College Football 2016 Team Recruiting Rankings

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College football’s 2016 National Signing Day ended with a familiar face at the top of the team recruiting rankings: Alabama. The Crimson Tide claimed the recruiting national championship for the sixth consecutive season, slightly edging Florida State for the No. 1 spot in the consensus average from the four major services – 247Sports, Rivals, Scout and ESPN. The Seminoles earned the top spot in ESPN’s ranks, but Rivals, Scout and 247Sports gave Alabama the nod at No. 1.

The SEC was one of the big winners of Signing Day, as five teams claimed spots in the top 10. The conference was close to having a couple of other programs in the top 10, with Florida (No. 13) and Tennessee (No. 15) just missing the mark. Michigan and Ohio State carried the banner for the Big Ten with both programs inking top-five classes. Texas at No. 11 was the top Big 12 team in the rankings, while USC at No. 9 earned the best class in the Pac-12.

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Evaluating recruiting classes is no easy task, which is why Athlon Sports has looked to the major scouting services to get their take on the best signing hauls of 2016. Every class was listed in a spreadsheet, added to get a point total and averaged by four to create the consensus team rankings for 2016.

Here’s a look at how the four major scouting services rank the college football signing classes for 2016:

College Football's 2016 Consensus Team Recruiting Rankings


Rank	Team	247	Scout	Rivals	ESPN
1	Alabama	1	1	1	2
2	Florida State	2	3	2	1
3	Ohio State	3	2	3	5
4	LSU	4	4	6	3
5	Michigan	5	6	4	6
6	Ole Miss	7	5	7	4
7t	Georgia	9	9	10	7
7t	Clemson	8	14	5	8
9	USC	6	11	8	11
10	Auburn	10	12	9	9
11	Texas	13	8	13	10
12	UCLA	11	7	14	15
13	Florida	14	10	14	12
14	Notre Dame	12	13	12	16
15	Tennessee	15	17	15	14
16	Stanford	17	15	18	13
17	Baylor	19	19	17	17
18	Texas A&M	16	21	16	20
19	TCU	18	16	21	22
20	Michigan State	21	18	20	21
21	Penn State	20	22	23	18
22	Oklahoma	23	20	19	23
23	Miami	22	37	22	19
24	Nebraska	24	28	25	26
25	South Carolina	28	26	26	27
26	Arkansas	25	32	32	24
27t	Pittsburgh	26	27	30	31
27t	North Carolina	33	23	24	34
29	Oregon	35	24	28	32
30t	Wisconsin	27	25	33	41
30t	Duke	34	33	31	28
32	Arizona State	32	36	34	25
33t	Washington	36	29	38	29
33t	Kentucky	29	39	29	35
35	Mississippi State	31	35	36	33
36	California	37	38	27	40
37	Utah	30	40	35	38
38	West Virginia	41	34	39	37
39	Louisville	39	41	37	36
40	Iowa	38	31	42	49
41	Texas Tech	46	30	45	42
42	Houston	44	51	44	30
43	Oklahoma State	42	43	46	46
44	Maryland	43	55	40	43
45	Virginia Tech	40	56	49	39
46	Oregon State	52	52	41	45
47t	Northwestern	47	45	47	52
47t	NC State	57	47	43	44
49	Minnesota	45	42	50	55
50	Arizona	51	44	51	47
51	Iowa State	50	46	53	54
52	BYU	49	54	48	57
53	Missouri	56	57	52	51
54	Washington State	58	50	54	56
55	Indiana	54	53	55	58
56	Vanderbilt	48	68	59	48
57	Wake Forest	53	63	61	50
58	Boise State	62	48	58	68
59	Georgia Tech	55	65	65	53
60	Syracuse	65	59	56	62