On the heels of updating the 2020 Hot 100 lists in the last several weeks, we wrap up by doing a preliminary look at which college programs are building the top recruiting classes, even though we are years away from the recruits actually signing!

As you peruse the rankings, understand that this is more of a fun early look at who is doing well in getting top players in the sophomore class -- not a definitive list. This isn't an exact science, and every new commit will alter the list -- we know that and, with 77 top 2020s still committed in the Top 200 rankings -- this will obviously change before the dust settles.

But it's still fun to see which schools are doing well both in quality and quantity of talent.  

The lists used to configure the rankings are the Hot 100 and the 101-200 because, after those rankings, the number of verbals drops off significantly. The process is based on a point system in which the higher-ranking players received more points. Each player's point total is based on a sliding scale; for example, the No. 1 player receives 200 points, No. 2 has 199, No. 3 has 198… down to No. 200 which receives one.

Not surprisingly, Oklahoma is riding high after winning two national championships and is dominating at the top, with four of the top seven players in our current 2020 Hot 100 committed to the Sooners. But LSU, Georgia, Tennessee, Ole Miss, Florida, South Carolina, and Auburn are also in the top 10, showing the SEC looks to continue its dominance as a conference for a long time.

One final note: remember that this is just looking at one class in isolation; the rankings don't factor in previous or future classes, so if your favorite school isn't high on the list, don't despair -- it could simply mean they've loaded up in other years!


 

Ranking	University	Points	# of players	Top 200 Player Rankings
1	Oklahoma	1118	6	#'s: 1, 4, 6, 7, 29, 41
2	LSU	1100	7	#'s: 17, 22, 32, 34, 47, 54, 101
3	Georgia	838	6	#'s: 20, 48, 56, 65, 88, 91
4	Tennessee	811	7	#'s: 51, 60, 71, 97, 101, 104, 112
5	Arizona	801	5	#'s: 10, 21, 27, 36, 110
6	Ole Miss	739	6	#'s: 13, 35, 47, 105, 130, 137
7	Florida	715	4	#'s: 3, 15, 18, 43
8	Washington	682	4	#'s: 11, 11, 18, 82
9	South Carolina	519	4	#'s: 5, 65, 102, 113
10	Auburn	515	3	#'s: 9, 37, 42
11	Texas A&M	500	5	#'s: 56, 75, 78, 98, 198
12	Mississippi State	494	3	#'s: 31, 33, 45
13	Alabama	450	3	#'s: 12, 14, 127
14	Texas	439	4	#'s: 2, 27, 140, 150
15	Florida State	429	3	#'s: 16, 55, 103
16	Baylor	420	3	#'s: 42, 62, 79
17	Utah	400	5	#'s: 93, 110, 121, 139, 142
18	Notre Dame	381	4	#'s: 33, 53, 148, 189
19	Missouri	378	3	#'s: 8, 39, 178
20	Oklahoma State	366	3	#'s: 36, 93, 108
21	Michigan	358	2	#'s: 20, 24
22	Central Florida	344	4	#'s: 72, 83, 122, 183
23	Ohio State	338	3	#'s: 69, 88, 108
24	Kentucky	325	2	#'s: 17, 60
25	Penn State	318	3	#'s: 52, 107, 126
26	Duke	298	2	#'s: 30, 74
T-27	Nebraska	281	4	#'s: 62, 98, 167, 196
T-27	Oregon	281	4	#'s: 21, 23, 26, 59
29	Syracuse	279	2	#'s: 38, 85, 89
30	Cal State Fullerton	248	3	#'s: 68, 133, 154
31	Wisconsin	244	2	#'s: 49, 109
32	Illinois	231	2	#'s: 76, 95
33	Pitt	221	2	#'s: 63, 118
34	Maryland	208	3	#'s: 84, 125, 186
35	Georgia State	198	2	#'s: 66, 138
36	UCLA	176	1	#'s: 25
37	Louisville	165	2	#'s: 53, 184
38	Arkansas	164	2	#'s: 57, 181
39	Northwestern	150	1	#'s: 51
40	Arizona State	149	3	#'s: 143, 147, 164
41	Michigan State	142	3	#'s: 113, 153, 195
42	James Madison	131	2	#'s: 129, 142
43	Nevada	127	1	#'s: 74
T-44	Cal-Berkeley	112	2	#'s: 141, 149
T-44	Stanford	112	1	#'s: 89
46	Loyola Marymount	111	1	#'s: 90
47	Ohio Univ.	110	2	#'s: 117, 175
48	Lamar	105	1	#'s: 96
49	Oregon State	95	1	#'s: 106
50	Texas Tech	87	1	#'s: 114
51	Kansas	83	3	#'s: 168, 173, 179
52	East Carolina	69	1	#'s: 132
53	South Alabama	63	1	#'s: 138
54	UC Santa Barbara	46	1	#'s: 155
55	Wichita State	44	1	#'s: 157
56	BYU	42	1	#'s: 159
57	Seton Hall	40	1	#'s: 161
58	Harding	38	1	#'s: 163
59	Liberty	35	1	#'s: 166
60	Virginia	30	1	#'s: 171
61	Ball State	29	1	#'s: 172
62	Hawaii	27	1	#'s: 174
63	Utah State	26	1	#'s: 175
64	Austin Peay	25	1	#'s: 176
65	Cal Poly	24	1	#'s: 177
66	Boston College	8	1	#'s: 193
67	Northwestern State	2	1	#'s: 199