Recruiting Rankings
2018 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
- Georgia
- Ranked Programs
- 229
- Avg Class Size
- 17.0
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 | Georgia | SEC | 4.0★ | 26 | Justin Fields (5★) |
| 2 | USC | Big Ten | 4★ | 19 | Amon-Ra St. Brown (5★) |
| 3 | Clemson | ACC | 4★ | 17 | Trevor Lawrence (5★) |
| 4 | Ohio State | Big Ten | 3.9★ | 27 | Nicholas Petit-Frere (5★) |
| 5 | Penn State | Big Ten | 3.8★ | 23 | Micah Parsons (5★) |
| 6 | Texas | SEC | 3.8★ | 28 | Caden Sterns (5★) |
| 7 | Alabama | SEC | 3.7★ | 21 | Eyabi Okie-Anoma (5★) |
| 8 | Auburn | SEC | 3.6★ | 22 | Joey Gatewood (4★) |
| 9 | Florida State | ACC | 3.6★ | 21 | Jaiden Lars-Woodbey (4★) |
| 10 | Miami | ACC | 3.6★ | 25 | Lorenzo Lingard (5★) |
| 11 | Florida | SEC | 3.6★ | 19 | Jacob Copeland (4★) |
| 12 | LSU | SEC | 3.5★ | 20 | Terrace Marshall (5★) |
| 13 | Texas A&M | SEC | 3.5★ | 22 | Leon O'Neal Jr. (4★) |
| 14 | Notre Dame | FBS Independents | 3.5★ | 27 | Houston Griffith (4★) |
| 15 | Oklahoma | SEC | 3.5★ | 24 | Brey Walker (5★) |
| 16 | South Carolina | SEC | 3.4★ | 20 | Rick Sandidge (4★) |
| 17 | Oregon | Big Ten | 3.4★ | 24 | Penei Sewell (4★) |
| 18 | North Carolina | ACC | 3.3★ | 22 | William Barnes (4★) |
| 19 | Washington | Big Ten | 3.3★ | 23 | Marquis Spiker (4★) |
| 20 | Tennessee | SEC | 3.3★ | 17 | J.J. Peterson (4★) |
| 21 | Nebraska | Big Ten | 3.3★ | 20 | Adrian Martinez (4★) |
| 22 | Virginia Tech | ACC | 3.2★ | 25 | Dax Hollifield (4★) |
| 23 | Michigan | Big Ten | 3.2★ | 21 | Aidan Hutchinson (4★) |
| 24 | Mississippi State | SEC | 3.2★ | 21 | Malik Heath (4★) |
| 25 | NC State | ACC | 3.2★ | 21 | Payton Wilson (4★) |
| 26 | Stanford | ACC | 3.2★ | 17 | Tanner McKee (4★) |
| 27 | Baylor | Big 12 | 3.2★ | 22 | Gerry Bohanon (4★) |
| 28 | TCU | Big 12 | 3.2★ | 22 | Justin Rogers (4★) |
| 29 | UCLA | Big Ten | 3.1★ | 28 | Dorian Thompson-Robinson (4★) |
| 30 | Maryland | Big Ten | 3.1★ | 22 | Jaelyn Duncan (4★) |
| 31 | Michigan State | Big Ten | 3.1★ | 22 | Kalon Gervin (4★) |
| 32 | Arkansas | SEC | 3.1★ | 16 | Bumper Pool (4★) |
| 33 | West Virginia | Big 12 | 3.1★ | 18 | Dante Stills (4★) |
| 34 | Vanderbilt | SEC | 3.1★ | 20 | Alston Orji (4★) |
| 35 | Georgia Tech | ACC | 3.1★ | 21 | Jaylon King (4★) |
| 36 | Kansas | Big 12 | 3.1★ | 11 | Pooka Williams Jr. (4★) |
| 37 | Duke | ACC | 3.1★ | 16 | Tahj Rice (4★) |
| 38 | Arizona State | Big 12 | 3.1★ | 17 | Merlin Robertson (4★) |
| 39 | Northwestern | Big Ten | 3.1★ | 18 | Devin O'Rourke (4★) |
| 40 | Pittsburgh | ACC | 3.1★ | 18 | Mychale Salahuddin (4★) |
| 41 | Iowa State | Big 12 | 3.1★ | 19 | Joseph Scates (4★) |
| 42 | Texas Tech | Big 12 | 3.1★ | 19 | Erik Ezukanma (4★) |
| 43 | Oklahoma State | Big 12 | 3.0★ | 22 | CJ Moore (4★) |
| 44 | Kentucky | SEC | 3.0★ | 25 | Marquan McCall (4★) |
