Talent Tracker: If Ohio State, Alabama, Georgia land their dream classes, who finishes No. 1 in 2025 rankings?

Your weekly serving of college football roster acquisition thoughts — recruiting, transfer portal, you name it — from 247Sports Director of Scouting Andrew Ivins. 

‘Race for No. 1’ through a dream class prism

Back in the day, college football recruiting media used to cover the pursuit of the nation’s No. 1 recruiting class like a horse race. Who led after May? Who led after June? What about July?

In time, that got old. Part of the reason was no matter how many times we projected a school like Notre Dame or Ohio State to have a real shot at No. 1, Signing Day would come and go with the same old schools sitting at the top. The last time a non-SEC school signed the No. 1 class was 2008 (Miami). Alabama has signed 10 No. 1 classes since 2009, Georgia has signed three. Florida and Texas A&M have one apiece. 

So there’s not much variety.

There’s also much less interest by other fans in what Georgia or Alabama are going to do — especially in the transfer portal era. While high school recruiting remains vital, the ability to add impact players and plug roster holes in the offseason is keeping fans more and more focused on their respective classes and rosters as they want to know what their staff is eventually going to be shopping for at some point down the line. We have also seen teams heavy on the veteran additions put together magical seasons, like both Washington and Florida State did in 2023.

That said, everything is good in moderation. As the calendar turns to July and as commitments pop off like fireworks, we knew it was time to bring the race for No. 1 to the national forefront. We’ve added few twists, though.

1. We narrowed the list to the four realistic contenders: Ohio State, Alabama and Georgia, who currently rank Nos….

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Author : Andrew Ivins

Publish date : 2024-07-03 14:12:54

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