Recruiting Rankings
2011 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
- Alabama
- Ranked Programs
- 140
- Avg Class Size
- 19.2
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 | Alabama | SEC | 4.1★ | 18 | Cyrus Kouandjio (5★) |
| 2 | Florida State | ACC | 4★ | 18 | Karlos Williams (5★) |
| 3 | Notre Dame | FBS Independents | 4★ | 14 | Aaron Lynch (5★) |
| 4 | Oklahoma | SEC | 4★ | 12 | Brandon Williams (5★) |
| 5 | Ohio State | Big Ten | 3.8★ | 19 | Curtis Grant (5★) |
| 6 | LSU | SEC | 3.8★ | 16 | La'el Collins (5★) |
| 7 | Auburn | SEC | 3.8★ | 20 | Christian Westerman (5★) |
| 8 | Florida | SEC | 3.8★ | 17 | Jeff Driskel (5★) |
| 9 | Texas | SEC | 3.8★ | 20 | Malcolm Brown (5★) |
| 10 | USC | Big Ten | 3.8★ | 20 | George Farmer (5★) |
| 11 | California | ACC | 3.7★ | 16 | Viliami Moala (4★) |
| 12 | Georgia | SEC | 3.7★ | 22 | Isaiah Crowell (5★) |
| 13 | Ole Miss | SEC | 3.7★ | 9 | C.J. Johnson (4★) |
| 14 | Tennessee | SEC | 3.6★ | 11 | DeAnthony Arnett (4★) |
| 15 | Oregon | Big Ten | 3.6★ | 16 | De'Anthony Thomas (5★) |
| 16 | Stanford | ACC | 3.5★ | 11 | James Vaughters (4★) |
| 17 | Nebraska | Big Ten | 3.5★ | 13 | Aaron Green (4★) |
| 18 | Clemson | ACC | 3.4★ | 25 | Tony Steward (5★) |
| 19 | Texas Tech | Big 12 | 3.4★ | 18 | Delvon Simmons (4★) |
| 20 | Penn State | Big Ten | 3.4★ | 11 | Angelo Mangiro (4★) |
| 21 | North Carolina | ACC | 3.3★ | 15 | Kiaro Holts (4★) |
| 22 | Michigan | Big Ten | 3.3★ | 13 | Justice Hayes (4★) |
| 23 | South Carolina | SEC | 3.3★ | 21 | Jadeveon Clowney (5★) |
| 24 | Arkansas | SEC | 3.3★ | 19 | Brey Cook (4★) |
| 25 | Virginia | ACC | 3.3★ | 16 | Demetrious Nicholson (4★) |
| 26 | Miami | ACC | 3.2★ | 13 | Anthony Chickillo (5★) |
| 27 | TCU | Big 12 | 3.2★ | 13 | Ladarius Brown (4★) |
| 28 | Washington | Big Ten | 3.2★ | 13 | Austin Seferian-Jenkins (4★) |
| 29 | Louisville | ACC | 3.2★ | 15 | Gerod Holliman (4★) |
| 30 | Rutgers | Big Ten | 3.1★ | 15 | Savon Huggins (5★) |
| 31 | Utah | Big 12 | 3.1★ | 8 | Harvey Langi (4★) |
| 32 | Oklahoma State | Big 12 | 3.1★ | 12 | Herschel Sims (4★) |
| 33 | Michigan State | Big Ten | 3.1★ | 15 | Lawrence Thomas (4★) |
| 34 | Virginia Tech | ACC | 3.1★ | 16 | Kris Harley (4★) |
| 35 | Kentucky | SEC | 3★ | 15 | Glenn Faulkner (4★) |
| 36 | Iowa | Big Ten | 3★ | 14 | Rodney Coe (4★) |
| 37 | Mississippi State | SEC | 3★ | 14 | Dee Arrington (4★) |
| 38 | Alabama A&M | — | 3★ | 1 | Brandon King (3★) |
| 39 | Holy Cross | — | 3★ | 1 | Malcolm Miller (3★) |
| 40 | Liberty | Conference USA | 3★ | 1 | Grant Jones (3★) |
| 41 | Texas State | Pac-12 | 3★ | 1 | David Mims (3★) |
| 42 | Kansas | Big 12 | 2.9★ | 19 | Tony Pierson (3★) |
| 43 | Wisconsin | Big Ten | 2.9★ | 15 | Melvin Gordon (4★) |
| 44 | Oregon State | Pac-12 | 2.9★ | 13 | Dylan Wynn (4★) |
| 45 | Illinois | Big Ten | 2.9★ | 22 | Jon Davis (4★) |
| 46 | Northwestern | Big Ten | 2.9★ | 11 | Andrew Smith (3★) |
| 47 | UCLA | Big Ten | 2.9★ | 10 | Brett Hundley (4★) |
