Recruiting Rankings
2015 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
- 229
- Avg Class Size
- 15.4
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 | 4.2★ | 21 | Calvin Ridley (5★) |
| 2 | UCLA | Big Ten | 4.1★ | 15 | Josh Rosen (5★) |
| 3 | USC | Big Ten | 4.0★ | 20 | Iman Marshall (5★) |
| 4 | Oregon | Big Ten | 4★ | 8 | Canton Kaumatule (5★) |
| 5 | Florida State | ACC | 3.9★ | 18 | Derwin James (5★) |
| 6 | Texas | SEC | 3.9★ | 17 | Malik Jefferson (5★) |
| 7 | Georgia | SEC | 3.9★ | 18 | Trenton Thompson (5★) |
| 8 | Penn State | Big Ten | 3.9★ | 15 | Saquon Barkley (4★) |
| 9 | Notre Dame | FBS Independents | 3.8★ | 17 | Brandon Wimbush (4★) |
| 10 | Texas A&M | SEC | 3.8★ | 20 | Daylon Mack (5★) |
| 11 | Ohio State | Big Ten | 3.7★ | 19 | Justin Hilliard (5★) |
| 12 | Auburn | SEC | 3.7★ | 24 | Byron Cowart (5★) |
| 13 | Clemson | ACC | 3.6★ | 21 | Deon Cain (5★) |
| 14 | Arizona State | Big 12 | 3.6★ | 13 | Brady White (4★) |
| 15 | Oklahoma | SEC | 3.6★ | 13 | Neville Gallimore (4★) |
| 16 | LSU | SEC | 3.6★ | 22 | Kevin Toliver II (5★) |
| 17 | Mississippi State | SEC | 3.6★ | 9 | Jamal Peters (4★) |
| 18 | Michigan | Big Ten | 3.5★ | 11 | Brian Cole (4★) |
| 19 | Florida | SEC | 3.5★ | 13 | Martez Ivey (5★) |
| 20 | Stanford | ACC | 3.5★ | 12 | Trent Irwin (4★) |
| 21 | Michigan State | Big Ten | 3.5★ | 13 | LJ Scott (4★) |
| 22 | Texas Tech | Big 12 | 3.5★ | 11 | Breiden Fehoko (4★) |
| 23 | Washington | Big Ten | 3.5★ | 11 | Jake Browning (4★) |
| 24 | North Carolina | ACC | 3.4★ | 9 | Jalen Dalton (4★) |
| 25 | Ole Miss | SEC | 3.4★ | 9 | Damarkus Lodge (4★) |
| 26 | Arkansas | SEC | 3.4★ | 14 | Hjalte Froholdt (4★) |
| 27 | Tennessee | SEC | 3.4★ | 24 | Kahlil McKenzie (5★) |
| 28 | Missouri | SEC | 3.4★ | 8 | Terry Beckner Jr. (5★) |
| 29 | Virginia Tech | ACC | 3.4★ | 8 | Tim Settle (4★) |
| 30 | South Carolina | SEC | 3.4★ | 11 | Shameik Blackshear (4★) |
| 31 | Louisville | ACC | 3.3★ | 6 | Dee Smith (4★) |
| 32 | Miami | ACC | 3.3★ | 13 | Mark Walton (4★) |
| 33 | Nebraska | Big Ten | 3.3★ | 13 | Eric Lee (4★) |
| 34 | California | ACC | 3.3★ | 12 | Carlos Strickland (4★) |
| 35 | Pittsburgh | ACC | 3.2★ | 9 | Jordan Whitehead (4★) |
| 36 | West Virginia | Big 12 | 3.2★ | 9 | Tyrek Cole (4★) |
| 37 | NC State | ACC | 3.2★ | 14 | Johnny Frasier (4★) |
| 38 | TCU | Big 12 | 3.2★ | 5 | Deshawn Raymond (4★) |
| 39 | Baylor | Big 12 | 3.2★ | 11 | Jarrett Stidham (4★) |
| 40 | Oklahoma State | Big 12 | 3.1★ | 8 | Darrion Daniels (4★) |
| 41 | Illinois | Big Ten | 3.1★ | 10 | Gabe Megginson (4★) |
| 42 | Vanderbilt | SEC | 3.1★ | 10 | Josh Smith (4★) |
| 43 | Maryland | Big Ten | 3.1★ | 12 | Adam McLean (4★) |
| 44 | Virginia | ACC | 3.1★ | 12 | Jahvoni Simmons (4★) |
| 45 | Wisconsin | Big Ten | 3★ | 15 | Arrington Farrar (4★) |
| 46 | Iowa | Big Ten | 3★ | 13 | James Daniels (4★) |
