USC becomes 1st non-SEC school to clinch #1 recruiting class in 18yrs (247sports)

Taking 35 recruits this class (More than everyone in the country short of West Virginia who took 40) is the only reason for The #1 ranking.

Their class average is good for 7th in the country behind LSU, Alabama, Tennessee, Ohio St, Oregon & Notre Dame according to 247

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Declaring them #1 after early signing but before final signing is a little premature IMO

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Its stupid.

We live in a stupid time.

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Taking 35 recruits this class (More than everyone in the country short of West Virginia who took 40) is the only reason for The #1 ranking.

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^^^^ This.

Honestly, rather than taking 35 unknows/Freshmen, I'd rather put some of that effort into the portal.

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rather than taking 35 unknows/Freshmen, I'd rather put some of that effort into the portal.

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I'm right there with you

What are the odds they won't finish #1 by the final signing day in Feb? Regardless it's nice to see USC back in the top 3 in recruiting again. I remember when they did that yearly under Carrol.

Jumping back to 2001 and working my way back to see the #1s. I swear I thought there were some Non-SEC teams that broke the ceiling a time or two in the last decade, but this shows that I was mistaken:

2001 - FSU
2002 - TEXAS
2003 - UF
2004 - FSU
2005 - USC
2006 - USC
2007 - UF
2008 - MIAMI
2009 - LSU
2010 - UF
2011 - BAMA
2012 - BAMA
2013 - BAMA
2014 - BAMA
2015 - BAMA
2016 - BAMA
2017 - BAMA
2018 - UGA
2019 - BAMA
2020 - UGA
2021 - BAMA
2022 - aTm
2023 - BAMA
2024 - UGA
2025 - TEXAS
2026 - USC

So, since the '05 recruiting class was ranked the #1 schools have been:

Bama - 10
UGA - 3
USC - 3
UF - 2
FSU - 2
Texas - 2
Miami - 1
aTm - 1

So, since the turn of the century (which actually begin in year 1 and end in year 0), every #1 recruiting class has been with a program from Alabama, Georgia, California, Florida or Texas.

Tennessee (2000) was the last school from a team other than one of those 5 to have a #1 class.

Huh? D8dnt Ohio State have it like 3 or 4 times? Weird