Recruiting Rankings
2012 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
- Air Force
- Ranked Programs
- 132
- Avg Class Size
- 17.6
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National class table
Current mode: Class Size. Class Score fallback = rating quality plus class size, blue-chip count, and top-end talent from current CFBTrack records.
| Rank | Team | Conference | Class Size | Blue-Chip | Recruits | Top Prospect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Air Force | Mountain West | 37 Avg 77.15 | 0.0% (0) | 37 | Steven Cornellier (3★) |
| 2 | Northern Illinois | Mountain West | 31 Avg 74.62 | 0.0% (0) | 31 | Mike Cotton (3★) |
| 3 | Miami | ACC | 28 Avg 88.49 | 32.1% (9) | 28 | Duke Johnson (5★) |
| 4 | Temple | American Athletic | 28 Avg 78.97 | 0.0% (0) | 28 | Nate L Smith (3★) |
| 5 | Florida International | Conference USA | 28 Avg 77.93 | 0.0% (0) | 28 | Patrick Jean (3★) |
| 6 | Cincinnati | Big 12 | 27 Avg 83.48 | 0.0% (0) | 27 | Bennie Coney (3★) |
| 7 | Michigan | Big Ten | 26 Avg 90.15 | 61.5% (16) | 26 | Kyle Kalis (4★) |
| 8 | Texas | SEC | 25 Avg 92.47 | 84.0% (21) | 25 | Johnathan Gray (5★) |
| 9 | Colorado | Big 12 | 25 Avg 84.15 | 8.0% (2) | 25 | Yuri Wright (4★) |
| 10 | Arizona | Big 12 | 25 Avg 83.87 | 8.0% (2) | 25 | Freddie Tagaloa (4★) |
| 11 | Toledo | Mid-American | 25 Avg 79.27 | 4.0% (1) | 25 | Corey Jones (4★) |
| 12 | South Carolina | SEC | 24 Avg 88.49 | 37.5% (9) | 24 | Shaq Roland (4★) |
| 13 | Kentucky | SEC | 24 Avg 83.79 | 4.2% (1) | 24 | Patrick Towles (4★) |
| 14 | Miami (OH) | Mid-American | 24 Avg 78.23 | 0.0% (0) | 24 | Brandyn Cook (3★) |
| 15 | Alabama | SEC | 23 Avg 93.79 | 73.9% (17) | 23 | Landon Collins (5★) |
| 16 | Ohio State | Big Ten | 23 Avg 91.76 | 69.6% (16) | 23 | Noah Spence (5★) |
| 17 | UCLA | Big Ten | 23 Avg 87.03 | 30.4% (7) | 23 | Ellis McCarthy (5★) |
| 18 | Virginia Tech | ACC | 23 Avg 86.14 | 30.4% (7) | 23 | Joel Caleb (4★) |
| 19 | Mississippi State | SEC | 23 Avg 85.80 | 21.7% (5) | 23 | Quay Evans (4★) |
| 20 | Iowa | Big Ten | 23 Avg 84.42 | 17.4% (4) | 23 | Greg Garmon (4★) |
| 21 | West Virginia | Big 12 | 23 Avg 84.80 | 13.0% (3) | 23 | Deon-Tay McManus (4★) |
| 22 | Minnesota | Big Ten | 23 Avg 81.60 | 0.0% (0) | 23 | Andre McDonald (3★) |
| 23 | Rice | American Athletic | 23 Avg 78.79 | 0.0% (0) | 23 | Luke Turner (3★) |
| 24 | Central Michigan | Mid-American | 23 Avg 78.04 | 0.0% (0) | 23 | Kelby Latta (3★) |
| 25 | Western Michigan | Mid-American | 23 Avg 77.32 | 0.0% (0) | 23 | Jaime Wilson (3★) |
| 26 | Kent State | Mid-American | 23 Avg 76.85 | 0.0% (0) | 23 | James Brooks (3★) |
| 27 | Stanford | ACC | 22 Avg 90.51 | 50.0% (11) | 22 | Kyle Murphy (5★) |
| 28 | Baylor | Big 12 | 22 Avg 85.72 | 22.7% (5) | 22 | Javonte Magee (4★) |
| 29 | Arkansas | SEC | 22 Avg 87.28 | 18.2% (4) | 22 | Jonathan Williams (4★) |