| 45 | Purdue | Big Ten | 3.0★ | 25 | Rondale Moore (4★) |
| 46 | Minnesota | Big Ten | 3.0★ | 27 | Curtis Dunlap (4★) |
| 47 | Illinois | Big Ten | 3★ | 25 | Calvin Avery (4★) |
| 48 | Washington State | Pac-12 | 3★ | 25 | Rodrick Fisher (4★) |
| 49 | Cincinnati | Big 12 | 3★ | 24 | Leonard Taylor (4★) |
| 50 | Missouri | SEC | 3★ | 23 | Chad Bailey (3★) |
| 51 | Wake Forest | ACC | 3★ | 22 | Mike Edwards (3★) |
| 52 | California | ACC | 3★ | 21 | Will Craig (4★) |
| 53 | Louisville | ACC | 3★ | 21 | Jairus Brents (4★) |
| 54 | Virginia | ACC | 3★ | 20 | Noah Taylor (3★) |
| 55 | Ole Miss | SEC | 3★ | 19 | Matt Corral (4★) |
| 56 | Arizona | Big 12 | 3★ | 18 | Kevin Doyle (3★) |
| 57 | The Citadel | — | 3★ | 2 | Emeka Nwanze (3★) |
| 58 | Butler | — | 3★ | 1 | Mitchell Zoloty (3★) |
| 59 | Gardner-Webb | — | 3★ | 1 | Malachi Buckner (3★) |
| 60 | Jackson State | — | 3★ | 1 | Dallas Daniels (3★) |
| 61 | Rhode Island | — | 3★ | 1 | Evan Lovell (3★) |
| 62 | Savannah St | — | 3★ | 1 | D'Angelo Durham (3★) |
| 63 | Southeastern Louisiana | — | 3★ | 1 | Dante' Carter (3★) |
| 64 | William & Mary | — | 3★ | 1 | Isaiah Jones (3★) |
| 65 | Utah | Big 12 | 3.0★ | 24 | Jack Tuttle (4★) |
| 66 | Wisconsin | Big Ten | 3.0★ | 24 | Jack Sanborn (4★) |
| 67 | Boston College | ACC | 3.0★ | 22 | Finn Dirstine (4★) |
| 68 | Rutgers | Big Ten | 3.0★ | 21 | Artur Sitkowski (3★) |
| 69 | Syracuse | ACC | 3.0★ | 20 | Trill Williams (4★) |
| 70 | Colorado | Big 12 | 2.9★ | 17 | Dimitri Stanley (3★) |
| 71 | Indiana | Big Ten | 2.9★ | 29 | Ronnie Walker (3★) |
| 72 | South Florida | American Athletic | 2.9★ | 26 | Stacy Kirby (3★) |
| 73 | Oregon State | Pac-12 | 2.9★ | 24 | Jermar Jefferson (3★) |
| 74 | Western Michigan | Mid-American | 2.9★ | 21 | Antwan Reed (3★) |
| 75 | Kansas State | Big 12 | 2.9★ | 17 | John Holcombe (3★) |
| 76 | Boise State | Pac-12 | 2.9★ | 25 | Khalil Shakir (4★) |
| 77 | Toledo | Mid-American | 2.9★ | 25 | Jalynn Williams (3★) |
| 78 | SMU | ACC | 2.9★ | 14 | Treveon Johnson (3★) |
| 79 | UCF | Big 12 | 2.8★ | 19 | Ke'von Ahmad (3★) |
| 80 | Iowa | Big Ten | 2.8★ | 25 | Dallas Craddieth (3★) |
| 81 | Temple | American Athletic | 2.8★ | 28 | Sean Ryan (3★) |
| 82 | Florida Atlantic | American Athletic | 2.8★ | 11 | Deon Woods (3★) |
| 83 | UTSA | American Athletic | 2.8★ | 16 | Spencer Burford (3★) |
| 84 | Houston | Big 12 | 2.8★ | 21 | Julon Williams (3★) |
| 85 | Tulane | American Athletic | 2.8★ | 26 | Jeffery Johnson (3★) |
| 86 | Western Kentucky | Conference USA | 2.8★ | 26 | Kevaris Thomas (3★) |
| 87 | Colorado State | Pac-12 | 2.8★ | 20 | Nikko Hall (3★) |
| 88 | Montana State | — | 2.7★ | 11 | Casey Bauman (3★) |
| 89 | Louisiana Tech | Conference USA | 2.7★ | 18 | Maureese Wren (3★) |
| 90 | East Carolina | American Athletic | 2.7★ | 20 | Holton Ahlers (3★) |
