Recruiting Rankings
2011 College Football Recruiting Rankings
Rank the full class board by class score, average quality, blue-chip ratio, top-end talent, class size, or development-adjusted context.
- Top Class
- Alabama
- Ranked Programs
- 126
- Avg Class Size
- 15.7
Position recruiting pages
State recruiting pages
National class table
Current mode: Blue-Chip Ratio. Class Score fallback = rating quality plus class size, blue-chip count, and top-end talent from current CFBTrack records.
| Rank | Team | Conference | Blue-Chip Ratio | Blue-Chip | Recruits | Top Prospect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alabama | SEC | 88.9% Avg 93.92 | 88.9% (16) | 18 | Cyrus Kouandjio (5★) |
| 2 | Notre Dame | FBS Independents | 85.7% Avg 93.09 | 85.7% (12) | 14 | Aaron Lynch (5★) |
| 3 | Florida State | ACC | 83.3% Avg 92.70 | 83.3% (15) | 18 | Karlos Williams (5★) |
| 4 | Oklahoma | SEC | 83.3% Avg 92.52 | 83.3% (10) | 12 | Brandon Williams (5★) |
| 5 | USC | Big Ten | 80% Avg 91.62 | 80.0% (16) | 20 | George Farmer (5★) |
| 6 | Ohio State | Big Ten | 78.9% Avg 91.80 | 78.9% (15) | 19 | Curtis Grant (5★) |
| 7 | Auburn | SEC | 75% Avg 92.49 | 75.0% (15) | 20 | Christian Westerman (5★) |
| 8 | Florida | SEC | 70.6% Avg 91.20 | 70.6% (12) | 17 | Jeff Driskel (5★) |
| 9 | Texas | SEC | 70% Avg 92.24 | 70.0% (14) | 20 | Malcolm Brown (5★) |
| 10 | California | ACC | 68.8% Avg 90.39 | 68.8% (11) | 16 | Viliami Moala (4★) |
| 11 | Ole Miss | SEC | 66.7% Avg 90.66 | 66.7% (6) | 9 | C.J. Johnson (4★) |
| 12 | Tennessee | SEC | 63.6% Avg 91.46 | 63.6% (7) | 11 | DeAnthony Arnett (4★) |
| 13 | LSU | SEC | 62.5% Avg 91.80 | 62.5% (10) | 16 | La'el Collins (5★) |
| 14 | Nebraska | Big Ten | 61.5% Avg 89.66 | 61.5% (8) | 13 | Aaron Green (4★) |
| 15 | Georgia | SEC | 59.1% Avg 90.49 | 59.1% (13) | 22 | Isaiah Crowell (5★) |
| 16 | Oregon | Big Ten | 56.3% Avg 90.84 | 56.3% (9) | 16 | De'Anthony Thomas (5★) |
| 17 | Stanford | ACC | 54.5% Avg 89.94 | 54.5% (6) | 11 | James Vaughters (4★) |
| 18 | Penn State | Big Ten | 45.5% Avg 87.96 | 45.5% (5) | 11 | Angelo Mangiro (4★) |
| 19 | Texas Tech | Big 12 | 44.4% Avg 86.94 | 44.4% (8) | 18 | Delvon Simmons (4★) |
| 20 | Arkansas | SEC | 42.1% Avg 85.98 | 42.1% (8) | 19 | Brey Cook (4★) |
| 21 | North Carolina | ACC | 40% Avg 87.92 | 40.0% (6) | 15 | Kiaro Holts (4★) |
| 22 | Michigan | Big Ten | 38.5% Avg 86.94 | 38.5% (5) | 13 | Justice Hayes (4★) |
| 23 | Clemson | ACC | 36% Avg 87.41 | 36.0% (9) | 25 | Tony Steward (5★) |
| 24 | Iowa | Big Ten | 35.7% Avg 84.04 | 35.7% (5) | 14 | Rodney Coe (4★) |
| 25 | South Carolina | SEC | 33.3% Avg 86.93 | 33.3% (7) | 21 | Jadeveon Clowney (5★) |
| 26 | Virginia | ACC | 31.3% Avg 86.72 | 31.3% (5) | 16 | Demetrious Nicholson (4★) |
