Recruiting Rankings
2026 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
- LSU
- Ranked Programs
- 196
- Avg Class Size
- 15.9
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 | LSU | SEC | 4.2★ | 13 | Lamar Brown (5★) |
| 2 | Alabama | SEC | 4.1★ | 16 | Ezavier Crowell (5★) |
| 3 | Oregon | Big Ten | 4.1★ | 18 | Immanuel Iheanacho (5★) |
| 4 | Notre Dame | FBS Independents | 4.1★ | 26 | Rodney Dunham (5★) |
| 5 | Texas A&M | SEC | 4★ | 25 | Brandon Arrington (5★) |
| 6 | Miami | ACC | 4.0★ | 23 | Jackson Cantwell (5★) |
| 7 | Ohio State | Big Ten | 4.0★ | 22 | Chris Henry Jr. (5★) |
| 8 | Georgia | SEC | 3.9★ | 26 | Ekene Ogboko (5★) |
| 9 | Tennessee | SEC | 3.9★ | 20 | Faizon Brandon (5★) |
| 10 | Florida | SEC | 3.8★ | 17 | Davian Groce (4★) |
| 11 | Michigan | Big Ten | 3.8★ | 17 | Carter Meadows (5★) |
| 12 | Texas | SEC | 3.8★ | 21 | Dia Bell (5★) |
| 13 | USC | Big Ten | 3.8★ | 29 | Mark Bowman (5★) |
| 14 | South Carolina | SEC | 3.8★ | 13 | Darius Gray (4★) |
| 15 | Washington | Big Ten | 3.7★ | 17 | Kodi Greene (5★) |
| 16 | Iowa | Big Ten | 3.7★ | 13 | Tradon Bessinger (4★) |
| 17 | Clemson | ACC | 3.7★ | 15 | Naeem Burroughs (4★) |
| 18 | Texas Tech | Big 12 | 3.7★ | 15 | Felix Ojo (5★) |
| 19 | Oklahoma | SEC | 3.6★ | 19 | Bowe Bentley (4★) |
| 20 | Ole Miss | SEC | 3.6★ | 13 | Jase Mathews (4★) |
| 21 | Florida State | ACC | 3.5★ | 21 | Chauncey Kennon (4★) |
| 22 | North Carolina | ACC | 3.5★ | 26 | Kenton Dopson (4★) |
| 23 | Virginia Tech | ACC | 3.5★ | 16 | Terry Wiggins (4★) |
| 24 | Indiana | Big Ten | 3.5★ | 14 | Gabriel Hill (4★) |
| 25 | SMU | ACC | 3.5★ | 14 | Christian Rhodes (4★) |
| 26 | Auburn | SEC | 3.5★ | 12 | Jaquez Wilkes (4★) |
| 27 | Missouri | SEC | 3.5★ | 10 | Johnnie Jones (4★) |
| 28 | Baylor | Big 12 | 3.5★ | 8 | Ryelan Morris (4★) |
| 29 | BYU | Big 12 | 3.4★ | 16 | Ryder Lyons (4★) |
| 30 | Utah | Big 12 | 3.4★ | 10 | Kelvin Obot (5★) |
| 31 | Kentucky | SEC | 3.4★ | 5 | Matt Ponatoski (4★) |
| 32 | Maryland | Big Ten | 3.4★ | 5 | Zion Elee (5★) |
| 33 | Michigan State | Big Ten | 3.4★ | 14 | Collin Campbell (4★) |
| 34 | Arizona | Big 12 | 3.3★ | 18 | Malachi Joyner (4★) |
| 35 | Illinois | Big Ten | 3.3★ | 15 | Nick Hankins (4★) |
| 36 | Rutgers | Big Ten | 3.3★ | 15 | Dyzier Carter (4★) |
| 37 | Nebraska | Big Ten | 3.3★ | 6 | Danny Odem (4★) |
| 38 | Penn State | Big Ten | 3.3★ | 6 | Jackson Ford (4★) |
| 39 | Vanderbilt | SEC | 3.3★ | 13 | Jared Curtis (5★) |
| 40 | Arizona State | Big 12 | 3.3★ | 14 | Jake Fette (4★) |
| 41 | Houston | Big 12 | 3.3★ | 14 | Keisean Henderson (5★) |
| 42 | TCU | Big 12 | 3.3★ | 14 | Jesse Ford (4★) |
| 43 | Arkansas | SEC | 3.3★ | 11 | Danny Beale (4★) |
| 44 | Louisville | ACC | 3.3★ | 15 | Jaydin Broadnax (4★) |
| 45 | Stanford | ACC | 3.3★ | 16 | Lasiah Jackson (4★) |
| 46 | Minnesota | Big Ten | 3.2★ | 21 | Howie Johnson (4★) |
| 47 | Colorado | Big 12 | 3.2★ | 9 | Preston Ashley (4★) |
| 48 | Pittsburgh | ACC | 3.2★ | 14 | Damon Ferguson (4★) |
| 49 | Mississippi State | SEC | 3.2★ | 20 | Bralan Womack (5★) |
