Recruiting Rankings
2013 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
- 208
- Avg Class Size
- 16.5
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 | 4.3★ | 12 | Su'a Cravens (5★) |
| 2 | Alabama | SEC | 4.0★ | 22 | Reuben Foster (5★) |
| 3 | Ohio State | Big Ten | 4.0★ | 21 | Vonn Bell (5★) |
| 4 | Notre Dame | FBS Independents | 3.9★ | 22 | Jaylon Smith (5★) |
| 5 | LSU | SEC | 3.9★ | 20 | Tre'Davious White (4★) |
| 6 | Miami | ACC | 3.9★ | 10 | Derrick Griffin (4★) |
| 7 | UCLA | Big Ten | 3.8★ | 26 | Eddie Vanderdoes (5★) |
| 8 | Texas | SEC | 3.8★ | 13 | Darius James (5★) |
| 9 | Auburn | SEC | 3.7★ | 15 | Montravius Adams (5★) |
| 10 | Florida State | ACC | 3.7★ | 18 | Matthew Thomas (5★) |
| 11 | Oklahoma | SEC | 3.7★ | 13 | Keith Ford (5★) |
| 12 | Oregon | Big Ten | 3.6★ | 14 | Thomas Tyner (5★) |
| 13 | Michigan | Big Ten | 3.6★ | 25 | Derrick Green (5★) |
| 14 | Florida | SEC | 3.6★ | 26 | Vernon Hargreaves III (5★) |
| 15 | Clemson | ACC | 3.6★ | 17 | Mackensie Alexander (5★) |
| 16 | Ole Miss | SEC | 3.6★ | 21 | Robert Nkemdiche (5★) |
| 17 | North Carolina | ACC | 3.5★ | 10 | Greg Webb (4★) |
| 18 | Texas A&M | SEC | 3.5★ | 28 | Ricky Seals-Jones (5★) |
| 19 | Stanford | ACC | 3.4★ | 9 | Peter Kalambayi (4★) |
| 20 | Georgia | SEC | 3.4★ | 25 | Tray Matthews (4★) |
| 21 | Mississippi State | SEC | 3.4★ | 12 | Chris Jones (5★) |
| 22 | Virginia Tech | ACC | 3.4★ | 12 | Kendall Fuller (5★) |
| 23 | Washington | Big Ten | 3.4★ | 16 | Damore'ea Stringfellow (4★) |
| 24 | South Carolina | SEC | 3.3★ | 16 | Kelsey Griffin (4★) |
| 25 | Michigan State | Big Ten | 3.3★ | 11 | Jon Reschke (4★) |
| 26 | Louisville | ACC | 3.3★ | 12 | James Quick (4★) |
| 27 | Nebraska | Big Ten | 3.2★ | 19 | Terrell Newby (4★) |
| 28 | Tennessee | SEC | 3.2★ | 16 | Marquez North (4★) |
| 29 | West Virginia | Big 12 | 3.2★ | 12 | Shelton Gibson (4★) |
| 30 | California | ACC | 3.2★ | 13 | Jared Goff (4★) |
| 31 | Arkansas | SEC | 3.1★ | 16 | Alex Collins (4★) |
| 32 | Kentucky | SEC | 3.1★ | 16 | Jason Hatcher (4★) |
| 33 | Penn State | Big Ten | 3.1★ | 16 | Christian Hackenberg (5★) |
| 34 | Vanderbilt | SEC | 3.1★ | 16 | Zach Cunningham (4★) |
| 35 | Pittsburgh | ACC | 3.1★ | 17 | Dorian Johnson (4★) |
| 36 | Indiana | Big Ten | 3.1★ | 18 | Darius Latham (4★) |
| 37 | Arizona State | Big 12 | 3.1★ | 11 | Chans Cox (4★) |
| 38 | Virginia | ACC | 3.1★ | 12 | Taquan Mizzell (4★) |
| 39 | Missouri | SEC | 3.1★ | 14 | Josh Augusta (4★) |
| 40 | Oklahoma State | Big 12 | 3.1★ | 15 | Ra'Shaad Samples (4★) |
| 41 | Baylor | Big 12 | 3.1★ | 16 | Robbie Rhodes (5★) |