| 27 | Washington | Big Ten | 30.8% Avg 87.44 | 30.8% (4) | 13 | Austin Seferian-Jenkins (4★) |
| 28 | Miami | ACC | 30.8% Avg 86.00 | 30.8% (4) | 13 | Anthony Chickillo (5★) |
| 29 | Rutgers | Big Ten | 26.7% Avg 85.22 | 26.7% (4) | 15 | Savon Huggins (5★) |
| 30 | Texas A&M | SEC | 26.7% Avg 82.90 | 26.7% (4) | 15 | Floyd Raven (4★) |
| 31 | Oklahoma State | Big 12 | 25% Avg 86.20 | 25.0% (3) | 12 | Herschel Sims (4★) |
| 32 | TCU | Big 12 | 23.1% Avg 86.46 | 23.1% (3) | 13 | Ladarius Brown (4★) |
| 33 | Louisville | ACC | 20% Avg 86.73 | 20.0% (3) | 15 | Gerod Holliman (4★) |
| 34 | UCLA | Big Ten | 20% Avg 83.03 | 20.0% (2) | 10 | Brett Hundley (4★) |
| 35 | Virginia Tech | ACC | 18.8% Avg 84.40 | 18.8% (3) | 16 | Kris Harley (4★) |
| 36 | Kentucky | SEC | 13.3% Avg 83.85 | 13.3% (2) | 15 | Glenn Faulkner (4★) |
| 37 | Wisconsin | Big Ten | 13.3% Avg 82.24 | 13.3% (2) | 15 | Melvin Gordon (4★) |
| 38 | Utah | Big 12 | 12.5% Avg 84.38 | 12.5% (1) | 8 | Harvey Langi (4★) |
| 39 | Baylor | Big 12 | 11.1% Avg 83.64 | 11.1% (1) | 9 | Spencer Drango (4★) |
| 40 | Oregon State | Pac-12 | 7.7% Avg 82.43 | 7.7% (1) | 13 | Dylan Wynn (4★) |
| 41 | Mississippi State | SEC | 7.1% Avg 82.57 | 7.1% (1) | 14 | Dee Arrington (4★) |
| 42 | Boston College | ACC | 7.1% Avg 82.31 | 7.1% (1) | 14 | Albert Louis-Jean (4★) |
| 43 | Michigan State | Big Ten | 6.7% Avg 86.02 | 6.7% (1) | 15 | Lawrence Thomas (4★) |
| 44 | Cincinnati | Big 12 | 6.7% Avg 81.82 | 6.7% (1) | 15 | Jameel Poteat (4★) |
| 45 | Maryland | Big Ten | 6.7% Avg 80.99 | 6.7% (1) | 15 | A.J. Hendy (4★) |
| 46 | Pittsburgh | ACC | 6.7% Avg 79.43 | 6.7% (1) | 15 | Lafayette Pitts (4★) |
| 47 | Vanderbilt | SEC | 6.3% Avg 81.60 | 6.3% (1) | 16 | Dillon Van der wal (4★) |
| 48 | Illinois | Big Ten | 4.5% Avg 82.86 | 4.5% (1) | 22 | Jon Davis (4★) |
| 49 | SMU | ACC | 4.3% Avg 79.20 | 4.3% (1) | 23 | Davon Moreland (4★) |
| 50 | Army | American Athletic | 0% Avg 76.14 | 0.0% (0) | 27 | Alex Meier (2★) |
| 51 | Western Kentucky | Conference USA | 0% Avg 75.42 | 0.0% (0) | 26 | DaMarcus Smith (3★) |
| 52 | Air Force | Mountain West | 0% Avg 76.67 | 0.0% (0) | 24 | Aaryn Bouzos (2★) |
| 53 | Memphis | American Athletic | 0% Avg 78.20 | 0.0% (0) | 23 | Ryan Byrd (3★) |
| 54 | Central Michigan | Mid-American | 0% Avg 74.86 | 0.0% (0) | 24 | Ben McCord (3★) |
| 55 | Colorado State | Pac-12 | 0% Avg 77.39 | 0.0% (0) | 23 | Isiah Norton (3★) |
| 56 | Florida Atlantic | American Athletic | 0% Avg 73.97 | 0.0% (0) | 24 | Colton Kane (2★) |
| 57 | Tulane | American Athletic | 0% Avg 78.17 | 0.0% (0) | 22 | Marc Edwards (3★) |
| 58 | Louisiana | Sun Belt | 0% Avg 74.95 | 0.0% (0) | 23 | Dexter Aucoin (3★) |
| 59 | Florida International | Conference USA | 0% Avg 74.92 | 0.0% (0) | 23 | Derrick Thorpe (3★) |
| 60 | Syracuse | ACC | 0% Avg 80.02 | 0.0% (0) | 21 | Shutang Mungwa (3★) |
