In a classic case of the rich getting richer, BCS national champion Alabama is winning on the recruiting front as well.
With the February 1 national signing day looming, Scout, Rivals and ESPN rank the Crimson Tide’s incoming recruiting class as the best in the nation.
Alabama has received a total of 27 commitments, including Reggie Ragland, the nation’s top-rated linebacker prospect, and two of the top three safety prospects.
The Crimson Tide has received commitments from six of Scout’s top 100 prep prospects, tying them with Texas, Florida, Michigan and Notre Dame with the second most.
Alabama’s 2012 recruiting class features safeties Landon Collins and Eddie Williams, wide receiver Cyrus Jones and running back T.J. Yeldon.
Florida State has gotten commitments from seven of Scout’s top 100, but the Seminoles class is ranked 14th best. Rivals lists Florida State’s incoming class as ninth best and ESPN rates the Seminoles’ commitment list as third best.
The Seminoles have verbal commitments from Mario Edwards, the nation’s top-rated defensive end prospect and Jameis Winston, Scout’s second-rated quarterback prospect.
Texas Longhorns Coach Mack Brown has another strong recruiting class
Texas has received commitments from 24 prep players, including Malcolm Brown, the nation’s top-rated defensive tackle prospect.
The Longhorns have also gotten commitments from Jonathan Gray, the nation’s second-rated running back prospect and Curtis Riser, Scout’s second-rated offensive guard.
Michigan had a resurgence on the field this past season and the Wolverines have taken advantage by securing a top five recruiting class.
Kyle Kallis, the nation’s sixth-best offensive tackle prospect, is the star of Michigan’s class. The Wolverines have commitments from five offensive tackles, all of which rank among Scout’s top 50.
Michigan has also received a commitment from Royce Jenkins-Stone, the second-rated middle linebacker prospect.
After two sub par seasons on the field and a well below average recruiting effort in 2011, Florida has assembled one of the nation’s best classes in 2012.
The Gators have commitments from the nation’s two top-rated tight end prospects, Kent Taylor and Colin Thompson.
Florida has also received commitments from Brian Poole, Scout’s second-rated cornerback prospect, D.J. Humphries, the third-rated offensive tackle prospect and Jonathan Bullard, Scout’s fourth-rated defensive end prospect.
For the 10th straight year, the mighty SEC leads all conferences receiving the most commitments from the nation’s top-rated prep prospects.
With the addition of Texas A&M and Missouri, SEC schools have commitments from 27 of Scout’s top 100 prospects. The Big Ten is a distant second with 16 commitments.
Rivals has 13 of the 14 SEC schools among its top 50 recruiting classes while Scout lists 13 SEC programs among its top 36 classes. ESPN ranks nine SEC schools among its top 25.