| 50 | Duke | ACC | 3.2★ | 5 | Sean Stover (4★) |
| 51 | California | ACC | 3.2★ | 11 | Daniel McMorris (4★) |
| 52 | Syracuse | ACC | 3.2★ | 18 | Calvin Russell (4★) |
| 53 | UCF | Big 12 | 3.2★ | 13 | Tyren Hornes (4★) |
| 54 | UCLA | Big Ten | 3.1★ | 14 | Kenneth Moore III (4★) |
| 55 | Georgia Tech | ACC | 3.1★ | 15 | Traeviss Stevenson (4★) |
| 56 | Boston College | ACC | 3.1★ | 16 | Mason Leak (4★) |
| 57 | Wisconsin | Big Ten | 3.1★ | 8 | Brady Bekkenhuis (4★) |
| 58 | West Virginia | Big 12 | 3.1★ | 33 | Kevin Brown (4★) |
| 59 | Kansas | Big 12 | 3.1★ | 11 | Kaden Snyder (4★) |
| 60 | Georgia State | Sun Belt | 3.1★ | 12 | Maxwell Robinson (4★) |
| 61 | Purdue | Big Ten | 3.1★ | 13 | Josiah Hope (4★) |
| 62 | Northwestern | Big Ten | 3.1★ | 15 | Jaden McDuffie (4★) |
| 63 | Boise State | Pac-12 | 3.1★ | 19 | Terrious Favors (4★) |
| 64 | Cincinnati | Big 12 | 3.1★ | 19 | Lance Dawson (4★) |
| 65 | Iowa State | Big 12 | 3.1★ | 19 | Jeffrey Roberts (4★) |
| 66 | App State | Sun Belt | 3.0★ | 21 | Jamel Howse (4★) |
| 67 | Wake Forest | ACC | 3.0★ | 21 | Grant Lawless (4★) |
| 68 | Temple | American Athletic | 3★ | 26 | Karon Spencer (3★) |
| 69 | Eastern Michigan | Mid-American | 3★ | 24 | RJ Alphonse (3★) |
| 70 | New Mexico | Mountain West | 3★ | 23 | Gabriel Wilson (3★) |
| 71 | Northern Illinois | Mountain West | 3★ | 23 | Deacon King (3★) |
| 72 | UTEP | Mountain West | 3★ | 23 | Adarius Hutchinson (3★) |
| 73 | South Alabama | Sun Belt | 3★ | 22 | Tomareo Johnson (3★) |
| 74 | Bowling Green | Mid-American | 3★ | 21 | Travis Robertson (3★) |
| 75 | Central Michigan | Mid-American | 3★ | 21 | Wyatt Graffin (3★) |
| 76 | Colorado State | Pac-12 | 3★ | 21 | Justin Lewis (3★) |
| 77 | Western Kentucky | Conference USA | 3★ | 21 | Zayden Walters (3★) |
| 78 | UNLV | Mountain West | 3★ | 20 | Malik White (3★) |
| 79 | Fresno State | Pac-12 | 3★ | 19 | Alex Rivera (3★) |
| 80 | San Diego State | Pac-12 | 3★ | 19 | Alijah Lash (3★) |
| 81 | Florida International | Conference USA | 3★ | 18 | Malik Penson (3★) |
| 82 | Kent State | Mid-American | 3★ | 18 | Daiveon Taylor (3★) |
| 83 | Memphis | American Athletic | 3★ | 18 | Jaylin Taylor (3★) |
| 84 | Miami (OH) | Mid-American | 3★ | 18 | Will Pressley (3★) |
| 85 | Tulsa | American Athletic | 3★ | 18 | Jamarcea Plater (3★) |
| 86 | Utah State | Pac-12 | 3★ | 18 | Dontae Dyson (3★) |
| 87 | Arkansas State | Sun Belt | 3★ | 17 | KeAndre Gibson (3★) |
| 88 | James Madison | Sun Belt | 3★ | 17 | Dkwan Thomas (3★) |
| 89 | Liberty | Conference USA | 3★ | 17 | Jakobe Dejesus (3★) |
| 90 | Buffalo | Mid-American | 3★ | 16 | Malachi Ervin (3★) |
| 91 | Hawai'i | Mountain West | 3★ | 16 | Andrew Price (3★) |
| 92 | Jacksonville State | Conference USA | 3★ | 16 | Javan Allison (3★) |
| 93 | Louisiana Tech | Conference USA | 3★ | 16 | AJ Tarvin (3★) |
| 94 | NC State | ACC | 3★ | 16 | Amiri Acker (3★) |
| 95 | Nevada | Mountain West | 3★ | 16 | Isaiah Williams (3★) |
| 96 | Western Michigan | Mid-American | 3★ | 16 | Donovan Triplett (3★) |