| 47 | UCF | Big 12 | 3★ | 11 | Tristan Payton (4★) |
| 48 | Arizona | Big 12 | 3★ | 9 | Keenan Walker (4★) |
| 49 | Georgia Tech | ACC | 3★ | 9 | Christian Philpott (3★) |
| 50 | Kentucky | SEC | 3★ | 7 | Eli Brown (4★) |
| 51 | Duke | ACC | 3★ | 6 | Ben Humphreys (4★) |
| 52 | Cal Poly | — | 3★ | 3 | Tyler Whisenhunt (3★) |
| 53 | Liberty | Conference USA | 3★ | 2 | Denvre Daniels (3★) |
| 54 | Montana | — | 3★ | 2 | Jeremy Calhoun (3★) |
| 55 | Elon | — | 3★ | 1 | Jonathan Thomas (3★) |
| 56 | Hampton | — | 3★ | 1 | Malik Mackey (3★) |
| 57 | Marist | — | 3★ | 1 | Nasir Bonner (3★) |
| 58 | McNeese | — | 3★ | 1 | Grant Burguillos (3★) |
| 59 | Missouri State | Conference USA | 3★ | 1 | Robert Thomas (3★) |
| 60 | North Carolina Central | — | 3★ | 1 | Jack Reed (3★) |
| 61 | Northern Colorado | — | 3★ | 1 | Johnnie Hankins (3★) |
| 62 | Southeastern Louisiana | — | 3★ | 1 | Louis Wings (3★) |
| 63 | Texas Southern | — | 3★ | 1 | Marvis Brown (3★) |
| 64 | Valparaiso | — | 3★ | 1 | Jalin LeAndre (3★) |
| 65 | Boise State | Pac-12 | 2.9★ | 16 | Brett Rypien (4★) |
| 66 | Boston College | ACC | 2.9★ | 11 | Elijah Robinson (3★) |
| 67 | Indiana | Big Ten | 2.9★ | 11 | Hunter Littlejohn (3★) |
| 68 | Oregon State | Pac-12 | 2.9★ | 11 | Christian Folau (3★) |
| 69 | Northwestern | Big Ten | 2.9★ | 10 | John Moten (3★) |
| 70 | Washington State | Pac-12 | 2.9★ | 10 | Thomas Toki (4★) |
| 71 | Rutgers | Big Ten | 2.9★ | 15 | Marques Ford (4★) |
| 72 | South Florida | American Athletic | 2.9★ | 14 | Danny Thomas (3★) |
| 73 | Colorado | Big 12 | 2.9★ | 7 | Tim Lynott (4★) |
| 74 | East Carolina | American Athletic | 2.9★ | 7 | Nhyre Quinerly (3★) |
| 75 | Utah | Big 12 | 2.8★ | 6 | Nick Carman (3★) |
| 76 | Fresno State | Pac-12 | 2.8★ | 11 | L.J. Reed (4★) |
| 77 | Towson | — | 2.8★ | 5 | Justice Pettus-Dixon (3★) |
| 78 | Cincinnati | Big 12 | 2.8★ | 14 | Joshuwa Holloman (3★) |
| 79 | Syracuse | ACC | 2.8★ | 14 | Dontae Strickland (3★) |
| 80 | Minnesota | Big Ten | 2.8★ | 22 | Quinn Oseland (3★) |
| 81 | Arkansas State | Sun Belt | 2.8★ | 17 | Griffin Riggs (3★) |
| 82 | Kansas State | Big 12 | 2.8★ | 12 | Elijah Sullivan (3★) |
| 83 | Wake Forest | ACC | 2.8★ | 12 | Scott Washington (3★) |
| 84 | Western Carolina | — | 2.8★ | 4 | Kalen Whitlow (3★) |
| 85 | Utah State | Pac-12 | 2.7★ | 11 | Daniel Langi (3★) |
| 86 | San José State | Mountain West | 2.7★ | 29 | Taeon Mason (4★) |
| 87 | — | 2.7★ | 1,173 | — | |
| 88 | Iowa State | Big 12 | 2.7★ | 10 | Julian Good-Jones (3★) |
| 89 | Kansas | Big 12 | 2.7★ | 16 | Tyrone Miller (3★) |
| 90 | Sam Houston | Conference USA | 2.7★ | 3 | Jalen Campbell (3★) |
| 91 | Weber State | — | 2.7★ | 3 | Elias Miller (3★) |
| 92 | Western Illinois | — | 2.7★ | 3 | Jack Beneventi (3★) |
| 93 | William & Mary | — | 2.7★ | 3 | Brandon Battle (3★) |
