Team Recruiting Rankings: Where Does Michigan Really Stand?

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It's not debatable, recruiting matters. Why? Well, Alabama has consistently dominated the national recruiting scene over the last decade and look at the results - four national titles in eight years. Ohio State has been consistently near the top of the recuiting rankings, just behind Alabama, under both Jim Tressel and Urban Meyer. They have made the playoffs twice in the last three years - winning it all in 2014. Recruiting matters. And those teams that can consistently produce the better haul of prospects finds themselves in good position to win championships year in and year out.

So where does this year's crop of Michigan recruits rank on the national scene? By all accounts, they are solidly in the top five. Alabama is the run-away winner with what could be one of the best classes ever assembled. Ohio State is solidly in second place with a group that is very top-heavy. Harbuagh and company come in third, just a hair ahead Georgia. The Wolverines and the Bulldogs both have two 5-Stars, but more 4-Stars are going blue. USC edges out FSU to round the top five.

Any way you dice it, these 10 teams definitely improved in the talent department this recruiting season:

  1. Alabama - 575 pts
  2. Ohio State - 560 pts
  3. Michigan - 547 pts
  4. Georgia - 538 pts
  5. USC - 520 pts
  6. Florida State - 518 pts
  7. Oklahoma - 505 pts
  8. LSU - 496 pts
  9. Florida - 489 pts
  10. Auburn - 478 pts


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