College Football Rankings by 5-star Players, 2026

Texas ranks first in FBS in 5-star players at 15, ahead of Georgia (13) and Alabama (11). The middle of FBS is about 0, and Wyoming is last of 138 (0).

What's 5-star players?

Players on the roster who were 5-star recruits, out of high school or the portal.

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 5-star players

Rank	Team	Conference	5-star players
1	Texas	SEC	15
2	Georgia	SEC	13
3	Alabama	SEC	11
3	Ohio State	Big Ten	11
3	Oregon	Big Ten	11
6	Notre Dame	Independents	9
7	LSU	SEC	8
8	Miami	ACC	6
8	Texas A&M	SEC	6
10	Ole Miss	SEC	5
11	Clemson	ACC	4
11	Michigan	Big Ten	4
11	Oklahoma	SEC	4
11	South Carolina	SEC	4
11	Tennessee	SEC	4
11	USC	Big Ten	4
17	Florida	SEC	3
17	UNLV	Mountain West	3
19	Georgia Tech	ACC	2
19	Houston	Big 12	2
19	Kentucky	SEC	2
19	Syracuse	ACC	2
19	Texas Tech	Big 12	2
24	Auburn	SEC	1
24	Baylor	Big 12	1
24	Colorado	Big 12	1
24	Florida State	ACC	1
24	Iowa State	Big 12	1
24	Maryland	Big Ten	1
24	Nebraska	Big Ten	1
24	SMU	ACC	1
24	South Florida	American Athletic	1
24	UCLA	Big Ten	1
24	Utah	Big 12	1
24	Vanderbilt	SEC	1
24	Washington	Big Ten	1
37	Air Force	Mountain West	0
37	Akron	Mid-American	0
37	App State	Sun Belt	0
37	Arizona	Big 12	0
37	Arizona State	Big 12	0
37	Arkansas	SEC	0
37	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	0
37	Army	American Athletic	0
37	Ball State	Mid-American	0
37	Boise State	Pac-12	0
37	Boston College	ACC	0
37	Bowling Green	Mid-American	0
37	Buffalo	Mid-American	0
37	BYU	Big 12	0
37	California	ACC	0
37	Central Michigan	Mid-American	0
37	Charlotte	American Athletic	0
37	Cincinnati	Big 12	0
37	Coastal Carolina	Sun Belt	0
37	Colorado State	Pac-12	0
37	Delaware	Conference USA	0
37	Duke	ACC	0
37	East Carolina	American Athletic	0
37	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	0
37	Florida Atlantic	American Athletic	0
37	Florida International	Conference USA	0
37	Fresno State	Pac-12	0
37	Georgia Southern	Sun Belt	0
37	Georgia State	Sun Belt	0
37	Hawai'i	Mountain West	0
37	Illinois	Big Ten	0
37	Indiana	Big Ten	0
37	Iowa	Big Ten	0
37	Jacksonville State	Conference USA	0
37	James Madison	Sun Belt	0
37	Kansas	Big 12	0
37	Kansas State	Big 12	0
37	Kennesaw State	Conference USA	0
37	Kent State	Mid-American	0
37	Liberty	Conference USA	0
37	Louisiana	Sun Belt	0
37	Louisiana Tech	Sun Belt	0
37	Louisville	ACC	0
37	Marshall	Sun Belt	0
37	Massachusetts	Mid-American	0
37	Memphis	American Athletic	0
37	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	0
37	Michigan State	Big Ten	0
37	Middle Tennessee	Conference USA	0
37	Minnesota	Big Ten	0
37	Mississippi State	SEC	0
37	Missouri	SEC	0
37	Missouri State	Conference USA	0
37	Navy	American Athletic	0
37	NC State	ACC	0
37	Nevada	Mountain West	0
37	New Mexico	Mountain West	0
37	New Mexico State	Conference USA	0
37	North Carolina	ACC	0
37	North Dakota State	Mountain West	0
37	North Texas	American Athletic	0
37	Northern Illinois	Mountain West	0
37	Northwestern	Big Ten	0
37	Ohio	Mid-American	0
37	Oklahoma State	Big 12	0
37	Old Dominion	Sun Belt	0
37	Oregon State	Pac-12	0
37	Penn State	Big Ten	0
37	Pittsburgh	ACC	0
37	Purdue	Big Ten	0
37	Rice	American Athletic	0
37	Rutgers	Big Ten	0
37	Sacramento State	Mid-American	0
37	Sam Houston	Conference USA	0
37	San Diego State	Pac-12	0
37	San José State	Mountain West	0
37	South Alabama	Sun Belt	0
37	Southern Miss	Sun Belt	0
37	Stanford	ACC	0
37	TCU	Big 12	0
37	Temple	American Athletic	0
37	Texas State	Pac-12	0
37	Toledo	Mid-American	0
37	Troy	Sun Belt	0
37	Tulane	American Athletic	0
37	Tulsa	American Athletic	0
37	UAB	American Athletic	0
37	UCF	Big 12	0
37	UConn	Independents	0
37	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	0
37	Utah State	Pac-12	0
37	UTEP	Mountain West	0
37	UTSA	American Athletic	0
37	Virginia	ACC	0
37	Virginia Tech	ACC	0
37	Wake Forest	ACC	0
37	Washington State	Pac-12	0
37	West Virginia	Big 12	0
37	Western Kentucky	Conference USA	0
37	Western Michigan	Mid-American	0
37	Wisconsin	Big Ten	0
37	Wyoming	Mountain West	0

The best team in each conference

SEC: Texas (15, 1st); Big Ten: Ohio State (11, 3rd); Independents: Notre Dame (9, 6th); ACC: Miami (6, 8th); Mountain West: UNLV (3, 17th); Big 12: Houston (2, 19th); American Athletic: South Florida (1, 24th); Mid-American: Akron (0, 37th); Sun Belt: App State (0, 37th); Pac-12: Boise State (0, 37th); Conference USA: Delaware (0, 37th).

College Football Rankings by 5-star Players, 2026

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