| 61 | Kansas | Big 12 | 0% Avg 83.69 | 0.0% (0) | 19 | Tony Pierson (3★) |
| 62 | San Diego State | Pac-12 | 0% Avg 77.82 | 0.0% (0) | 21 | De'Saan Hardwick (3★) |
| 63 | West Virginia | Big 12 | 0% Avg 82.47 | 0.0% (0) | 19 | Terrell Chestnut (3★) |
| 64 | North Texas | American Athletic | 0% Avg 73.28 | 0.0% (0) | 22 | Freddie Warner (3★) |
| 65 | East Carolina | American Athletic | 0% Avg 78.70 | 0.0% (0) | 20 | Danny Webster (3★) |
| 66 | Southern Miss | Sun Belt | 0% Avg 75.14 | 0.0% (0) | 21 | Rakeem Nunez-Roches (3★) |
| 67 | South Florida | American Athletic | 0% Avg 79.75 | 0.0% (0) | 19 | Andre Davis (3★) |
| 68 | Minnesota | Big Ten | 0% Avg 81.29 | 0.0% (0) | 18 | Tommy Olson (3★) |
| 69 | Washington State | Pac-12 | 0% Avg 81.16 | 0.0% (0) | 18 | Alex Mitchell (3★) |
| 70 | Bowling Green | Mid-American | 0% Avg 75.49 | 0.0% (0) | 20 | Chris Gallon (3★) |
| 71 | Ohio | Mid-American | 0% Avg 74.77 | 0.0% (0) | 20 | Antwan Crutcher (3★) |
| 72 | Buffalo | Mid-American | 0% Avg 74.42 | 0.0% (0) | 20 | Kendall Patterson (2★) |
| 73 | UAB | American Athletic | 0% Avg 74.16 | 0.0% (0) | 20 | Micky Jackson (2★) |
| 74 | UL Monroe | Sun Belt | 0% Avg 73.70 | 0.0% (0) | 20 | Luke Russell (2★) |
| 75 | Navy | American Athletic | 0% Avg 76.27 | 0.0% (0) | 19 | Bernie Sarra (3★) |
| 76 | Duke | ACC | 0% Avg 81.55 | 0.0% (0) | 17 | Jared Boyd (3★) |
| 77 | UCF | Big 12 | 0% Avg 80.82 | 0.0% (0) | 17 | Leilon Willingham (3★) |
| 78 | Marshall | Sun Belt | 0% Avg 80.52 | 0.0% (0) | 17 | Eric Frohnapfel (3★) |
| 79 | Tulsa | American Athletic | 0% Avg 77.72 | 0.0% (0) | 18 | Trent Martin (3★) |
| 80 | Miami (OH) | Mid-American | 0% Avg 74.52 | 0.0% (0) | 19 | Trevan Brown (2★) |
| 81 | Ball State | Mid-American | 0% Avg 74.44 | 0.0% (0) | 19 | Jalen Schlachter (3★) |
| 82 | Northern Illinois | Mountain West | 0% Avg 74.37 | 0.0% (0) | 19 | Mason Fuller (2★) |
| 83 | Georgia Tech | ACC | 0% Avg 82.49 | 0.0% (0) | 16 | Vad Lee (3★) |
| 84 | Wyoming | Mountain West | 0% Avg 74.21 | 0.0% (0) | 19 | Adam Pittser (3★) |
| 85 | Western Michigan | Mid-American | 0% Avg 76.35 | 0.0% (0) | 18 | Rontavious Atkins (3★) |
| 86 | Arizona | Big 12 | 0% Avg 82.73 | 0.0% (0) | 15 | Ka'Deem Carey (3★) |
| 87 | NC State | ACC | 0% Avg 79.79 | 0.0% (0) | 16 | Brandon Pittman (3★) |
| 88 | UConn | FBS Independents | 0% Avg 79.53 | 0.0% (0) | 16 | Michael Nebrich (3★) |
| 89 | Akron | Mid-American | 0% Avg 73.79 | 0.0% (0) | 18 | Nick Rossi (3★) |
| 90 | Colorado | Big 12 | 0% Avg 81.44 | 0.0% (0) | 15 | Marc Mustoe (3★) |
| 91 | Toledo | Mid-American | 0% Avg 78.67 | 0.0% (0) | 16 | Andre Sturdivant (3★) |
| 92 | Iowa State | Big 12 | 0% Avg 80.86 | 0.0% (0) | 15 | Kenneth Lynn (3★) |
| 93 | Middle Tennessee | Conference USA | 0% Avg 75.18 | 0.0% (0) | 17 | Jared Singletary (3★) |