| 30 | Houston | Big 12 | 22 Avg 81.18 | 4.5% (1) | 22 | Deontay Greenberry (4★) |
| 31 | Vanderbilt | SEC | 22 Avg 85.11 | 4.5% (1) | 22 | Brian Kimbrow (4★) |
| 32 | Ball State | Mid-American | 22 Avg 77.41 | 0.0% (0) | 22 | Josh Smith (3★) |
| 33 | UAB | American Athletic | 22 Avg 76.54 | 0.0% (0) | 22 | Kelton Brackett (3★) |
| 34 | UTEP | Mountain West | 22 Avg 76.45 | 0.0% (0) | 22 | Da'Carlos Renfro (3★) |
| 35 | Florida | SEC | 21 Avg 91.75 | 66.7% (14) | 21 | D.J. Humphries (5★) |
| 36 | LSU | SEC | 21 Avg 90.06 | 76.2% (16) | 21 | Kwon Alexander (4★) |
| 37 | Virginia | ACC | 21 Avg 86.19 | 23.8% (5) | 21 | Eli Harold (4★) |
| 38 | Maryland | Big Ten | 21 Avg 85.41 | 14.3% (3) | 21 | Stefon Diggs (5★) |
| 39 | North Carolina | ACC | 21 Avg 84.81 | 9.5% (2) | 21 | Quinshad Davis (4★) |
| 40 | Purdue | Big Ten | 21 Avg 83.61 | 9.5% (2) | 21 | Ryan Watson (4★) |
| 41 | Northwestern | Big Ten | 21 Avg 83.77 | 4.8% (1) | 21 | Ifeadi Odenigbo (4★) |
| 42 | SMU | ACC | 21 Avg 81.35 | 0.0% (0) | 21 | Seaver Myers (3★) |
| 43 | Arkansas State | Sun Belt | 21 Avg 79.73 | 0.0% (0) | 21 | Chris Humes (3★) |
| 44 | North Texas | American Athletic | 21 Avg 77.07 | 0.0% (0) | 21 | Boone Feldt (3★) |
| 45 | Eastern Michigan | Mid-American | 21 Avg 76.19 | 0.0% (0) | 21 | Juwan Lewis (3★) |
| 46 | Akron | Mid-American | 21 Avg 74.85 | 0.0% (0) | 21 | Steven Franco (3★) |
| 47 | Washington | Big Ten | 20 Avg 85.75 | 35.0% (7) | 20 | Shaq Thompson (5★) |
| 48 | Oklahoma State | Big 12 | 20 Avg 86.20 | 20.0% (4) | 20 | Michael Wilson (4★) |
| 49 | Utah | Big 12 | 20 Avg 84.29 | 20.0% (4) | 20 | Jeremiah Poutasi (4★) |
| 50 | TCU | Big 12 | 20 Avg 86.43 | 15.0% (3) | 20 | Devonte Fields (4★) |
| 51 | Syracuse | ACC | 20 Avg 82.06 | 10.0% (2) | 20 | Wayne Morgan (4★) |
| 52 | Southern Miss | Sun Belt | 20 Avg 80.17 | 5.0% (1) | 20 | Anthony Alford (4★) |
| 53 | Duke | ACC | 20 Avg 82.87 | 0.0% (0) | 20 | Shaquille Powell (3★) |
| 54 | Memphis | American Athletic | 20 Avg 77.11 | 0.0% (0) | 20 | Will Gross (3★) |
| 55 | New Mexico | Mountain West | 20 Avg 76.73 | 0.0% (0) | 20 | Gerron Borne (3★) |
| 56 | Louisiana | Sun Belt | 20 Avg 76.44 | 0.0% (0) | 20 | Brooks Haack (3★) |
| 57 | UL Monroe | Sun Belt | 20 Avg 76.30 | 0.0% (0) | 20 | Jeff Savage (3★) |
| 58 | Colorado State | Pac-12 | 20 Avg 75.16 | 0.0% (0) | 20 | Jordon Vaden (3★) |
| 59 | Wyoming | Mountain West | 20 Avg 74.77 | 0.0% (0) | 20 | Trent Sewell (3★) |
| 60 | Auburn | SEC | 19 Avg 90.95 | 57.9% (11) | 19 | Avery Young (4★) |
| 61 | Penn State | Big Ten | 19 Avg 85.15 | 15.8% (3) | 19 | Geno Lewis (4★) |
| 62 | Washington State | Pac-12 | 19 Avg 82.77 | 5.3% (1) | 19 | Gabe Marks (4★) |
| 63 | UConn | FBS Independents | 19 Avg 80.50 | 0.0% (0) | 19 | Casey Cochran (3★) |
| 64 | San Diego State | Pac-12 | 19 Avg 79.71 | 0.0% (0) | 19 | Austin Maass (3★) |