| 42 | Rutgers | Big Ten | 3.1★ | 16 | Nadir Barnwell (4★) |
| 43 | Illinois | Big Ten | 3★ | 18 | Aaron Bailey (4★) |
| 44 | TCU | Big 12 | 3★ | 15 | Kyle Hicks (4★) |
| 45 | Northwestern | Big Ten | 3★ | 13 | Matt Alviti (4★) |
| 46 | Texas Tech | Big 12 | 3★ | 13 | Devin Lauderdale (3★) |
| 47 | Cincinnati | Big 12 | 3★ | 9 | Travis Johnson (4★) |
| 48 | Grand Valley State University | — | 3★ | 2 | Tyvel Jemison (3★) |
| 49 | Lehigh | — | 3★ | 2 | Evan Harvey (3★) |
| 50 | Sacramento State | Mid-American | 3★ | 2 | Jordan Robinson (3★) |
| 51 | Sam Houston | Conference USA | 3★ | 2 | AJ Davis (3★) |
| 52 | Alabama A&M | — | 3★ | 1 | DeAndre Wise (3★) |
| 53 | Brown | — | 3★ | 1 | Joshua Morris (3★) |
| 54 | Columbia | — | 3★ | 1 | Kelly Hilinski (3★) |
| 55 | Jacksonville | — | 3★ | 1 | Ander Bodkin (3★) |
| 56 | James Madison | Sun Belt | 3★ | 1 | Brandon Ravenel (3★) |
| 57 | Presbyterian | — | 3★ | 1 | Darrell Bridges (3★) |
| 58 | William & Mary | — | 3★ | 1 | Will Jones (3★) |
| 59 | Maryland | Big Ten | 2.9★ | 18 | Derwin Gray (4★) |
| 60 | Purdue | Big Ten | 2.9★ | 18 | Danny Etling (4★) |
| 61 | Arizona | Big 12 | 2.9★ | 23 | Pierre Cormier (4★) |
| 62 | NC State | ACC | 2.9★ | 20 | Sean Paul (3★) |
| 63 | Iowa State | Big 12 | 2.9★ | 19 | Jake Campos (4★) |
| 64 | Boise State | Pac-12 | 2.9★ | 14 | Aaron Baltazar (3★) |
| 65 | Oregon State | Pac-12 | 2.9★ | 14 | Dashon Hunt (4★) |
| 66 | South Florida | American Athletic | 2.9★ | 14 | Lamar Robbins (3★) |
| 67 | Syracuse | ACC | 2.8★ | 12 | Corey Cooper (3★) |
| 68 | Kansas | Big 12 | 2.8★ | 6 | Kellen Ash (3★) |
| 69 | UConn | FBS Independents | 2.8★ | 23 | Tim Boyle (3★) |
| 70 | Duke | ACC | 2.8★ | 17 | Dominic McDonald (3★) |
| 71 | Wisconsin | Big Ten | 2.8★ | 17 | Corey Clement (4★) |
| 72 | Georgia Tech | ACC | 2.8★ | 11 | Shamire DeVine (4★) |
| 73 | UCF | Big 12 | 2.8★ | 16 | Micah Reed (3★) |
| 74 | Houston | Big 12 | 2.8★ | 13 | Ja'Braylin Thomas (3★) |
| 75 | Washington State | Pac-12 | 2.8★ | 20 | Tyler Bruggman (4★) |
| 76 | Utah | Big 12 | 2.8★ | 12 | Lowell Lotulelei (3★) |
| 77 | Minnesota | Big Ten | 2.7★ | 18 | De'Niro Laster (3★) |
| 78 | Boston College | ACC | 2.7★ | 14 | Tevin Montgomery (3★) |
| 79 | Wake Forest | ACC | 2.7★ | 20 | Dezmond Wortham (3★) |
| 80 | Kansas State | Big 12 | 2.7★ | 10 | Tanner Wood (3★) |
| 81 | Colorado | Big 12 | 2.7★ | 16 | Sefo Liufau (3★) |
| 82 | Central Arkansas | — | 2.7★ | 3 | Stockton Mallett (3★) |
| 83 | Coastal Carolina | Sun Belt | 2.7★ | 3 | Nicholas Bonaparte (3★) |
| 84 | Delaware | Conference USA | 2.7★ | 3 | Roman Tatum (3★) |