| 91 | Florida International | Conference USA | 2.7★ | 20 | Cadarius Gaskin (3★) |
| 92 | Hudson Valley | — | 2.7★ | 13 | Demontrez Brown (3★) |
| 93 | UNLV | Mountain West | 2.7★ | 16 | Kenyon Oblad (3★) |
| 94 | Bowling Green | Mid-American | 2.7★ | 19 | Cameron Stage (3★) |
| 95 | Memphis | American Athletic | 2.7★ | 19 | Kayode Oladele (4★) |
| 96 | San Diego State | Pac-12 | 2.7★ | 22 | J.R. Justice (3★) |
| 97 | Arkansas State | Sun Belt | 2.7★ | 18 | Nathan Page (3★) |
| 98 | Central Arkansas | — | 2.7★ | 3 | Donavon Foley (3★) |
| 99 | Southern Miss | Sun Belt | 2.6★ | 16 | Deuntra Hyman (3★) |
| 100 | Marshall | Sun Belt | 2.6★ | 26 | Jaqaun Webb (3★) |
| 101 | Eastern Michigan | Mid-American | 2.6★ | 13 | Isaiah Watson (3★) |
| 102 | Princeton | — | 2.6★ | 15 | Brevin White (4★) |
| 103 | Fresno State | Pac-12 | 2.6★ | 21 | Tyrone Sampson Jr. (4★) |
| 104 | Tulsa | American Athletic | 2.6★ | 14 | Jaxon Player (3★) |
| 105 | New Mexico | Mountain West | 2.6★ | 7 | Lawrence Johnson (3★) |
| 106 | BYU | Big 12 | 2.6★ | 30 | Gunner Romney (3★) |
| 107 | Northern Illinois | Mountain West | 2.6★ | 23 | Charles Robinson (3★) |
| 108 | North Texas | American Athletic | 2.6★ | 18 | Alex Morris (3★) |
| 109 | Chattanooga | — | 2.6★ | 9 | Josh Walker (3★) |
| 110 | UAB | American Athletic | 2.5★ | 15 | CD Daniels (3★) |
| 111 | Georgia State | Sun Belt | 2.5★ | 24 | Destin Coates (3★) |
| 112 | Hawai'i | Mountain West | 2.5★ | 20 | Michael Washington (3★) |
| 113 | Yale | — | 2.5★ | 16 | Trenton Charles (3★) |
| 114 | Howard | — | 2.5★ | 4 | Jayde Pierre (3★) |
| 115 | Northern Iowa | — | 2.5★ | 4 | Khristian Boyd (3★) |
| 116 | Sacramento State | Mid-American | 2.5★ | 4 | Jarrell Anderson (3★) |
| 117 | Southern Utah | — | 2.5★ | 4 | Francis Bemiy (3★) |
| 118 | Bethune-Cookman | — | 2.5★ | 2 | Devin Black (3★) |
| 119 | Duquesne | — | 2.5★ | 2 | Jake Collins (3★) |
| 120 | Elon | — | 2.5★ | 2 | Zach Bevins (3★) |
| 121 | Incarnate Word | — | 2.5★ | 2 | Tyler Jackson (3★) |
| 122 | Lafayette | — | 2.5★ | 2 | TayJon Martin (3★) |
| 123 | Missouri State | Conference USA | 2.5★ | 2 | Landon Bebee (3★) |
| 124 | North Carolina A&T | — | 2.5★ | 2 | Israel Spivey (3★) |
| 125 | Prairie View A&M | — | 2.5★ | 2 | Josh Smith (3★) |
| 126 | Sacred Heart | — | 2.5★ | 2 | Lucas Nunez (3★) |
| 127 | Texas Southern | — | 2.5★ | 2 | Drake Centers (3★) |
| 128 | Villanova | — | 2.5★ | 2 | Michael Taylor (3★) |
| 129 | Western Illinois | — | 2.5★ | 2 | Broc Thompson (3★) |
| 130 | UConn | FBS Independents | 2.5★ | 25 | Dante Black (3★) |
| 131 | Georgia Southern | Sun Belt | 2.5★ | 21 | Quin Williams (3★) |
| 132 | Miami (OH) | Mid-American | 2.5★ | 13 | Maleak Bryant (3★) |
| 133 | Middle Tennessee | Conference USA | 2.5★ | 13 | Jarek Campbell (3★) |
| 134 | San José State | Mountain West | 2.5★ | 22 | EJ Ane (3★) |
| 135 | Nevada | Mountain West | 2.4★ | 29 | Josiah Bradley (3★) |
