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Ranking college football's best 2025 recruiting classes: The top 25 schools
We stacked the top 2025 recruiting classes in the country. Here are the schools off to a great start.
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NCAAF
2025 ESPN 300 rankings release: Top QBs, new five-stars, biggest risers
Julian Lewis remains the top player in the class. Check out which recruits joined the five-star QB and who is rising up the rankings.
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Top Headlines
NCAAF
How top 2024 ESPN 300 pass-catchers fit at their new schools
Three of the top five players in the Class of 2024 are receivers and three tight ends are ranked in the top 65 prospects. Here's how Ohio State's Jeremiah Smith, FSU's Landen Thomas and others will fit with their new teams.
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NCAAF
Schools that improved their College Football Playoff chances with 2024 recruiting classes
With the top teams completing their 2024 recruiting classes, we can look ahead to the new 12-team College Football Playoff next season. Which group of recruits could help put a contender over the top?
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NCAAF
The 75 best recruiting classes for 2024: Georgia claims the crown
We stacked the top recruiting classes in the country as schools wrapped their 2024 classes.
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NCAAF
Final 2024 ESPN 300 rankings: A new top QB, race for No. 1 receiver
With signing day a week away and senior seasons and all-star games in the books, we have our final breakdown of the class. It came down to the wire for the top skill players.
Underclassmen Report
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Seven small-school transfers poised to break out at Power 5 programs
Not every transfer is from a Power 5 program. It's the chance for FCS or Group of 5 prospects to find stardom at CFP contenders.
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NCAAF
Tracking all the players leaving Colorado football this spring
A look at the Buffaloes' defections since the transfer portal opened on April 16.
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Best fits for 10 intriguing college football transfers: Why Clemson, LSU, Miami make sense for impact players
The spring transfer period has started. Where would the top players shine brightest? Tom Luginbill breaks them down.
Top Headlines
- Ole Miss receives in-state pledge from RB Dear
- OSU gets commitment from 4-star DE Merritt
- Five-star DT Terry flips pick to USC from Georgia
- Bettis follows in dad's footsteps, commits to Irish
- Bama, DeBoer land No. 29 prospect in '25 class
- Son of ex-NFL WR Burress to join Notre Dame
- QB Bachmeier to join WR brother at Stanford
2022's top recruits
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ThreeStep
Top 300 players in the Class of 2022
Walter Nolen is one of the top defensive prospects in the Class of 2022, but who are the other top prospects you should keep an eye on?
Recruiting Class Rankings
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Who leads the nation in recruiting?
Here is the latest rankings of all the top recruiting classes from across the country.
NFL No. 1 picks as CFB recruits (ESPN+)
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What No. 1 NFL draft picks were like as college football recruits
Before they were drafted first overall, how good were Bryce Young, Matthew Stafford and Joe Burrow as college football recruits?