| 97 | Wyoming | Mountain West | 3★ | 16 | Jonathan Pearcy (3★) |
| 98 | Charlotte | American Athletic | 3★ | 15 | Cody Taylor (3★) |
| 99 | Delaware | Conference USA | 3★ | 15 | Tyler Bell (3★) |
| 100 | Georgia Southern | Sun Belt | 3★ | 15 | Harrison Faulkner (3★) |
| 101 | Ohio | Mid-American | 3★ | 15 | Kaden Page (3★) |
| 102 | Old Dominion | Sun Belt | 3★ | 15 | Zialis Blackmon (3★) |
| 103 | Rice | American Athletic | 3★ | 15 | Marcus Page Jr. (3★) |
| 104 | Massachusetts | Mid-American | 3★ | 14 | Terron Johnson (3★) |
| 105 | South Florida | American Athletic | 3★ | 14 | Iverson Garcia-Ponce (3★) |
| 106 | East Carolina | American Athletic | 3★ | 13 | Terande Spencer (3★) |
| 107 | Kennesaw State | Conference USA | 3★ | 13 | Marcelles Davis (3★) |
| 108 | Louisiana | Sun Belt | 3★ | 13 | Edrick Williams (3★) |
| 109 | Texas State | Pac-12 | 3★ | 13 | Lakeyleon Graves (3★) |
| 110 | Toledo | Mid-American | 3★ | 13 | Tyrell O'Neal (3★) |
| 111 | Troy | Sun Belt | 3★ | 13 | Dontaye Bush (3★) |
| 112 | Marshall | Sun Belt | 3★ | 12 | Brennan Chambers (3★) |
| 113 | Northern Arizona | — | 3★ | 12 | Khalil Bender (3★) |
| 114 | San José State | Mountain West | 3★ | 12 | Carson Clark (3★) |
| 115 | Tulane | American Athletic | 3★ | 11 | Tylan George (3★) |
| 116 | UC Davis | — | 3★ | 11 | Corbin Wade (3★) |
| 117 | Ball State | Mid-American | 3★ | 10 | Mason Atkins (3★) |
| 118 | Oklahoma State | Big 12 | 3★ | 10 | KD Jones (3★) |
| 119 | UConn | FBS Independents | 3★ | 10 | Zikhere Leaks (3★) |
| 120 | UTSA | American Athletic | 3★ | 10 | Jarvse Dickerson (3★) |
| 121 | Virginia | ACC | 3★ | 10 | Dylan Cope (3★) |
| 122 | Air Force | Mountain West | 3★ | 9 | Knight Wilson (3★) |
| 123 | Cal Poly | — | 3★ | 9 | Paul Holland (3★) |
| 124 | Eastern Washington | — | 3★ | 9 | De'markus Barnes (3★) |
| 125 | Florida Atlantic | American Athletic | 3★ | 9 | Elijah West (3★) |
| 126 | Oregon State | Pac-12 | 3★ | 9 | Deagan Rose (3★) |
| 127 | Southern Miss | Sun Belt | 3★ | 9 | Hugh Price (3★) |
| 128 | Kansas State | Big 12 | 3★ | 8 | Tucker Ashford (3★) |
| 129 | Montana State | — | 3★ | 8 | Kayden Steptoe (3★) |
| 130 | Navy | American Athletic | 3★ | 8 | Alexander Brewer (3★) |
| 131 | Coastal Carolina | Sun Belt | 3★ | 7 | Osiris Lopez (3★) |
| 132 | Harvard | — | 3★ | 7 | Judge Nash (3★) |
| 133 | Middle Tennessee | Conference USA | 3★ | 7 | Bryson Maddox (3★) |
| 134 | Montana | — | 3★ | 7 | Mac Olsen (3★) |
| 135 | Sam Houston | Conference USA | 3★ | 7 | Ryan Mallory (3★) |
| 136 | Washington State | Pac-12 | 3★ | 7 | CJ Toney (3★) |
| 137 | Weber State | — | 3★ | 7 | Dyson Parker (3★) |
| 138 | North Dakota State | Mountain West | 3★ | 6 | Tucker Thieneman (3★) |
| 139 | Akron | Mid-American | 3★ | 5 | Semaj Beals (3★) |
| 140 | Utah Tech | — | 3★ | 5 | Haris Arnautovic (3★) |
| 141 | Columbia | — | 3★ | 4 | Bryce Coleman (3★) |
| 142 | Howard | — | 3★ | 4 | Marcus Ogbogu (3★) |
| 143 | Idaho State | — | 3★ | 4 | Trehsyn Fesili (3★) |
| 144 | McNeese | — | 3★ | 4 | Khayden Reed (3★) |