| 94 | Temple | American Athletic | 0% Avg 76.88 | 0.0% (0) | 16 | Antonio Belt (3★) |
| 95 | Indiana | Big Ten | 0% Avg 79.61 | 0.0% (0) | 15 | Shane Wynn (3★) |
| 96 | Rice | American Athletic | 0% Avg 74.15 | 0.0% (0) | 17 | Lovett Gibson (2★) |
| 97 | San José State | Mountain West | 0% Avg 74.06 | 0.0% (0) | 17 | Tyler Ervin (2★) |
| 98 | Kent State | Mid-American | 0% Avg 73.55 | 0.0% (0) | 17 | Trayion Durham (3★) |
| 99 | UTEP | Mountain West | 0% Avg 72.55 | 0.0% (0) | 17 | Roy Robertson (2★) |
| 100 | Boise State | Pac-12 | 0% Avg 80.10 | 0.0% (0) | 14 | Jeff Worthy (3★) |
| 101 | Hawai'i | Mountain West | 0% Avg 74.39 | 0.0% (0) | 16 | Quinton Pedroza (3★) |
| 102 | Fresno State | Pac-12 | 0% Avg 74.28 | 0.0% (0) | 16 | Malique Micenheimer (3★) |
| 103 | New Mexico | Mountain West | 0% Avg 74.18 | 0.0% (0) | 16 | Larry Mazyck (3★) |
| 104 | BYU | Big 12 | 0% Avg 80.90 | 0.0% (0) | 13 | Ryker Mathews (3★) |
| 105 | Kansas State | Big 12 | 0% Avg 80.71 | 0.0% (0) | 13 | Michael Moore (3★) |
| 106 | South Alabama | Sun Belt | 0% Avg 77.24 | 0.0% (0) | 14 | J.J. Keels (3★) |
| 107 | UNLV | Mountain West | 0% Avg 74.43 | 0.0% (0) | 15 | Devante Davis (3★) |
| 108 | Nevada | Mountain West | 0% Avg 74.30 | 0.0% (0) | 15 | Anthony Knight (2★) |
| 109 | Wake Forest | ACC | 0% Avg 81.50 | 0.0% (0) | 12 | Cody Preble (3★) |
| 110 | Northwestern | Big Ten | 0% Avg 82.90 | 0.0% (0) | 11 | Andrew Smith (3★) |
| 111 | Louisiana Tech | Conference USA | 0% Avg 73.33 | 0.0% (0) | 14 | Beau Fitte (2★) |
| 112 | Houston | Big 12 | 0% Avg 78.37 | 0.0% (0) | 12 | Bram Kohlhausen (3★) |
| 113 | Purdue | Big Ten | 0% Avg 81.77 | 0.0% (0) | 9 | Akeem Hunt (3★) |
| 114 | New Mexico State | Conference USA | 0% Avg 72.77 | 0.0% (0) | 12 | Abram Holland (2★) |
| 115 | Arizona State | Big 12 | 0% Avg 83.09 | 0.0% (0) | 8 | Michael Eubank (3★) |
| 116 | Missouri | SEC | 0% Avg 82.20 | 0.0% (0) | 8 | Shane Ray (3★) |
| 117 | Arkansas State | Sun Belt | 0% Avg 73.33 | 0.0% (0) | 11 | Kyle Coleman (2★) |
| 118 | Eastern Michigan | Mid-American | 0% Avg 72.91 | 0.0% (0) | 10 | Demarius Reed (2★) |
| 119 | Utah State | Pac-12 | 0% Avg 72.96 | 0.0% (0) | 9 | Peni Vea (2★) |
| 120 | Liberty | Conference USA | 0% Avg 83.33 | 0.0% (0) | 1 | Grant Jones (3★) |
| 121 | Texas State | Pac-12 | 0% Avg 82.56 | 0.0% (0) | 1 | David Mims (3★) |
| 122 | Old Dominion | Sun Belt | 0% Avg 78.33 | 0.0% (0) | 1 | Reggie Owens (2★) |
| 123 | Massachusetts | Mid-American | 0% Avg 76.67 | 0.0% (0) | 1 | Mike Wegzyn (2★) |
| 124 | UTSA | American Athletic | 0% Avg 76.67 | 0.0% (0) | 1 | Troy Williams (2★) |
| 125 | App State | Sun Belt | 0% Avg 74.33 | 0.0% (0) | 1 | Doug Middleton (2★) |
| 126 | North Dakota State | Mountain West | 0% Avg 70.00 | 0.0% (0) | 1 | C.J. Smith (2★) |