| 94 | Yale | — | 2.7★ | 3 | Abu Daramy (3★) |
| 95 | San Diego State | Pac-12 | 2.6★ | 17 | Desean Holmes (4★) |
| 96 | Purdue | Big Ten | 2.6★ | 14 | Wyatt Cook (3★) |
| 97 | Miami (OH) | Mid-American | 2.6★ | 27 | Kendrell McFadden (4★) |
| 98 | Louisiana Tech | Conference USA | 2.6★ | 18 | Johnny Shaw (3★) |
| 99 | Toledo | Mid-American | 2.6★ | 20 | Chris Green (3★) |
| 100 | James Madison | Sun Belt | 2.6★ | 5 | Trai Sharp (3★) |
| 101 | UT Martin | — | 2.6★ | 5 | Kevin Prather (3★) |
| 102 | Marshall | Sun Belt | 2.6★ | 22 | Von Davis (3★) |
| 103 | Georgia Southern | Sun Belt | 2.6★ | 16 | Joshua Moon (3★) |
| 104 | Western Michigan | Mid-American | 2.6★ | 27 | Justin Tranquill (3★) |
| 105 | Central Michigan | Mid-American | 2.5★ | 20 | Jake Johnson (3★) |
| 106 | Florida Atlantic | American Athletic | 2.5★ | 22 | Tarrick Thomas (3★) |
| 107 | Louisiana | Sun Belt | 2.5★ | 21 | Mario Osborne (3★) |
| 108 | UConn | FBS Independents | 2.5★ | 23 | Nazir Williams (3★) |
| 109 | South Alabama | Sun Belt | 2.5★ | 14 | Tavon Cox (3★) |
| 110 | Princeton | — | 2.5★ | 4 | Jesper Horsted (3★) |
| 111 | South Dakota | — | 2.5★ | 4 | Marquiz Simpkins (3★) |
| 112 | Alcorn State | — | 2.5★ | 2 | Trae Ferrell (3★) |
| 113 | Eastern Kentucky | — | 2.5★ | 2 | Brycen Lee (3★) |
| 114 | Incarnate Word | — | 2.5★ | 2 | McLane Carter (3★) |
| 115 | New Hampshire | — | 2.5★ | 2 | Amechie Walker (3★) |
| 116 | Presbyterian | — | 2.5★ | 2 | DaShawn Davis (3★) |
| 117 | Robert Morris | — | 2.5★ | 2 | Roger Richardson (3★) |
| 118 | UTSA | American Athletic | 2.5★ | 23 | Jaylon Henderson (3★) |
| 119 | BYU | Big 12 | 2.5★ | 19 | Kieffer Longson (3★) |
| 120 | SMU | ACC | 2.5★ | 19 | Kevin Thomas (3★) |
| 121 | Nevada | Mountain West | 2.5★ | 13 | Kori Collons (3★) |
| 122 | Ohio | Mid-American | 2.5★ | 22 | Jeff Christian (3★) |
| 123 | Northern Illinois | Mountain West | 2.4★ | 29 | Vincent Hughes (3★) |
| 124 | Memphis | American Athletic | 2.4★ | 23 | Drew Kyser (3★) |
| 125 | Hawai'i | Mountain West | 2.4★ | 7 | Solomon Matautia (3★) |
| 126 | Temple | American Athletic | 2.4★ | 19 | T.J. Simmons (3★) |
| 127 | Colorado State | Pac-12 | 2.4★ | 12 | Braylin Scott (3★) |
| 128 | Houston | Big 12 | 2.4★ | 17 | Tyreik Gray (3★) |
| 129 | North Texas | American Athletic | 2.4★ | 15 | Darrien McNair (3★) |
| 130 | Duquesne | — | 2.4★ | 5 | Ben Cooper (3★) |
| 131 | Florida A&M | — | 2.4★ | 5 | Ryan Stanley (3★) |
| 132 | Samford | — | 2.4★ | 5 | Jarek Taylor (3★) |
| 133 | Tulane | American Athletic | 2.4★ | 16 | Rickey Preston (3★) |
| 134 | Northern Arizona | — | 2.4★ | 8 | Taylor Powell (3★) |
| 135 | Hudson Valley | — | 2.3★ | 18 | Doug Salter (3★) |
| 136 | Middle Tennessee | Conference USA | 2.3★ | 18 | Ruben Garnett (3★) |
| 137 | Rice | American Athletic | 2.3★ | 18 | Zach Abercrumbia (3★) |
