College Football Rankings by Recruiting Rank, Last Four Classes, 2026

Alabama ranks first in FBS in recruiting rank, last four classes at 2.0, ahead of Georgia (2.8) and Texas (4.2). The middle of FBS is about 67.0, and New Mexico is last of 138 (152.5). Lower is better.

What's recruiting rank, last four classes?

Average national recruiting rank over the last four classes: roughly the talent on this year's roster. 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 recruiting rank, last four classes

Rank	Team	Conference	Recruiting rank, last four classes
1	Alabama	SEC	2.0
2	Georgia	SEC	2.8
3	Texas	SEC	4.2
4	Ohio State	Big Ten	4.5
5	Oregon	Big Ten	5.0
6	Miami	ACC	8.2
7	LSU	SEC	8.5
8	Notre Dame	Independents	9.5
9	USC	Big Ten	10.0
10	Tennessee	SEC	10.8
11	Oklahoma	SEC	11.0
12	Florida	SEC	12.5
13	Michigan	Big Ten	12.8
14	Texas A&M	SEC	13.2
15	Florida State	ACC	16.5
16	Auburn	SEC	16.8
17	Clemson	ACC	17.0
18	South Carolina	SEC	17.5
19	Ole Miss	SEC	20.5
20	Mississippi State	SEC	26.5
21	Missouri	SEC	27.0
22	Penn State	Big Ten	27.2
22	Washington	Big Ten	27.2
24	North Carolina	ACC	29.0
25	Texas Tech	Big 12	29.8
26	TCU	Big 12	31.5
27	Arkansas	SEC	32.8
28	Iowa	Big Ten	34.2
29	Maryland	Big Ten	35.8
30	Kentucky	SEC	36.2
31	Utah	Big 12	36.5
32	NC State	ACC	38.2
32	Nebraska	Big Ten	38.2
32	Virginia Tech	ACC	38.2
35	Illinois	Big Ten	39.0
36	Georgia Tech	ACC	39.2
37	Minnesota	Big Ten	39.8
38	Rutgers	Big Ten	40.5
38	West Virginia	Big 12	40.5
40	Michigan State	Big Ten	42.0
41	Stanford	ACC	42.2
42	Kansas State	Big 12	43.8
43	Arizona State	Big 12	44.0
44	BYU	Big 12	46.5
44	Wisconsin	Big Ten	46.5
46	Pittsburgh	ACC	46.8
47	Baylor	Big 12	48.8
48	Vanderbilt	SEC	50.2
49	Iowa State	Big 12	50.8
49	Syracuse	ACC	50.8
51	Houston	Big 12	51.2
51	Louisville	ACC	51.2
53	Wake Forest	ACC	51.8
54	Indiana	Big Ten	52.5
55	Colorado	Big 12	53.5
56	Arizona	Big 12	54.2
57	Duke	ACC	54.5
58	UCF	Big 12	57.5
59	Oklahoma State	Big 12	58.0
60	UCLA	Big Ten	58.8
61	SMU	ACC	60.5
62	Boise State	Pac-12	61.0
63	Cincinnati	Big 12	61.2
63	Northwestern	Big Ten	61.2
65	Kansas	Big 12	62.2
66	Purdue	Big Ten	62.8
67	California	ACC	64.8
68	Memphis	American Athletic	65.0
69	Boston College	ACC	67.0
70	Tulane	American Athletic	68.0
71	South Florida	American Athletic	70.2
72	Oregon State	Pac-12	75.0
73	East Carolina	American Athletic	77.2
74	San Diego State	Pac-12	77.8
75	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	78.0
76	Colorado State	Pac-12	79.5
77	Virginia	ACC	80.2
78	Washington State	Pac-12	81.0
79	Troy	Sun Belt	85.2
80	Fresno State	Pac-12	85.5
81	App State	Sun Belt	87.2
82	Georgia Southern	Sun Belt	90.2
83	Toledo	Mid-American	90.5
84	UTEP	Mountain West	91.5
85	Northern Illinois	Mountain West	92.0
85	UTSA	American Athletic	92.0
87	South Alabama	Sun Belt	92.2
87	Texas State	Pac-12	92.2
89	UNLV	Mountain West	92.5
90	Southern Miss	Sun Belt	92.8
90	Tulsa	American Athletic	92.8
92	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	93.8
93	Florida Atlantic	American Athletic	94.0
94	Louisiana	Sun Belt	94.5
95	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	95.8
96	Buffalo	Mid-American	96.8
96	Georgia State	Sun Belt	96.8
98	Bowling Green	Mid-American	97.0
99	Temple	American Athletic	97.8
100	Western Michigan	Mid-American	98.2
101	Florida International	Conference USA	99.0
102	Coastal Carolina	Sun Belt	99.5
103	Louisiana Tech	Sun Belt	100.0
104	Central Michigan	Mid-American	101.2
104	Utah State	Pac-12	101.2
106	Liberty	Conference USA	102.8
107	Rice	American Athletic	103.0
108	Wyoming	Mountain West	103.8
109	Ohio	Mid-American	104.2
110	North Texas	American Athletic	104.5
111	Nevada	Mountain West	105.0
112	Western Kentucky	Conference USA	105.5
113	Kent State	Mid-American	108.8
114	James Madison	Sun Belt	111.2
114	Old Dominion	Sun Belt	111.2
116	Charlotte	American Athletic	112.5
116	UAB	American Athletic	112.5
118	Ball State	Mid-American	113.0
119	Middle Tennessee	Conference USA	114.0
120	San José State	Mountain West	115.5
121	UConn	Independents	116.5
122	Sam Houston	Conference USA	117.0
123	Akron	Mid-American	117.8
123	Marshall	Sun Belt	117.8
125	Hawai'i	Mountain West	120.2
126	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	120.5
127	Jacksonville State	Conference USA	121.8
128	New Mexico State	Conference USA	127.2
129	Massachusetts	Mid-American	128.5
130	Sacramento State	Mid-American	131.2
131	Missouri State	Conference USA	133.5
132	Delaware	Conference USA	135.7
133	Air Force	Mountain West	136.5
134	North Dakota State	Mountain West	139.8
135	Navy	American Athletic	140.0
136	Kennesaw State	Conference USA	144.8
137	Army	American Athletic	145.2
138	New Mexico	Mountain West	152.5

The best team in each conference

SEC: Alabama (2.0, 1st); Big Ten: Ohio State (4.5, 4th); ACC: Miami (8.2, 6th); Independents: Notre Dame (9.5, 8th); Big 12: Texas Tech (29.8, 25th); Pac-12: Boise State (61.0, 62nd); American Athletic: Memphis (65.0, 68th); Sun Belt: Arkansas State (78.0, 75th); Mid-American: Toledo (90.5, 83rd); Mountain West: UTEP (91.5, 84th); Conference USA: Florida International (99.0, 101st).

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