| 65 | Oregon | Big Ten | 18 Avg 89.30 | 55.6% (10) | 18 | Arik Armstead (5★) |
| 66 | Rutgers | Big Ten | 18 Avg 87.61 | 33.3% (6) | 18 | Darius Hamilton (5★) |
| 67 | Tennessee | SEC | 18 Avg 87.68 | 38.9% (7) | 18 | Omari Phillips (4★) |
| 68 | Michigan State | Big Ten | 18 Avg 85.37 | 22.2% (4) | 18 | Aaron Burbridge (4★) |
| 69 | Oregon State | Pac-12 | 18 Avg 84.45 | 5.6% (1) | 18 | Isaac Seumalo (5★) |
| 70 | Wake Forest | ACC | 18 Avg 82.87 | 0.0% (0) | 18 | Tyler Cameron (3★) |
| 71 | Iowa State | Big 12 | 18 Avg 82.20 | 0.0% (0) | 18 | Grant Rohach (3★) |
| 72 | Ohio | Mid-American | 18 Avg 78.34 | 0.0% (0) | 18 | Sebastian Smith (3★) |
| 73 | San José State | Mountain West | 18 Avg 77.06 | 0.0% (0) | 18 | Christian Tago (3★) |
| 74 | Buffalo | Mid-American | 18 Avg 76.73 | 0.0% (0) | 18 | Robert Riche (3★) |
| 75 | Florida Atlantic | American Athletic | 18 Avg 76.58 | 0.0% (0) | 18 | Cre'von LeBlanc (3★) |
| 76 | Florida State | ACC | 17 Avg 93.40 | 82.4% (14) | 17 | Mario Edwards (5★) |
| 77 | Georgia | SEC | 17 Avg 92.07 | 58.8% (10) | 17 | Keith Marshall (5★) |
| 78 | Notre Dame | FBS Independents | 17 Avg 91.50 | 64.7% (11) | 17 | Gunner Kiel (5★) |
| 79 | Clemson | ACC | 17 Avg 89.71 | 58.8% (10) | 17 | Carlos Watkins (4★) |
| 80 | Missouri | SEC | 17 Avg 87.24 | 23.5% (4) | 17 | Dorial Green-Beckham (5★) |
| 81 | Pittsburgh | ACC | 17 Avg 85.84 | 23.5% (4) | 17 | Rushel Shell (5★) |
| 82 | Arizona State | Big 12 | 17 Avg 84.55 | 11.8% (2) | 17 | D.J. Foster (4★) |
| 83 | Boise State | Pac-12 | 17 Avg 82.07 | 0.0% (0) | 17 | Travis Averill (3★) |
| 84 | Tulsa | American Athletic | 17 Avg 78.87 | 0.0% (0) | 17 | Michael Thomas (3★) |
| 85 | Middle Tennessee | Conference USA | 17 Avg 76.00 | 0.0% (0) | 17 | Shaq Huff (3★) |
| 86 | Texas A&M | SEC | 16 Avg 90.60 | 62.5% (10) | 16 | Trey Williams (5★) |
| 87 | California | ACC | 16 Avg 87.39 | 43.8% (7) | 16 | Zach Kline (4★) |
| 88 | Louisville | ACC | 16 Avg 84.46 | 12.5% (2) | 16 | Keith Brown (4★) |
| 89 | Indiana | Big Ten | 16 Avg 83.59 | 0.0% (0) | 16 | Nate Sudfeld (3★) |
| 90 | Illinois | Big Ten | 16 Avg 82.57 | 0.0% (0) | 16 | Joe Spencer (3★) |
| 91 | Boston College | ACC | 16 Avg 81.83 | 0.0% (0) | 16 | Win Homer (3★) |
| 92 | Tulane | American Athletic | 16 Avg 80.17 | 0.0% (0) | 16 | Darion Monroe (3★) |
| 93 | USC | Big Ten | 15 Avg 92.66 | 73.3% (11) | 15 | Nelson Agholor (5★) |
| 94 | Georgia Tech | ACC | 15 Avg 85.06 | 13.3% (2) | 15 | Justin Thomas (4★) |
| 95 | NC State | ACC | 15 Avg 84.45 | 6.7% (1) | 15 | Kenderius Whitehead (4★) |
| 96 | Hawai'i | Mountain West | 15 Avg 77.30 | 6.7% (1) | 15 | Jeremy Castro (4★) |
| 97 | Nevada | Mountain West | 15 Avg 79.07 | 0.0% (0) | 15 | Chris Solomon (3★) |
| 98 | Bowling Green | Mid-American | 15 Avg 77.66 | 0.0% (0) | 15 | James Sanford (3★) |
