College Football 2017 Team Recruiting Rankings

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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.

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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