| 138 | Colgate | — | 2.3★ | 3 | Sage Attwood (3★) |
| 139 | Dartmouth | — | 2.3★ | 3 | Jackson Perry (3★) |
| 140 | Gardner-Webb | — | 2.3★ | 3 | Josh Bettistea (3★) |
| 141 | Jacksonville State | Conference USA | 2.3★ | 3 | Tremaine Dillard (3★) |
| 142 | Youngstown State | — | 2.3★ | 3 | Isiah Scott (3★) |
| 143 | Ball State | Mid-American | 2.3★ | 22 | Riley Neal (3★) |
| 144 | Texas State | Pac-12 | 2.3★ | 16 | Justin Gamble (3★) |
| 145 | Florida International | Conference USA | 2.3★ | 23 | Fermin Silva (3★) |
| 146 | Kent State | Mid-American | 2.3★ | 20 | Juantez McRae (3★) |
| 147 | Southern Miss | Sun Belt | 2.3★ | 14 | Paxton Schrimsher (3★) |
| 148 | Eastern Michigan | Mid-American | 2.3★ | 22 | Breck Turner (3★) |
| 149 | Old Dominion | Sun Belt | 2.3★ | 19 | Quincy Watts (3★) |
| 150 | UNLV | Mountain West | 2.3★ | 16 | Justin Polu (3★) |
| 151 | East Tennessee State | — | 2.3★ | 4 | Jack Shoulders (3★) |
| 152 | Furman | — | 2.3★ | 4 | Riley Gessner (3★) |
| 153 | Illinois State | — | 2.3★ | 4 | Jamal Brown (3★) |
| 154 | Monmouth | — | 2.3★ | 4 | Kareem McDonald (3★) |
| 155 | Richmond | — | 2.3★ | 4 | Kevin Johnson (3★) |
| 156 | Wofford | — | 2.3★ | 4 | Wes Rountree (3★) |
| 157 | New Mexico | Mountain West | 2.2★ | 13 | Savon Rollison (3★) |
| 158 | Bowling Green | Mid-American | 2.2★ | 22 | James Morgan (3★) |
| 159 | App State | Sun Belt | 2.2★ | 18 | Daniel David (3★) |
| 160 | Western Kentucky | Conference USA | 2.2★ | 18 | Quin Jernighan (3★) |
| 161 | Massachusetts | Mid-American | 2.2★ | 20 | Sekai Lindsay (3★) |
| 162 | Tulsa | American Athletic | 2.2★ | 15 | Chad President (4★) |
| 163 | Rhode Island | — | 2.2★ | 5 | Rob Ennis (3★) |
| 164 | UC Davis | — | 2.2★ | 5 | Bransin Johnson (3★) |
| 165 | Buffalo | Mid-American | 2.2★ | 16 | Tyree Jackson (3★) |
| 166 | UL Monroe | Sun Belt | 2.2★ | 22 | Xavier Dias (3★) |
| 167 | Idaho | — | 2.2★ | 13 | Kareem Coles (3★) |
| 168 | Wyoming | Mountain West | 2.1★ | 20 | C.J. Johnson (3★) |
| 169 | Akron | Mid-American | 2.1★ | 14 | Ulysees Gilbert (3★) |
| 170 | Coastal Carolina | Sun Belt | 2.1★ | 7 | Chance Thrasher (3★) |
| 171 | Charlotte | American Athletic | 2.1★ | 16 | Nafees Lyon (3★) |
| 172 | Navy | American Athletic | 2.1★ | 26 | Kyle-Malik Mitchell (3★) |
| 173 | Bucknell | — | 2.1★ | 9 | Cinjun Erskine (3★) |
| 174 | Georgia State | Sun Belt | 2.1★ | 9 | Chase Middleton (3★) |
| 175 | South Dakota State | — | 2.1★ | 10 | Michael Daniel (3★) |
| 176 | North Dakota State | Mountain West | 2.1★ | 16 | Ben Ellefson (3★) |
| 177 | UTEP | Mountain West | 2.1★ | 18 | Kalon Beverly (3★) |
| 178 | Air Force | Mountain West | 2.0★ | 21 | James Jones (3★) |
| 179 | Army | American Athletic | 2.0★ | 38 | James Gibson (3★) |
| 180 | Austin Peay | — | 2★ | 30 | Taye Davis (2★) |
| 181 | New Mexico State | Conference USA | 2★ | 22 | Javahn Ferguson (2★) |
