 | Auburn | SEC | 2.7★ | 6 | Leon Hart (4★) |
| 27 | Maryland | Big Ten | 2.7★ | 6 | Trey Covington (4★) |
| 28 | Kansas State | Big 12 | 2.6★ | 10 | Eugene Germany (4★) |
| 29 | North Carolina | ACC | 2.6★ | 5 | Calvin Darity (4★) |
| 30 | Nebraska | Big Ten | 2.6★ | 7 | Cortney Grixby (4★) |
| 31 | Arizona State | Big 12 | 2.5★ | 6 | Zach Miller (5★) |
| 32 | South Carolina | SEC | 2.5★ | 6 | Marque Hall (4★) |
| 33 | UCLA | Big Ten | 2.4★ | 9 | Brigham Harwell (4★) |
| 34 | Ole Miss | SEC | 2.4★ | 7 | Garry Pack (4★) |
| 35 | Washington State | Pac-12 | 2.4★ | 10 | Michael Bumpus (4★) |
| 36 | Notre Dame | FBS Independents | 2.4★ | 5 | Anthony Vernaglia (4★) |
| 37 | Virginia | ACC | 2.4★ | 8 | Olu Hall (4★) |
| 38 | Washington | Big Ten | 2.4★ | 8 | Matt Tuiasosopo (5★) |
| 39 | Clemson | ACC | 2.3★ | 9 | Corey Lambert (4★) |
| 40 | Oregon State | Pac-12 | 2.3★ | 7 | Jon Ioane (3★) |
| 41 | Stanford | ACC | 2.3★ | 7 | Alex Fletcher (4★) |
| 42 | Louisville | ACC | 2.3★ | 12 | Brian Brohm (4★) |
| 43 | Rutgers | Big Ten | 2.2★ | 14 | Dwayne Jones (4★) |
| 44 | Wisconsin | Big Ten | 2.2★ | 14 | Nick Hayden (4★) |
| 45 | Texas Tech | Big 12 | 2.2★ | 10 | Graham Harrell (4★) |
| 46 | Georgia Tech | ACC | 2.2★ | 16 | Calvin Johnson (5★) |
| 47 | Memphis | American Athletic | 2.2★ | 11 | Greg Hinds (4★) |
| 48 | West Virginia | Big 12 | 2.2★ | 13 | Brandon Barrett (4★) |
| 49 | Colorado | Big 12 | 2.1★ | 7 | Brad Jones (3★) |
| 50 | Syracuse | ACC | 2.1★ | 19 | Jamar Atkinson (3★) |
| 51 | San Diego State | Pac-12 | 2.1★ | 13 | Andrew Schantz (3★) |
| 52 | Duke | ACC | 2.1★ | 18 | Chancellor Young (3★) |
| 53 | UConn | FBS Independents | 2.0★ | 25 | Dan Davis (3★) |
| 54 | Idaho | — | 2★ | 26 | Dan Dykes (2★) |
| 55 | Ball State | Mid-American | 2★ | 23 | Adam Cole (2★) |
| 56 | Akron | Mid-American | 2★ | 22 | Andre Walker (2★) |
| 57 | Arkansas State | Sun Belt | 2★ | 22 | Antwoine Thomas (2★) |
| 58 | Hudson Valley | — | 2★ | 22 | Brandon Suggs (2★) |
| 59 | Miami (OH) | Mid-American | 2★ | 22 | Ben Huddle (2★) |
| 60 | UL Monroe | Sun Belt | 2★ | 21 | Calvin Dawson (2★) |
| 61 | East Carolina | American Athletic | 2★ | 20 | Davon Drew (2★) |
| 62 | Boise State | Pac-12 | 2★ | 19 | Bryon Barmer Jr. (2★) |
| 63 | Houston | Big 12 | 2★ | 19 | Ernest Miller (2★) |
| 64 | Louisiana Tech | Conference USA | 2★ | 19 | Barry Robertson (2★) |
| 65 | Middle Tennessee | Conference USA | 2★ | 19 | Aaron Hudson (2★) |
| 66 | San José State | Mountain West | 2★ | 19 | Joe Zusin (2★) |
| 67 | UCF | Big 12 | 2★ | 19 | Johnell Neal (2★) |
| 68 | Eastern Michigan | Mid-American | 2★ | 18 | Chris Larkins (2★) |
| 69 | Illinois | Big Ten | 2★ | 18 | Alex Stroud (2★) |
| 70 | Ohio | Mid-American | 2★ | 18 | Austin Addington-Strapp (2★) |
| 71 | Toledo | Mid-American | 2★ | 18 | Alfred Martin (2★) |
| 72 | Northern Illinois | Mountain West | 2★ | 17 | Bill Ikegwuonu (2★) |
| 73 | Tulane | American Athletic | 2★ | 17 | Ryan Bewley (2★) |