| 85 | Illinois State | — | 2.7★ | 3 | Jalen Battle (3★) |
| 86 | Fresno State | Pac-12 | 2.6★ | 17 | Zack Greenlee (3★) |
| 87 | Iowa | Big Ten | 2.6★ | 11 | Jon Wisnieski (3★) |
| 88 | Toledo | Mid-American | 2.6★ | 19 | Rodney Adams (3★) |
| 89 | San Diego State | Pac-12 | 2.6★ | 16 | Fred Melifonwu (3★) |
| 90 | SMU | ACC | 2.6★ | 21 | Zelt Minor (3★) |
| 91 | BYU | Big 12 | 2.6★ | 18 | Brayden Kearsley (4★) |
| 92 | Tulsa | American Athletic | 2.5★ | 20 | Will Barrow (3★) |
| 93 | — | 2.5★ | 1,072 | — | |
| 94 | Louisiana | Sun Belt | 2.5★ | 16 | Troy McCollum (3★) |
| 95 | Alcorn State | — | 2.5★ | 4 | Montreal Jordan (3★) |
| 96 | Albany | — | 2.5★ | 2 | Michael Senn (3★) |
| 97 | Eastern Washington | — | 2.5★ | 2 | D.J. Martin (3★) |
| 98 | Southeastern Louisiana | — | 2.5★ | 2 | Dario Robinson (3★) |
| 99 | Stony Brook | — | 2.5★ | 2 | Ousmane Camara (3★) |
| 100 | East Carolina | American Athletic | 2.5★ | 23 | Marquez Grayson (3★) |
| 101 | New Mexico | Mountain West | 2.5★ | 19 | Isaiah Brown (3★) |
| 102 | Louisiana Tech | Conference USA | 2.5★ | 11 | Hakim Gray (3★) |
| 103 | Hawai'i | Mountain West | 2.4★ | 18 | Kennedy Tulimasealii (3★) |
| 104 | Temple | American Athletic | 2.4★ | 18 | Buddy Brown (3★) |
| 105 | Colorado State | Pac-12 | 2.4★ | 16 | Nick Stevens (3★) |
| 106 | Rice | American Athletic | 2.4★ | 16 | Kenneth Thompson (3★) |
| 107 | Arkansas State | Sun Belt | 2.4★ | 17 | Colin Janice (3★) |
| 108 | Middle Tennessee | Conference USA | 2.4★ | 20 | Kamani Thomas (3★) |
| 109 | Southern Miss | Sun Belt | 2.4★ | 21 | Christopher Robinson (3★) |
| 110 | South Alabama | Sun Belt | 2.3★ | 15 | Kaleb Blanchard (3★) |
| 111 | Marshall | Sun Belt | 2.3★ | 12 | Jeremy Benjamin (3★) |
| 112 | Samford | — | 2.3★ | 6 | James Major (3★) |
| 113 | Duquesne | — | 2.3★ | 3 | Sterling Parks (3★) |
| 114 | Jackson State | — | 2.3★ | 3 | Cornelius Henderson (3★) |
| 115 | Jacksonville State | Conference USA | 2.3★ | 3 | Ramar Dennis (3★) |
| 116 | Southern Illinois | — | 2.3★ | 3 | Ki-Jana Evans (3★) |
| 117 | Tennessee Tech | — | 2.3★ | 3 | Jonathan King (3★) |
| 118 | Villanova | — | 2.3★ | 3 | Thomas Plonski (3★) |
| 119 | Bowling Green | Mid-American | 2.3★ | 19 | Fred Coppet (3★) |
| 120 | Tulane | American Athletic | 2.3★ | 19 | Chris Taylor (3★) |
| 121 | Akron | Mid-American | 2.3★ | 13 | Jerome Lane (3★) |
| 122 | Nevada | Mountain West | 2.3★ | 13 | Tere Calloway (3★) |
| 123 | UNLV | Mountain West | 2.3★ | 14 | Kendal Keys (3★) |
| 124 | Central Michigan | Mid-American | 2.3★ | 18 | Derek Edwards (3★) |
