College Football Rankings by 2026 Recruiting Class (national Rank), 2026

USC ranks first in FBS in 2026 recruiting class (national rank) at 1, ahead of Alabama (2) and Oregon (3). The middle of FBS is about 69, and Army is last of 138 (181). Lower is better.

What's 2026 recruiting class (national rank)?

National rank of the 2026 recruiting class (247Sports composite, via CollegeFootballData.com). Lower is better.

247Sports team talent composite and 2026 transfer portal class. Star counts cover only the players 247Sports rates, not walk-ons, so they add up to less than the full roster. Ranks are out of all 138 FBS teams.

Games through Oct 31, 2026. Ranks are among the 138 FBS teams with the number.

Every FBS team by 2026 recruiting class (national rank)

Rank	Team	Conference	2026 recruiting class (national rank)
1	USC	Big Ten	1
2	Alabama	SEC	2
3	Oregon	Big Ten	3
4	Ohio State	Big Ten	4
5	Notre Dame	Independents	5
6	Georgia	SEC	6
7	Texas	SEC	7
8	Tennessee	SEC	8
9	Miami	ACC	9
10	Texas A&M	SEC	10
11	LSU	SEC	11
12	Michigan	Big Ten	12
13	Washington	Big Ten	13
14	South Carolina	SEC	14
15	Oklahoma	SEC	15
16	Florida State	ACC	16
17	Florida	SEC	17
18	Texas Tech	Big 12	18
19	North Carolina	ACC	19
20	Clemson	ACC	20
21	BYU	Big 12	21
22	Ole Miss	SEC	22
23	Mississippi State	SEC	23
24	Illinois	Big Ten	24
25	West Virginia	Big 12	25
26	Iowa	Big Ten	26
27	Utah	Big 12	27
28	Minnesota	Big Ten	28
29	Indiana	Big Ten	29
30	Virginia Tech	ACC	30
31	Auburn	SEC	31
32	SMU	ACC	32
33	Vanderbilt	SEC	33
34	Missouri	SEC	34
35	Syracuse	ACC	35
36	Rutgers	Big Ten	36
37	Stanford	ACC	37
38	Houston	Big 12	38
39	Wake Forest	ACC	39
40	Arizona State	Big 12	40
41	Georgia Tech	ACC	41
42	Arizona	Big 12	42
43	Maryland	Big Ten	43
44	Pittsburgh	ACC	44
45	Michigan State	Big Ten	45
46	Arkansas	SEC	46
47	TCU	Big 12	47
48	Louisville	ACC	48
49	NC State	ACC	49
50	Kansas State	Big 12	50
51	Boise State	Pac-12	51
52	Northwestern	Big Ten	52
53	Boston College	ACC	53
54	Iowa State	Big 12	54
55	Purdue	Big Ten	55
56	California	ACC	56
57	Baylor	Big 12	57
58	Cincinnati	Big 12	58
59	App State	Sun Belt	59
60	Kentucky	SEC	60
61	Kansas	Big 12	61
62	UCLA	Big Ten	62
63	UNLV	Mountain West	63
64	Tulane	American Athletic	64
65	Penn State	Big Ten	65
66	UCF	Big 12	66
67	Colorado	Big 12	67
68	Temple	American Athletic	68
69	Oklahoma State	Big 12	69
70	Fresno State	Pac-12	70
71	Duke	ACC	71
72	Memphis	American Athletic	72
73	Colorado State	Pac-12	73
74	Texas State	Pac-12	74
75	Bowling Green	Mid-American	75
76	Troy	Sun Belt	76
77	South Alabama	Sun Belt	77
78	Wisconsin	Big Ten	78
79	UTSA	American Athletic	79
80	James Madison	Sun Belt	80
81	Western Kentucky	Conference USA	81
82	Northern Illinois	Mountain West	82
83	San Diego State	Pac-12	83
84	Georgia State	Sun Belt	84
85	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	85
86	Jacksonville State	Conference USA	86
87	New Mexico	Mountain West	87
88	Nebraska	Big Ten	88
89	Georgia Southern	Sun Belt	89
90	South Florida	American Athletic	90
91	Louisiana	Sun Belt	91
92	UTEP	Mountain West	92
93	Tulsa	American Athletic	93
94	East Carolina	American Athletic	94
95	Central Michigan	Mid-American	95
96	Old Dominion	Sun Belt	96
97	Utah State	Pac-12	97
98	Nevada	Mountain West	98
99	Louisiana Tech	Sun Belt	99
100	Oregon State	Pac-12	100
101	Buffalo	Mid-American	101
102	Florida International	Conference USA	102
103	Charlotte	American Athletic	103
104	Rice	American Athletic	104
105	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	105
106	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	106
107	Ohio	Mid-American	107
108	Southern Miss	Sun Belt	108
109	Liberty	Conference USA	109
110	UConn	Independents	110
111	Virginia	ACC	111
112	Western Michigan	Mid-American	112
113	Ball State	Mid-American	113
114	Wyoming	Mountain West	114
115	Delaware	Conference USA	115
116	Massachusetts	Mid-American	116
117	North Dakota State	Mountain West	117
118	Coastal Carolina	Sun Belt	118
119	Middle Tennessee	Conference USA	119
120	Kennesaw State	Conference USA	120
121	Toledo	Mid-American	121
122	Kent State	Mid-American	122
123	Marshall	Sun Belt	123
124	Hawai'i	Mountain West	124
125	Sacramento State	Mid-American	125
126	Sam Houston	Conference USA	126
127	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	127
128	Washington State	Pac-12	128
129	San José State	Mountain West	129
130	Florida Atlantic	American Athletic	130
131	Missouri State	Conference USA	131
132	Akron	Mid-American	133
133	UAB	American Athletic	135
134	New Mexico State	Conference USA	136
135	North Texas	American Athletic	137
136	Air Force	Mountain West	141
137	Navy	American Athletic	144
138	Army	American Athletic	181

The best team in each conference

Big Ten: USC (1, 1st); SEC: Alabama (2, 2nd); Independents: Notre Dame (5, 5th); ACC: Miami (9, 9th); Big 12: Texas Tech (18, 18th); Pac-12: Boise State (51, 51st); Sun Belt: App State (59, 59th); Mountain West: UNLV (63, 63rd); American Athletic: Tulane (64, 64th); Mid-American: Bowling Green (75, 75th); Conference USA: Western Kentucky (81, 81st).

College Football Rankings by 2026 Recruiting Class (national Rank), 2026

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