College Football Rankings by 3-star Players, 2026

Name: College Football Rankings by 3-star Players, 2026
Creator: College Football Charts

Boise State ranks first in FBS in 3-star players at 87, ahead of Northwestern (86) and Illinois (84). The middle of FBS is about 61, and Navy is last of 138 (12).

What's 3-star players?

Players on the roster who were 3-star recruits. Neither better nor worse on its own.

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. Download the table (CSV).

Every FBS team by 3-star players

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

The best team in each conference

Pac-12: Boise State (87, 1st); Big Ten: Northwestern (86, 2nd); ACC: Stanford (81, 5th); Big 12: Arizona State (79, 7th); American Athletic: South Florida (77, 10th); Sun Belt: Arkansas State (74, 14th); Mid-American: Miami (OH) (74, 14th); Independents: UConn (71, 23rd); Mountain West: UTEP (70, 28th); Conference USA: Liberty (68, 37th); SEC: Mississippi State (66, 52nd).

College Football Rankings by 3-star Players, 2026

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