| 136 | App State | Sun Belt | 2.4★ | 23 | Braden Collins (3★) |
| 137 | Harvard | — | 2.4★ | 12 | Jacob Sykes (3★) |
| 138 | Ball State | Mid-American | 2.4★ | 15 | Luke Martin (3★) |
| 139 | Mercer | — | 2.4★ | 10 | DeMond Ellison (3★) |
| 140 | Columbia | — | 2.4★ | 5 | Trajen Johnson (3★) |
| 141 | Stephen F. Austin | — | 2.4★ | 5 | Braison Rudd (3★) |
| 142 | New Mexico State | Conference USA | 2.4★ | 16 | Devin Richardson (3★) |
| 143 | Jacksonville State | Conference USA | 2.4★ | 8 | Cagan Campbell (3★) |
| 144 | Kent State | Mid-American | 2.4★ | 19 | Montre Miller (3★) |
| 145 | Rice | American Athletic | 2.4★ | 22 | Cameron Valentine (3★) |
| 146 | South Alabama | Sun Belt | 2.4★ | 22 | Mo Edwards (3★) |
| 147 | Liberty | Conference USA | 2.3★ | 9 | Henry Chibueze (3★) |
| 148 | Pennsylvania | — | 2.3★ | 6 | Travis Spreen (3★) |
| 149 | Southern Illinois | — | 2.3★ | 6 | Rico Payton (3★) |
| 150 | Campbell | — | 2.3★ | 3 | Monchovia Gaffney (3★) |
| 151 | Fordham | — | 2.3★ | 3 | Anthony Marinelli (3★) |
| 152 | Murray State | — | 2.3★ | 3 | Davonta Wilson (3★) |
| 153 | Sam Houston | Conference USA | 2.3★ | 3 | Randell Turner (3★) |
| 154 | Texas State | Pac-12 | 2.3★ | 25 | Jacoby Hopkins (3★) |
| 155 | Massachusetts | Mid-American | 2.3★ | 23 | Joseph Norwood (3★) |
| 156 | Wyoming | Mountain West | 2.3★ | 20 | Sean Chambers (3★) |
| 157 | Buffalo | Mid-American | 2.3★ | 10 | Eddie Wilson (3★) |
| 158 | Akron | Mid-American | 2.3★ | 14 | Keyondre White (3★) |
| 159 | Tennessee Tech | — | 2.3★ | 7 | Justin Oden (3★) |
| 160 | UT Martin | — | 2.3★ | 7 | D'Andre Litaker (3★) |
| 161 | UL Monroe | Sun Belt | 2.3★ | 18 | Malik Jackson (3★) |
| 162 | Air Force | Mountain West | 2.3★ | 26 | David Eure (3★) |
| 163 | Eastern Washington | — | 2.3★ | 15 | Tre Weed (3★) |
| 164 | Louisiana | Sun Belt | 2.3★ | 15 | Timaje Porter (3★) |
| 165 | — | 2.3★ | 797 | — | |
| 166 | Coastal Carolina | Sun Belt | 2.3★ | 32 | Cincir Evans (3★) |
| 167 | Alcorn State | — | 2.3★ | 4 | Jaaron Jackson (3★) |
| 168 | Grambling | — | 2.3★ | 4 | Maurice Robinson (3★) |
| 169 | Idaho State | — | 2.3★ | 4 | Tu'u Afu (3★) |
| 170 | Montana | — | 2.3★ | 4 | Nash Fouch (3★) |
| 171 | Stony Brook | — | 2.3★ | 4 | Isaiah Givens (3★) |
| 172 | Tennessee State | — | 2.3★ | 4 | Cedric Banks (3★) |
| 173 | Navy | American Athletic | 2.2★ | 33 | Kevin Brennan (3★) |
| 174 | Utah State | Pac-12 | 2.2★ | 17 | Andy Koch (3★) |
| 175 | Central Michigan | Mid-American | 2.2★ | 18 | Keonta Nixon (3★) |
| 176 | Charlotte | American Athletic | 2.2★ | 14 | Terrick Smalls (3★) |
| 177 | Army | American Athletic | 2.2★ | 33 | Cade Barnard (3★) |
| 178 | Ohio | Mid-American | 2.2★ | 19 | Jeremiah Wood (3★) |
| 179 | Old Dominion | Sun Belt | 2.2★ | 20 | Robert Mayo (3★) |
| 180 | North Dakota | — | 2.2★ | 5 | Mike Bruner (3★) |