| 99 | Navy | American Athletic | 15 Avg 77.43 | 0.0% (0) | 15 | Ben Tamburello (3★) |
| 100 | UNLV | Mountain West | 15 Avg 77.27 | 0.0% (0) | 15 | Jeremiah Valoaga (3★) |
| 101 | Oklahoma | SEC | 14 Avg 91.41 | 71.4% (10) | 14 | Alex Ross (4★) |
| 102 | Ole Miss | SEC | 14 Avg 84.70 | 21.4% (3) | 14 | Channing Ward (5★) |
| 103 | Texas Tech | Big 12 | 14 Avg 88.10 | 28.6% (4) | 14 | Michael Starts (4★) |
| 104 | Marshall | Sun Belt | 14 Avg 78.55 | 7.1% (1) | 14 | A.J. Leggett (4★) |
| 105 | UCF | Big 12 | 14 Avg 79.43 | 0.0% (0) | 14 | Chester Brown (3★) |
| 106 | Army | American Athletic | 14 Avg 74.05 | 0.0% (0) | 14 | Nate Guidry (2★) |
| 107 | Nebraska | Big Ten | 13 Avg 88.00 | 53.8% (7) | 13 | Paul Thurston (4★) |
| 108 | Wisconsin | Big Ten | 13 Avg 84.83 | 30.8% (4) | 13 | Dan Voltz (4★) |
| 109 | BYU | Big 12 | 13 Avg 82.34 | 15.4% (2) | 13 | Tanner Mangum (4★) |
| 110 | Kansas State | Big 12 | 13 Avg 80.78 | 0.0% (0) | 13 | Tay Bender (3★) |
| 111 | South Alabama | Sun Belt | 13 Avg 78.64 | 0.0% (0) | 13 | Steven Foster (3★) |
| 112 | South Florida | American Athletic | 12 Avg 86.37 | 16.7% (2) | 12 | Sean Price (4★) |
| 113 | Louisiana Tech | Conference USA | 12 Avg 79.69 | 0.0% (0) | 12 | Lloyd Grogan (3★) |
| 114 | Fresno State | Pac-12 | 12 Avg 77.17 | 0.0% (0) | 12 | Shannon Edwards (3★) |
| 115 | East Carolina | American Athletic | 11 Avg 80.08 | 0.0% (0) | 11 | Lucas Thompson (3★) |
| 116 | Texas State | Pac-12 | 10 Avg 80.19 | 0.0% (0) | 10 | Adrian Bellard (3★) |
| 117 | Western Kentucky | Conference USA | 10 Avg 79.91 | 0.0% (0) | 10 | Tyrone Pearson (3★) |
| 118 | New Mexico State | Conference USA | 9 Avg 77.65 | 11.1% (1) | 9 | Tyler Matthews (4★) |
| 119 | Kansas | Big 12 | 8 Avg 81.04 | 0.0% (0) | 8 | Schyler Miles (3★) |
| 120 | James Madison | Sun Belt | 8 Avg 77.27 | 0.0% (0) | 8 | Ian Fisher (3★) |
| 121 | Utah State | Pac-12 | 8 Avg 76.83 | 0.0% (0) | 8 | Nick Vigil (3★) |
| 122 | Old Dominion | Sun Belt | 7 Avg 76.19 | 0.0% (0) | 7 | Andrew Everett (3★) |
| 123 | UTSA | American Athletic | 5 Avg 81.21 | 0.0% (0) | 5 | Trevor Stevens (3★) |
| 124 | App State | Sun Belt | 5 Avg 79.59 | 0.0% (0) | 5 | John Law (3★) |
| 125 | Georgia State | Sun Belt | 4 Avg 77.17 | 0.0% (0) | 4 | Chris Jones (3★) |
| 126 | Charlotte | American Athletic | 3 Avg 76.61 | 0.0% (0) | 3 | Justin Bolus (2★) |
| 127 | Georgia Southern | Sun Belt | 2 Avg 82.73 | 0.0% (0) | 2 | Matt Dobson (3★) |
| 128 | Liberty | Conference USA | 2 Avg 81.50 | 0.0% (0) | 2 | Darrin Peterson (3★) |
| 129 | Massachusetts | Mid-American | 2 Avg 80.13 | 0.0% (0) | 2 | Tajae Sharpe (3★) |
| 130 | Coastal Carolina | Sun Belt | 2 Avg 75.34 | 0.0% (0) | 2 | Dalton Demos (2★) |
| 131 | Jacksonville State | Conference USA | 1 Avg 76.33 | 0.0% (0) | 1 | Troymaine Pope (2★) |
| 132 | Delaware | Conference USA | 1 Avg 71.00 | 0.0% (0) | 1 | Eric Enderson (2★) |