Another look at the future and CFB recruiting......

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You don't have to be a "recruitnik" to figure out which teams are going to have the best recruiting classes over the next 4 years. All you have to do is google up "college football recruiting for each of the years 2017, 18, 19 and 20 and the same schools keep popping up consistently year after year. The schools most frequently seen after the names of the top recruits are as follows: (No mystery here, same group year after year.)

Alabama
tOSU
FSU
Clemson
LSU
Auburn

Here are the class rankings thus far by 247 Sports for 2017:

2017 Team Rankings
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• • Team
  • Avg.
  • Points
• • 1
  • <img alt="Ohio State" height="25" src="http://s3media.247sports.com/Uploads/College/40/5_104639.gif" title="Ohio State" width="25" />
  • Ohio State
  • 93.87
  • 248.27
• • 2
  • <img alt="Clemson" height="25" src="http://s3media.247sports.com/Uploads/College/2/5_20743.gif" title="Clemson" width="25" />
  • Clemson
  • 91.26
  • 171.24
• • 3
  • <img alt="Miami" height="25" src="http://s3media.247sports.com/Uploads/College/7/5_27555.gif" title="Miami" width="25" />
  • Miami
  • 88.50
  • 160.84
• • 4
  • <img alt="Florida State" height="25" src="http://s3media.247sports.com/Uploads/College/4/5_20764.gif" title="Florida State" width="25" />
  • Florida State
  • 93.06
  • 151.50
• • 5
  • <img alt="Oklahoma" height="25" src="http://s3media.247sports.com/Uploads/College/20/5_89247.gif" title="Oklahoma" width="25" />
  • Oklahoma
  • 92.47
  • 146.63
• • 6
  • <img alt="Alabama" height="25" src="http://s3media.247sports.com/Uploads/College/90/5_19587.gif" title="Alabama" width="25" />
  • Alabama
  • 94.04
  • 137.81
• • 7
  • <img alt="Georgia" height="25" src="http://s3media.247sports.com/Uploads/College/94/5_48272.gif" title="Georgia" width="25" />
  • Georgia
  • 91.85
  • 125.67
• • 8
  • <img alt="Baylor" height="25" src="http://s3media.247sports.com/Uploads/College/13/5_4581.gif" title="Baylor" width="25" />
  • Baylor
  • 91.38
  • 122.85
• • 9
  • <img alt="North Carolina" height="25" src="http://s3media.247sports.com/Uploads/College/8/5_111621.gif" title="North Carolina" width="25" />
  • North Carolina
  • 91.05
  • 120.19
• • 10
  • <img alt="Kentucky" height="25" src="http://s3media.247sports.com/Uploads/College/95/5_34206.gif" title="Kentucky" width="25" />
  • Kentucky
  3 of the top 4 thus far are ACC schools and the ACC and SEC dominate the top 10. Further it is interesting to see the early focus on defense. Also, if Miami and UNC continue to recruit well they may very well climb up in the overall CFB rankings in the future. If you believe that the teams with the most talent usually win these rankings will something to keep an eye on.

Conclusion: It's never too early to start recruiting!