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College Football Signing Day Is Feb. 2: Who Will Have The Best Recruiting Class?

Doug Brodess
Jun 7, 2018

The lifeblood of any college football program isย effective recruiting.

Unless youย get talent on campus and develop it once you get it there, it's hard to realize success on the field.

This list shows that most recentย accomplishments or failuresย is not the final word in determining recruiting results.

One of the teams that played for the national championship was not even in this list.

The top team didn't even make a bowl game.

While ranking recruiting classes isย far fromย an exact science, three media outlets stand apart from the rest in terms of reliability and comprehensive coverage.

They are: Rivals.com, ESPN.com and Scout.com.

The following Top Ten recruiting class rank combines the current rankings from these three websites.

Each of their up-to-the-minute evaluations are listed here, as well as a mentionย ofย theย school's top recruit.

10. Auburn Tigers

1 of 10

Top Recruit: Brent Callowayย  LBย  6'1ย  210

Recruiting Rank

Rivals: 13

ESPN: 11

Scout: 12

9. Clemson Tigers

2 of 10

Top Recruit: Mike Bellamyย  RBย  5'10" 185

Recruiting Rank

Rivals: 9

ESPN: 10

Scout: 12

8. Notre Dame Fighting Irish

3 of 10

Top Recruit: Aaron Lynchย  DEย  6'6" 255

Recruiting Rank

Rivals: 11ย 

ESPN: 13

Scout: 3

7. Oklahoma Sooners

4 of 10

Top Recruit: Trey Metoyerย  WRย  6'2" 198

Recruiting Rank

Rivals: 6

ESPN: 5

Scout: 11

6. Southern Cal Trojans

5 of 10

Top Recruit: George Farmerย  WRย  6'2" 192

Recruiting Rank

Rivals: 11ย 

ESPN: 13

Scout: 3

5. LSU Tigers

6 of 10

Top Recruit: La'El Collinsย  OLย  6'5"ย  285

Recruiting Rank

Rivals: 4

ESPN: 7

Scout: 7

4. Ohio State Buckeyes

7 of 10

Top Recruit: Steve Millerย  DEย  6'4"ย  230

Recruiting Rank

Rivals: 7

ESPN: 6

Scout: 2

3. Florida State Seminoles

8 of 10

Top Recruit: James Wilder Jr.ย  RBย  6'2"ย  219

Recruiting Rank

Rivals: 3

ESPN: 2

Scout: 5

2. Alabama Crimson Tide

9 of 10

Top Recruit: Hasean Clinton-Dixย  DBย  6'2"ย  190

Recruiting Rank

Rivals: 2

ESPN: 3

Scout: 4

1. Texas Longhorns

10 of 10

Top Recruit: Malcolm Brownย  RBย  6'0" 220

Recruiting Rank

Rivals: 1

ESPN: 1

Scout: 1

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