College Football Recruiting 2012: The Worst Classes in the BCS Conferences

Many teams are off to a fantastic start on the 2012 recruiting trail, gobbling up commitments and inviting top prospects to make unofficial visits to their campuses.

Then there are other schools that just seem to be going nowhere this year in recruiting.

They do have some commitments, but their classes are shaping up to be lackluster and chalked with low-rated, non-impact players.

Here are some yawners of BCS conference classes.

Illinois

Does it not feel like just a few years ago Illinois was hauling in top-25 classes left and right? Now that's not the case.

Zook and the Illini have the worst class in the Big Ten right now. He's got only eight commitments, and none are four-star recruits.

Many publications have the Illini ranked in the 60's, 70's or even 80's as far as class rankings go at the moment.

Kansas

I hate to keep beating the "Turner Gill hasn't made an impact on the recruiting trail drum," but the Jayhawks just have not made a huge impact on the trail yet and 2012 looks the same.

The eight-man Jayhawk class has no four-star recruits, and none of them are ranked within the top 25 at their position. Ouch.

KU is among the worst in the nation in recruiting right now.

Wake Forest

Wake Forest is not the mecca of college football, but the Demon Deacons do take pride in their program. Recruits just aren't too keen on helping.

Wake Forest has 11 commitments, though just six of the recruits are rated at three stars. That's not good at all.

Sure, the star system doesn't matter much to many, myself included. Player development and coaching are the most important factors of recruiting class success, but on paper, Wake Forest's class is the worst in the ACC and overall one of the worst in the country.

Utah

Utah and even Colorado are not really lighting up the Pac-12 recruiting rail this year, but give them time.

The Utes' recruiting reach will expand as years move on, but right now they take the cake for the Pac-12 on this list over the Buffaloes.

Sure, the Utes have 11 commitments, but with seven being three-star recruits, that is not too impressive.

Kansas State

Kansas State's class is even worse than Kansas' class. The Wildcats usually hit up the junior college circuit pretty heavily for instant impact players, but this year, as it stands right now, they are not having a good year recruiting.

Bill Snyder has only nine commitments, no four-star recruits, and only two players are even rated at three-stars.

That's bad. Real bad. Like maybe worst BCS recruiting class bad.