| 181 | UC Davis | — | 2.2★ | 5 | Jake Parks (3★) |
| 182 | Weber State | — | 2.2★ | 5 | Devon Cooley (3★) |
| 183 | Western Carolina | — | 2.2★ | 5 | AJ Curry (3★) |
| 184 | Austin Peay | — | 2.2★ | 12 | Arthur Brantley (3★) |
| 185 | Kennesaw State | Conference USA | 2.1★ | 8 | Markeith Montgomery (3★) |
| 186 | North Dakota State | Mountain West | 2.1★ | 18 | Saybein Clark (3★) |
| 187 | Idaho | — | 2.1★ | 18 | Marquese Albert (3★) |
| 188 | UTEP | Mountain West | 2.1★ | 18 | Andrew Nwachukwu (3★) |
| 189 | Eastern Kentucky | — | 2★ | 17 | D.J. Irons (2★) |
| 190 | Illinois State | — | 2★ | 6 | Bryce Jefferson (2★) |
| 191 | Furman | — | 2★ | 5 | Hamp Sisson (2★) |
| 192 | Grand Valley State University | — | 2★ | 5 | Quinton Barrow (2★) |
| 193 | South Dakota | — | 2★ | 5 | Bryce Kennedy (2★) |
| 194 | Dartmouth | — | 2★ | 4 | Calvin Atkeson (2★) |
| 195 | James Madison | Sun Belt | 2★ | 4 | Reggie Brown (2★) |
| 196 | Lamar | — | 2★ | 4 | Jacob Brown (2★) |
| 197 | Alabama State | — | 2★ | 3 | Delancey Tolliver (2★) |
| 198 | Holy Cross | — | 2★ | 3 | Henry Teeter (2★) |
| 199 | Houston Christian | — | 2★ | 3 | Jerreth Sterns (2★) |
| 200 | Northwestern State | — | 2★ | 3 | Levar Gumms (2★) |
| 201 | Indiana State | — | 2★ | 2 | Nehemiah Montague (2★) |
| 202 | Lehigh | — | 2★ | 2 | RaShawn Allen (2★) |
| 203 | McNeese | — | 2★ | 2 | John Blunt Jr. (2★) |
| 204 | Portland State | — | 2★ | 2 | Alex Sanchez (2★) |
| 205 | Samford | — | 2★ | 2 | Gavin Orr (2★) |
| 206 | Towson | — | 2★ | 2 | Jeff Miller (2★) |
| 207 | Youngstown State | — | 2★ | 2 | Myles McHaney (2★) |
| 208 | Brown | — | 2★ | 1 | Joe Gulla (2★) |
| 209 | Cal Poly | — | 2★ | 1 | Daniel Machado (2★) |
| 210 | Colgate | — | 2★ | 1 | Ben Bohnenberger (2★) |
| 211 | Cornell | — | 2★ | 1 | Kyle Neputy (2★) |
| 212 | Delaware | Conference USA | 2★ | 1 | Stevon Brown (2★) |
| 213 | Drake | — | 2★ | 1 | Hunter Wendling (2★) |
| 214 | East Tennessee State | — | 2★ | 1 | Chris Armstrong (2★) |
| 215 | Florida A&M | — | 2★ | 1 | Jordan Dillard (2★) |
| 216 | Jacksonville | — | 2★ | 1 | Jerome Beazer (2★) |
| 217 | Mississippi Valley State | — | 2★ | 1 | Caleb Johnson (2★) |
| 218 | Monmouth | — | 2★ | 1 | Romeo Holden (2★) |
| 219 | Morehead State | — | 2★ | 1 | Jared Rogers (2★) |
| 220 | New Hampshire | — | 2★ | 1 | Zach Banks (2★) |
| 221 | Richmond | — | 2★ | 1 | Joe More (2★) |
| 222 | San Diego | — | 2★ | 1 | Luke LaCilento (2★) |
| 223 | South Carolina State | — | 2★ | 1 | Jordan Johnson (2★) |
| 224 | South Dakota State | — | 2★ | 1 | Saiveon Williamson (2★) |
| 225 | Southeast Missouri State | — | 2★ | 1 | Jacob Buie (2★) |
| 226 | Utah Tech | — | 2★ | 1 | Isaiah Wooden (2★) |
| 227 | VMI | — | 2★ | 1 | Ethan Caselberry (2★) |
| 228 | Wagner | — | 2★ | 1 | Chris Marchisotto (2★) |
| 229 | Wofford | — | 2★ | 1 | Jimmy Weirick (2★) |