| 48 | Baylor | Big 12 | 2.9★ | 9 | Spencer Drango (4★) |
| 49 | Purdue | Big Ten | 2.9★ | 9 | Akeem Hunt (3★) |
| 50 | Arizona State | Big 12 | 2.9★ | 8 | Michael Eubank (3★) |
| 51 | Cincinnati | Big 12 | 2.9★ | 15 | Jameel Poteat (4★) |
| 52 | Texas A&M | SEC | 2.9★ | 15 | Floyd Raven (4★) |
| 53 | Boston College | ACC | 2.9★ | 14 | Albert Louis-Jean (4★) |
| 54 | West Virginia | Big 12 | 2.8★ | 19 | Terrell Chestnut (3★) |
| 55 | Wake Forest | ACC | 2.8★ | 12 | Cody Preble (3★) |
| 56 | Duke | ACC | 2.8★ | 17 | Jared Boyd (3★) |
| 57 | Maryland | Big Ten | 2.8★ | 15 | A.J. Hendy (4★) |
| 58 | — | 2.8★ | 665 | — | |
| 59 | Georgia Tech | ACC | 2.8★ | 16 | Vad Lee (3★) |
| 60 | Vanderbilt | SEC | 2.8★ | 16 | Dillon Van der wal (4★) |
| 61 | Missouri | SEC | 2.8★ | 8 | Shane Ray (3★) |
| 62 | Arizona | Big 12 | 2.7★ | 15 | Ka'Deem Carey (3★) |
| 63 | Minnesota | Big Ten | 2.7★ | 18 | Tommy Olson (3★) |
| 64 | Kansas State | Big 12 | 2.7★ | 13 | Michael Moore (3★) |
| 65 | UConn | FBS Independents | 2.7★ | 16 | Michael Nebrich (3★) |
| 66 | Washington State | Pac-12 | 2.7★ | 18 | Alex Mitchell (3★) |
| 67 | Colorado | Big 12 | 2.7★ | 15 | Marc Mustoe (3★) |
| 68 | Iowa State | Big 12 | 2.7★ | 15 | Kenneth Lynn (3★) |
| 69 | Northern Iowa | — | 2.7★ | 3 | Alex Carr (3★) |
| 70 | Marshall | Sun Belt | 2.6★ | 17 | Eric Frohnapfel (3★) |
| 71 | NC State | ACC | 2.6★ | 16 | Brandon Pittman (3★) |
| 72 | Syracuse | ACC | 2.6★ | 21 | Shutang Mungwa (3★) |
| 73 | BYU | Big 12 | 2.6★ | 13 | Ryker Mathews (3★) |
| 74 | UCF | Big 12 | 2.6★ | 17 | Leilon Willingham (3★) |
| 75 | Houston | Big 12 | 2.6★ | 12 | Bram Kohlhausen (3★) |
| 76 | South Florida | American Athletic | 2.6★ | 19 | Andre Davis (3★) |
| 77 | Indiana | Big Ten | 2.5★ | 15 | Shane Wynn (3★) |
| 78 | East Carolina | American Athletic | 2.5★ | 20 | Danny Webster (3★) |
| 79 | Boise State | Pac-12 | 2.5★ | 14 | Jeff Worthy (3★) |
| 80 | South Carolina State | — | 2.5★ | 2 | Dominique Cooper (3★) |
| 81 | Pittsburgh | ACC | 2.5★ | 15 | Lafayette Pitts (4★) |
| 82 | SMU | ACC | 2.4★ | 23 | Davon Moreland (4★) |
| 83 | Toledo | Mid-American | 2.4★ | 16 | Andre Sturdivant (3★) |
| 84 | Villanova | — | 2.3★ | 3 | John Robertson (3★) |
| 85 | Memphis | American Athletic | 2.3★ | 23 | Ryan Byrd (3★) |
| 86 | Tulsa | American Athletic | 2.2★ | 18 | Trent Martin (3★) |
| 87 | New Mexico | Mountain West | 2.2★ | 16 | Larry Mazyck (3★) |
| 88 | Temple | American Athletic | 2.2★ | 16 | Antonio Belt (3★) |
| 89 | Tulane | American Athletic | 2.2★ | 22 | Marc Edwards (3★) |
| 90 | Colorado State | Pac-12 | 2.2★ | 23 | Isiah Norton (3★) |
| 91 | Western Michigan | Mid-American | 2.2★ | 18 | Rontavious Atkins (3★) |
| 92 | Bowling Green | Mid-American | 2.1★ | 20 | Chris Gallon (3★) |
| 93 | Florida International | Conference USA | 2.1★ | 23 | Derrick Thorpe (3★) |
| 94 | Navy | American Athletic | 2.1★ | 19 | Bernie Sarra (3★) |
| 95 | Wyoming | Mountain West | 2.1★ | 19 | Adam Pittser (3★) |
