College Football 2017 Team Recruiting Rankings
Nick Saban
College football’s 2017 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 seventh consecutive season with a clean sweep at the top of the four scouting services. Nick Saban reeled in six five-star prospects and 18 four-star recruits to claim another title on National Signing Day. The SEC also claimed another team inside of the top five, with Georgia ranking at No. 3 in coach Kirby Smart's first full class in Athens. The Big Ten took spots No. 2 (Ohio State) and No. 4 (Michigan), with USC and Florida State rounding out the top six recruiting hauls for 2017.
Evaluating recruiting classes is no easy task, which is why Athlon Sports has looked to the major scouting services (Scout, ESPN, 247Sports and Rivals) to get their take on the best signing hauls of 2017. Every class was listed in a spreadsheet, added to get a point total and averaged by four to create the consensus team rankings for 2017.
Here’s a look at how the four major scouting services rank the college football signing classes for 2017:
College Football's 2017 Consensus Team Recruiting Rankings
Rank | Team |
| 247Sports | ESPN | Rivals | Scout | Total Points | Average |
1 | Alabama | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | |
2 | Ohio State | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | |
3 | Georgia | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 3.25 | |
4 | Michigan | 3 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 4 | |
5 | USC | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 5 | |
6 | Florida State | 6 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 5.75 | |
7 | LSU | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 29 | 7.25 | |
8 | Oklahoma | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 30 | 7.5 | |
9T | Auburn | 8 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 42 | 10.5 | |
9T | Texas A&M | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 42 | 10.5 | |
11 | Florida | 14 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 46 | 11.5 | |
12T | Miami | 15 | 12 | 11 | 17 | 55 | 13.75 | |
12T | Notre Dame | 13 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 55 | 13.75 | |
14 | Tennessee | 11 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 56 | 14 | |
15 | Penn State | 21 | 17 | 12 | 14 | 64 | 16 | |
16 | Stanford | 10 | 14 | 19 | 24 | 67 | 16.75 | |
17 | Maryland | 22 | 20 | 16 | 12 | 70 | 17.5 | |
18 | South Carolina | 17 | 19 | 17 | 19 | 72 | 18 | |
19 | Clemson | 18 | 10 | 22 | 26 | 76 | 19 | |
20 | Oregon | 20 | 23 | 18 | 16 | 77 | 19.25 | |
21 | Nebraska | 24 | 21 | 20 | 18 | 83 | 20.75 | |
22 | UCLA | 26 | 18 | 21 | 21 | 86 | 21.5 | |
23 | Virginia Tech | 16 | 25 | 29 | 20 | 90 | 22.5 | |
24 | Washington | 23 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 91 | 22.75 | |
25 | Mississippi State | 19 | 24 | 26 | 25 | 94 | 23.5 | |
26 | Arkansas | 25 | 26 | 24 | 27 | 102 | 25.5 | |
27 | North Carolina | 28 | 28 | 28 | 32 | 116 | 29 | |
28 | Kentucky | 27 | 30 | 25 | 35 | 117 | 29.25 | |
29 | Louisville | 32 | 29 | 27 | 31 | 119 | 29.75 | |
30 | Texas | 29 | 33 | 31 | 28 | 121 | 30.25 | |
31T | Colorado | 35 | 27 | 32 | 30 | 124 | 31 | |
31T | Michigan State | 37 | 32 | 33 | 22 | 124 | 31 | |
33 | Ole Miss | 31 | 36 | 39 | 29 | 135 | 33.75 | |
34 | Baylor | 30 | 39 | 34 | 36 | 139 | 34.75 | |
35 | Pitt | 36 | 31 | 37 | 42 | 146 | 36.5 | |
36T | TCU | 33 | 37 | 41 | 37 | 148 | 37 | |
36T | Utah | 44 | 41 | 30 | 33 | 148 | 37 | |
38 | Oklahoma State | 43 | 35 | 37 | 41 | 156 | 39 | |
39 | Iowa | 34 | 43 | 40 | 40 | 157 | 39.25 | |
40 | Wisconsin | 38 | 40 | 35 | 51 | 164 | 41 | |
41 | Arizona | 45 | 45 | 36 | 46 | 172 | 43 | |
42 | Duke | 39 | 34 | 46 | 54 | 173 | 43.25 | |
43 | Arizona State | 42 | 38 | 51 | 44 | 175 | 43.75 | |
44 | Washington State | 46 | 46 | 52 | 39 | 183 | 45.75 | |
45T | Georgia Tech | 49 | 42 | 41 | 52 | 184 | 46 | |
45T | Illinois | 47 | 55 | 48 | 34 | 184 | 46 | |
47 | Rutgers | 48 | 50 | 43 | 45 | 186 | 46.5 | |
48 | Missouri | 41 | 54 | 48 | 46 | 189 | 47.25 | |
49 | Oregon State | 55 | 52 | 45 | 43 | 195 | 48.75 | |
50T | Texas Tech | 53 | 47 | 47 | 49 | 196 | 49 | |
50T | Northwestern | 50 | 44 | 54 | 48 | 196 | 49 |