| 182 | Villanova | — | 2★ | 12 | Keegan Sheedy (2★) |
| 183 | Chattanooga | — | 2★ | 9 | Ke'Von Hall (2★) |
| 184 | Mercer | — | 2★ | 9 | Destin Guillen (2★) |
| 185 | Delaware | Conference USA | 2★ | 8 | Connor Lutz (2★) |
| 186 | The Citadel | — | 2★ | 8 | Aron Spann (2★) |
| 187 | Fordham | — | 2★ | 7 | Erik Rottsolk (2★) |
| 188 | Kennesaw State | Conference USA | 2★ | 7 | Kyle Arrasmith (2★) |
| 189 | Southern Illinois | — | 2★ | 6 | Ernest Dye (2★) |
| 190 | Charleston Southern | — | 2★ | 5 | Jadarius Sosebee (2★) |
| 191 | Northern Iowa | — | 2★ | 5 | Kalin Sadler (2★) |
| 192 | South Carolina State | — | 2★ | 5 | Bishop Ford (2★) |
| 193 | Harvard | — | 2★ | 4 | Justin Hunter (2★) |
| 194 | Stephen F. Austin | — | 2★ | 4 | Spencer Choka (2★) |
| 195 | Eastern Washington | — | 2★ | 3 | Savion Simms (2★) |
| 196 | Lafayette | — | 2★ | 3 | Dante Lonardo (2★) |
| 197 | North Dakota | — | 2★ | 3 | Carl Engwall (2★) |
| 198 | Albany | — | 2★ | 2 | Griffin Clancy (2★) |
| 199 | Bethune-Cookman | — | 2★ | 2 | Akevious Williams (2★) |
| 200 | Columbia | — | 2★ | 2 | Danny Hong (2★) |
| 201 | Cornell | — | 2★ | 2 | Chris Walker (2★) |
| 202 | Grand Valley State University | — | 2★ | 2 | Christian Lumpkin (2★) |
| 203 | Holy Cross | — | 2★ | 2 | Andre Chevalier (2★) |
| 204 | Maine | — | 2★ | 2 | Sterling Sheffield (2★) |
| 205 | Portland State | — | 2★ | 2 | Carlos Martin (2★) |
| 206 | Prairie View A&M | — | 2★ | 2 | Derek Brown (2★) |
| 207 | Saint Francis (PA) | — | 2★ | 2 | Andrew Koester (2★) |
| 208 | Southeast Missouri State | — | 2★ | 2 | Marquette Murdock (2★) |
| 209 | Tennessee Tech | — | 2★ | 2 | Lowell Furlow (2★) |
| 210 | Alabama State | — | 2★ | 1 | Donte Hendricks (2★) |
| 211 | Butler | — | 2★ | 1 | Pace Temple (2★) |
| 212 | Delaware State | — | 2★ | 1 | Kesselly Tyler (2★) |
| 213 | Eastern Illinois | — | 2★ | 1 | Kylin Washington (2★) |
| 214 | Georgetown | — | 2★ | 1 | Micah Smith (2★) |
| 215 | Idaho State | — | 2★ | 1 | Ty Flanagan (2★) |
| 216 | Indiana State | — | 2★ | 1 | Rasheed Abdul-Haqq (2★) |
| 217 | Jacksonville | — | 2★ | 1 | Dashawn Patterson (2★) |
| 218 | Lamar | — | 2★ | 1 | Jerbrell Lipscomb (2★) |
| 219 | Lehigh | — | 2★ | 1 | Sam McCloskey (2★) |
| 220 | Mississippi Valley State | — | 2★ | 1 | Darius Smalls (2★) |
| 221 | Montana State | — | 2★ | 1 | B.J. Ojo (2★) |
| 222 | Morgan State | — | 2★ | 1 | Rudy Norwood (2★) |
| 223 | Murray State | — | 2★ | 1 | Noah Banks (2★) |
| 224 | Norfolk State | — | 2★ | 1 | Marcus Taylor (2★) |
| 225 | North Carolina A&T | — | 2★ | 1 | Cameron Moore (2★) |
| 226 | Northwestern State | — | 2★ | 1 | Charlie Matthews (2★) |
| 227 | Sacramento State | Mid-American | 2★ | 1 | Matt Jimison (2★) |
| 228 | Stony Brook | — | 2★ | 1 | Isaiah White (2★) |
| 229 | Tennessee State | — | 2★ | 1 | Tyler Black (2★) |