| 96 | San Diego State | Pac-12 | 2.1★ | 21 | De'Saan Hardwick (3★) |
| 97 | Central Michigan | Mid-American | 2.1★ | 24 | Ben McCord (3★) |
| 98 | Western Kentucky | Conference USA | 2.1★ | 26 | DaMarcus Smith (3★) |
| 99 | Hudson Valley | — | 2.1★ | 14 | Dionte Ponder (3★) |
| 100 | South Alabama | Sun Belt | 2.1★ | 14 | J.J. Keels (3★) |
| 101 | UNLV | Mountain West | 2.1★ | 15 | Devante Davis (3★) |
| 102 | Fresno State | Pac-12 | 2.1★ | 16 | Malique Micenheimer (3★) |
| 103 | Hawai'i | Mountain West | 2.1★ | 16 | Quinton Pedroza (3★) |
| 104 | Kent State | Mid-American | 2.1★ | 17 | Trayion Durham (3★) |
| 105 | Middle Tennessee | Conference USA | 2.1★ | 17 | Jared Singletary (3★) |
| 106 | Akron | Mid-American | 2.1★ | 18 | Nick Rossi (3★) |
| 107 | Ball State | Mid-American | 2.1★ | 19 | Jalen Schlachter (3★) |
| 108 | Ohio | Mid-American | 2.0★ | 20 | Antwan Crutcher (3★) |
| 109 | Southern Miss | Sun Belt | 2.0★ | 21 | Rakeem Nunez-Roches (3★) |
| 110 | North Texas | American Athletic | 2.0★ | 22 | Freddie Warner (3★) |
| 111 | Louisiana | Sun Belt | 2.0★ | 23 | Dexter Aucoin (3★) |
| 112 | Army | American Athletic | 2★ | 27 | Alex Meier (2★) |
| 113 | Air Force | Mountain West | 2★ | 24 | Aaryn Bouzos (2★) |
| 114 | Florida Atlantic | American Athletic | 2★ | 24 | Colton Kane (2★) |
| 115 | Buffalo | Mid-American | 2★ | 20 | Kendall Patterson (2★) |
| 116 | UAB | American Athletic | 2★ | 20 | Micky Jackson (2★) |
| 117 | UL Monroe | Sun Belt | 2★ | 20 | Luke Russell (2★) |
| 118 | Miami (OH) | Mid-American | 2★ | 19 | Trevan Brown (2★) |
| 119 | Northern Illinois | Mountain West | 2★ | 19 | Mason Fuller (2★) |
| 120 | Rice | American Athletic | 2★ | 17 | Lovett Gibson (2★) |
| 121 | San José State | Mountain West | 2★ | 17 | Tyler Ervin (2★) |
| 122 | UTEP | Mountain West | 2★ | 17 | Roy Robertson (2★) |
| 123 | Nevada | Mountain West | 2★ | 15 | Anthony Knight (2★) |
| 124 | Idaho | — | 2★ | 14 | Marquan Major (2★) |
| 125 | Louisiana Tech | Conference USA | 2★ | 14 | Beau Fitte (2★) |
| 126 | New Mexico State | Conference USA | 2★ | 12 | Abram Holland (2★) |
| 127 | Arkansas State | Sun Belt | 2★ | 11 | Kyle Coleman (2★) |
| 128 | Eastern Michigan | Mid-American | 2★ | 10 | Demarius Reed (2★) |
| 129 | Utah State | Pac-12 | 2★ | 9 | Peni Vea (2★) |
| 130 | Harvard | — | 2★ | 2 | Anthony Fabiano (2★) |
| 131 | App State | Sun Belt | 2★ | 1 | Doug Middleton (2★) |
| 132 | Bethune-Cookman | — | 2★ | 1 | Nick Addison (2★) |
| 133 | Eastern Illinois | — | 2★ | 1 | Devin Brinson (2★) |
| 134 | Indiana State | — | 2★ | 1 | Tarris Batiste (2★) |
| 135 | Massachusetts | Mid-American | 2★ | 1 | Mike Wegzyn (2★) |
| 136 | Montana | — | 2★ | 1 | Joe Dahl (2★) |
| 137 | North Dakota State | Mountain West | 2★ | 1 | C.J. Smith (2★) |
| 138 | Old Dominion | Sun Belt | 2★ | 1 | Reggie Owens (2★) |
| 139 | UTSA | American Athletic | 2★ | 1 | Troy Williams (2★) |
| 140 | Western Carolina | — | 2★ | 1 | Isaiah Johnson (2★) |