| 125 | Florida Atlantic | American Athletic | 2.3★ | 18 | Robert Miller (3★) |
| 126 | Indiana State | — | 2.3★ | 4 | Chris Davis (3★) |
| 127 | Western Michigan | Mid-American | 2.2★ | 17 | Jackson Day (3★) |
| 128 | Ball State | Mid-American | 2.2★ | 18 | Calvin Blank (3★) |
| 129 | Charlotte | American Athletic | 2.2★ | 19 | Tevin Lawshe (3★) |
| 130 | Northern Illinois | Mountain West | 2.2★ | 25 | Aregeros Turner (3★) |
| 131 | Hudson Valley | — | 2.2★ | 20 | Josh Anderson (3★) |
| 132 | New Mexico State | Conference USA | 2.2★ | 15 | Brandon Hines (3★) |
| 133 | Texas State | Pac-12 | 2.2★ | 10 | Dila Rosemond (3★) |
| 134 | Chattanooga | — | 2.2★ | 5 | Taylor Reynolds (3★) |
| 135 | Murray State | — | 2.2★ | 5 | LaBront Scott (3★) |
| 136 | South Carolina State | — | 2.2★ | 5 | Harold Atkinson (3★) |
| 137 | Western Kentucky | Conference USA | 2.2★ | 26 | Joe Fennell (3★) |
| 138 | UTSA | American Athletic | 2.2★ | 16 | Jalen Rhodes (3★) |
| 139 | Massachusetts | Mid-American | 2.2★ | 22 | Shane Huber (3★) |
| 140 | Utah State | Pac-12 | 2.2★ | 17 | Tyler Fox (3★) |
| 141 | North Texas | American Athletic | 2.2★ | 13 | Andrew Tucker (3★) |
| 142 | Kent State | Mid-American | 2.1★ | 21 | Demetrius Monday (3★) |
| 143 | San José State | Mountain West | 2.1★ | 14 | Tyler Winston (3★) |
| 144 | Harvard | — | 2.1★ | 7 | Caleb Johnson (3★) |
| 145 | UL Monroe | Sun Belt | 2.1★ | 15 | Tevin Horton (3★) |
| 146 | UTEP | Mountain West | 2.1★ | 15 | Jaylon Scott (3★) |
| 147 | Navy | American Athletic | 2.1★ | 24 | Sean Spencer. (3★) |
| 148 | Buffalo | Mid-American | 2.1★ | 16 | Jamarl Eiland (3★) |
| 149 | Eastern Michigan | Mid-American | 2.1★ | 17 | Jaleel Canty (3★) |
| 150 | Ohio | Mid-American | 2.1★ | 18 | Leon Alexander (3★) |
| 151 | Bethune-Cookman | — | 2.1★ | 9 | Anthony Green (3★) |
| 152 | Miami (OH) | Mid-American | 2.1★ | 21 | Randy Heideman (3★) |
| 153 | Old Dominion | Sun Belt | 2.1★ | 23 | Keyshawn Henderson (3★) |
| 154 | Memphis | American Athletic | 2.1★ | 24 | Sam Craft (3★) |
| 155 | App State | Sun Belt | 2.1★ | 12 | Terrence Upshaw (3★) |
| 156 | Air Force | Mountain West | 2.1★ | 38 | Peter Cender (3★) |
| 157 | UAB | American Athletic | 2.1★ | 26 | Jeremiah Briscoe (3★) |
| 158 | Florida International | Conference USA | 2.1★ | 18 | Vontarius West (3★) |
| 159 | Georgia State | Sun Belt | 2.0★ | 20 | Mackendy Cheridor (3★) |
| 160 | Idaho | — | 2★ | 15 | Armond Hawkins Jr. (2★) |
| 161 | Wyoming | Mountain West | 2★ | 13 | Josh Tapscott (2★) |
| 162 | Army | American Athletic | 2★ | 12 | Ben Okun (2★) |