| 145 | UAB | American Athletic | 3★ | 4 | Hudson Higgins (3★) |
| 146 | Army | American Athletic | 3★ | 3 | Phillip Goodrich (3★) |
| 147 | Central Arkansas | — | 3★ | 3 | Jacob Rathbone (3★) |
| 148 | Jackson State | — | 3★ | 3 | Li'Darious Pryor (3★) |
| 149 | Lafayette | — | 3★ | 3 | Kameron Vance (3★) |
| 150 | Murray State | — | 3★ | 3 | Preston Crump (3★) |
| 151 | North Dakota | — | 3★ | 3 | Christian Davis (3★) |
| 152 | Portland State | — | 3★ | 3 | Colton Hider (3★) |
| 153 | Prairie View A&M | — | 3★ | 3 | Nicholas Tramble (3★) |
| 154 | South Dakota State | — | 3★ | 3 | Dominick Walters (3★) |
| 155 | Towson | — | 3★ | 3 | Grant Smith (3★) |
| 156 | UL Monroe | Sun Belt | 3★ | 3 | Jeremyah Green (3★) |
| 157 | West Georgia | — | 3★ | 3 | Omari Bledsoe (3★) |
| 158 | Austin Peay | — | 3★ | 2 | Kelvin Perkins (3★) |
| 159 | Brown | — | 3★ | 2 | Desmond Ortiz (3★) |
| 160 | Eastern Kentucky | — | 3★ | 2 | David Pellman (3★) |
| 161 | Furman | — | 3★ | 2 | Braylon Peebles (3★) |
| 162 | Illinois State | — | 3★ | 2 | Diesel McFadden (3★) |
| 163 | New Mexico State | Conference USA | 3★ | 2 | JaDarius Sanders (3★) |
| 164 | North Alabama | — | 3★ | 2 | Greg Williams (3★) |
| 165 | North Texas | American Athletic | 3★ | 2 | Cason Applewhite (3★) |
| 166 | South Dakota | — | 3★ | 2 | Patrick Greisen (3★) |
| 167 | Southeastern Louisiana | — | 3★ | 2 | Jiwaun Brock (3★) |
| 168 | Stephen F. Austin | — | 3★ | 2 | Caleb Crenshaw (3★) |
| 169 | Alabama A&M | — | 3★ | 1 | Darius Burwell (3★) |
| 170 | Bethune-Cookman | — | 3★ | 1 | Mark Holloway (3★) |
| 171 | Chattanooga | — | 3★ | 1 | Jayden Rush (3★) |
| 172 | Colgate | — | 3★ | 1 | Dylan Lee (3★) |
| 173 | Cornell | — | 3★ | 1 | Adrian Ortiz (3★) |
| 174 | Dartmouth | — | 3★ | 1 | George Duggins (3★) |
| 175 | Florida A&M | — | 3★ | 1 | Jordan Davis (3★) |
| 176 | Gardner-Webb | — | 3★ | 1 | Michael Doe (3★) |
| 177 | Grand Valley State University | — | 3★ | 1 | Na'Cari Gay (3★) |
| 178 | Hampton | — | 3★ | 1 | Brysen Conner (3★) |
| 179 | Hudson Valley | — | 3★ | 1 | Jaxon Penn (3★) |
| 180 | Lehigh | — | 3★ | 1 | Sebastian Cugini (3★) |
| 181 | Lindenwood | — | 3★ | 1 | Cornell McIntosh (3★) |
| 182 | Mercer | — | 3★ | 1 | Camren Hill (3★) |
| 183 | Merrimack | — | 3★ | 1 | Lance Wegman (3★) |
| 184 | Nicholls | — | 3★ | 1 | Chantz Babineaux (3★) |
| 185 | Northern Colorado | — | 3★ | 1 | Asher Bancroft (3★) |
| 186 | Tarleton State | — | 3★ | 1 | Braylon Reado (3★) |
| 187 | Texas Southern | — | 3★ | 1 | Nelson Peterson Jr. (3★) |
| 188 | Western Carolina | — | 3★ | 1 | Santana Carlos (3★) |
| 189 | Wofford | — | 3★ | 1 | Walker Kelley (3★) |
| 190 | — | 3.0★ | 882 | — | |
| 191 | Sacramento State | Mid-American | 3.0★ | 20 | Kamarie Smith (3★) |
| 192 | Idaho | — | 2.9★ | 18 | Jace Winchester (3★) |
| 193 | Missouri State | Conference USA | 2.9★ | 11 | Aiden Parker (3★) |
| 194 | Alabama State | — | 2.7★ | 3 | Jerimia Collier (3★) |
| 195 | Princeton | — | 2.7★ | 3 | Anthony Bitonti (3★) |
| 196 | Pennsylvania | — | 2★ | 1 | Vincent Smith (2★) |