| 74 | Central Michigan | Mid-American | 2★ | 16 | William Ball (2★) |
| 75 | Louisiana | Sun Belt | 2★ | 16 | Abdule LeVier (2★) |
| 76 | Marshall | Sun Belt | 2★ | 16 | Bilal El-Amin (2★) |
| 77 | Cincinnati | Big 12 | 2★ | 15 | Earnest Jackson (2★) |
| 78 | North Texas | American Athletic | 2★ | 15 | Kevin Wright (2★) |
| 79 | Temple | American Athletic | 2★ | 15 | Alex Derenthal (2★) |
| 80 | UAB | American Athletic | 2★ | 15 | Brandon Alexander (2★) |
| 81 | Wyoming | Mountain West | 2★ | 15 | Christopher Sundberg (2★) |
| 82 | Baylor | Big 12 | 2★ | 14 | Anthony McDonald (2★) |
| 83 | Bowling Green | Mid-American | 2★ | 14 | Aaron Kent (2★) |
| 84 | Buffalo | Mid-American | 2★ | 14 | Ben Woods (2★) |
| 85 | Hawai'i | Mountain West | 2★ | 14 | Lafu Tuioti-Mariner (2★) |
| 86 | Minnesota | Big Ten | 2★ | 14 | Everett Pedescleaux (2★) |
| 87 | New Mexico | Mountain West | 2★ | 14 | Blake Ligon (2★) |
| 88 | UNLV | Mountain West | 2★ | 14 | Beau Bell (2★) |
| 89 | Arizona | Big 12 | 2★ | 13 | Chris Kolone (2★) |
| 90 | Fresno State | Pac-12 | 2★ | 13 | Jake Jorde (2★) |
| 91 | Navy | American Athletic | 2★ | 13 | Ben Gabbard (2★) |
| 92 | SMU | ACC | 2★ | 13 | Andrew McKinney (2★) |
| 93 | Utah State | Pac-12 | 2★ | 13 | Beau Herbert (2★) |
| 94 | Kent State | Mid-American | 2★ | 12 | Cedrick Maxwell (2★) |
| 95 | South Florida | American Athletic | 2★ | 12 | C.J. Hunnicutt (2★) |
| 96 | Tulsa | American Athletic | 2★ | 12 | Tarrion Adams (2★) |
| 97 | Vanderbilt | SEC | 2★ | 12 | Brandon Holmes (2★) |
| 98 | Western Michigan | Mid-American | 2★ | 12 | Cory Flom (2★) |
| 99 | BYU | Big 12 | 2★ | 11 | Michael Reed (2★) |
| 100 | Indiana | Big Ten | 2★ | 11 | Larry Luster (2★) |
| 101 | Nevada | Mountain West | 2★ | 11 | Bobby Lepori (2★) |
| 102 | New Mexico State | Conference USA | 2★ | 11 | Andrew Mooney (2★) |
| 103 | Rice | American Athletic | 2★ | 11 | Nathan Miller (2★) |
| 104 | Southern Miss | Sun Belt | 2★ | 11 | Cole Mason (2★) |
| 105 | Colorado State | Pac-12 | 2★ | 10 | Dan Gury (2★) |
| 106 | Northwestern | Big Ten | 2★ | 10 | Brandon Roberson (2★) |
| 107 | Kansas | Big 12 | 2★ | 9 | Dexton Fields (2★) |
| 108 | Mississippi State | SEC | 2★ | 8 | Anthony Strauder (2★) |
| 109 | Pittsburgh | ACC | 2★ | 8 | Marcel Pestano (2★) |
| 110 | Utah | Big 12 | 2★ | 8 | Afa Garrigan (2★) |
| 111 | UTEP | Mountain West | 2★ | 8 | Andre Bailey (2★) |
| 112 | Wake Forest | ACC | 2★ | 8 | Clarence Vaughn (2★) |
| 113 | Purdue | Big Ten | 2★ | 7 | Sean Sester (2★) |
| 114 | Iowa State | Big 12 | 2★ | 6 | Nick Frere (2★) |
| 115 | Army | American Athletic | 2★ | 5 | Arlance Jenkins (2★) |
| 116 | TCU | Big 12 | 2★ | 4 | Robert Clark (2★) |
| 117 | Air Force | Mountain West | 2★ | 3 | Andrew McKain (2★) |
| 118 | Florida International | Conference USA | 2★ | 2 | Dustin Gibson (2★) |
| 119 | Florida Atlantic | American Athletic | 2★ | 1 | Andre Swavy (2★) |
| 120 | Southern Illinois | — | 2★ | 1 | Dylan Ward (2★) |