| 163 | Georgia Southern | Sun Belt | 2★ | 7 | Ryan George (2★) |
| 164 | Tennessee State | — | 2★ | 7 | Tevin Spells (2★) |
| 165 | Furman | — | 2★ | 6 | Aaron Black (2★) |
| 166 | Youngstown State | — | 2★ | 6 | Ricky Davis (2★) |
| 167 | Pennsylvania | — | 2★ | 5 | Mason Bryant (2★) |
| 168 | Yale | — | 2★ | 5 | Khalid Cannon (2★) |
| 169 | Richmond | — | 2★ | 4 | Brian Brown (2★) |
| 170 | Colgate | — | 2★ | 3 | Joseph Figueroa (2★) |
| 171 | McNeese | — | 2★ | 3 | Jay Washington (2★) |
| 172 | Montana | — | 2★ | 3 | Connor Strahm (2★) |
| 173 | Northern Arizona | — | 2★ | 3 | Tyler Shank (2★) |
| 174 | Stephen F. Austin | — | 2★ | 3 | Justice Liggins (2★) |
| 175 | The Citadel | — | 2★ | 3 | Jorian Jordan-Brown (2★) |
| 176 | Wofford | — | 2★ | 3 | Lincoln Stewart (2★) |
| 177 | Bucknell | — | 2★ | 2 | Devlin Brennan (2★) |
| 178 | Florida A&M | — | 2★ | 2 | Luke Helms (2★) |
| 179 | Houston Christian | — | 2★ | 2 | Chrishard Buhl (2★) |
| 180 | Northern Colorado | — | 2★ | 2 | Hakeem Deggs (2★) |
| 181 | Towson | — | 2★ | 2 | Andre Dessenberg (2★) |
| 182 | VMI | — | 2★ | 2 | Al Cobb (2★) |
| 183 | Western Carolina | — | 2★ | 2 | Tyrecous Garrett (2★) |
| 184 | Alabama State | — | 2★ | 1 | Jordan Harris (2★) |
| 185 | Austin Peay | — | 2★ | 1 | Deondre Moore (2★) |
| 186 | Dartmouth | — | 2★ | 1 | Garrett Strohmaier (2★) |
| 187 | Elon | — | 2★ | 1 | Asunji Maddox (2★) |
| 188 | Fordham | — | 2★ | 1 | Kyvaune Brammer (2★) |
| 189 | Gardner-Webb | — | 2★ | 1 | Madison O'Connor (2★) |
| 190 | Georgetown | — | 2★ | 1 | Joseph Ledford (2★) |
| 191 | Grambling | — | 2★ | 1 | Stephen Johnson (2★) |
| 192 | Idaho State | — | 2★ | 1 | Skyler Phillips (2★) |
| 193 | Maine | — | 2★ | 1 | Najee Goode (2★) |
| 194 | North Dakota | — | 2★ | 1 | Dan Bell (2★) |
| 195 | North Dakota State | Mountain West | 2★ | 1 | Tre' Dempsey (2★) |
| 196 | Northern Iowa | — | 2★ | 1 | Jamison Whiting (2★) |
| 197 | Portland State | — | 2★ | 1 | Khalil Dawson (2★) |
| 198 | Rhode Island | — | 2★ | 1 | Abdul Ibrahim (2★) |
| 199 | Robert Morris | — | 2★ | 1 | Luke Brumbaugh (2★) |
| 200 | South Dakota | — | 2★ | 1 | Miles Bergner (2★) |
| 201 | Southeast Missouri State | — | 2★ | 1 | Craig Mackey (2★) |
| 202 | Southern | — | 2★ | 1 | Kylum Favorite (2★) |
| 203 | Stetson | — | 2★ | 1 | Devon Jones-Stewart (2★) |
| 204 | Texas Southern | — | 2★ | 1 | Tracy Johnson (2★) |
| 205 | UC Davis | — | 2★ | 1 | Anthony Saenz (2★) |
| 206 | UT Martin | — | 2★ | 1 | Tae Martin (2★) |
| 207 | Weber State | — | 2★ | 1 | Austin Chipoletti (2★) |
| 208 | Western Illinois | — | 2★ | 1 | Devon Sanders (2★) |