College Football 2016 Team Recruiting Rankings

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.

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