SEC classes in the Rivals Industry Team Recruiting Rankings

The 2027 recruiting cycle still has a few weeks to go until National Signing Day, but a majority of the top classes in the nation are set. While coaching changes, changes of heart and other factors may lead to some flips down the stretch, for the most part, top recruits look locked into their respective pledges.

Texas A&M still sits No. 1 nationally in the Rivals Industry Team Recruiting Rankings, and the SEC owns 11 of the top 25 classes.

The Rivals Industry Ranking averages the Rivals, 247Sports and ESPN player rankings, each weighted at 33%, and those player scores produce the team rankings.

1. Texas A&M — 93.88 (No. 1 nationally)

24 total commits
4 five-stars | 14 four-stars | 6 three-stars
Top Commit: OT Mark Matthews, No. 2 NATL. (No. 1 OT)

Mike Elko holds four five-stars, the most in the SEC, and Fort Lauderdale (Fla.) St. Thomas Aquinas offensive tackle Mark Matthews is the best of them at No. 2 nationally and No. 1 at his position. Hampton (Ga.) High safety Kamarui Dorsey (No. 12) and Humble (Texas) Kingwood interior offensive lineman Kennedy Brown (No. 29) give the Aggies four top-30 pledges, with Tampa (Fla.) Jesuit linebacker Kaden Henderson at No. 30. The lone fall defection was Burleson (Texas) Centennial linebacker Aston Whiteside, No. 380 nationally, who flipped to Miami on Oct. 21.

2. Florida — 92.14 (No. 5 nationally)

26 total commits
2 five-stars | 16 four-stars | 8 three-stars
Top Commit: IOL Maxwell Hiller, No. 3 NATL. (No. 1 IOL)

Jon Sumrall flipped a five-star on Oct. 11, when New Orleans Brother Martin wide receiver Easton Royal switched from Texas for Florida. Royal is the No. 5 player in the country and the top-ranked receiver. He pairs with Coatesville (Pa.) High interior offensive lineman Maxwell Hiller, No. 3 nationally, to give the Gators two top-five commitments.

3. Oklahoma — 91.81 (No. 7 nationally)

27 total commits
1 five-star | 12 four-stars | 14 three-stars
Top Commit: CB Gabriel Osborne Jr., No. 20 NATL. (No. 4 CB)

Brent Venables built the top of this class close to home. Mustang (Okla.) High cornerback Gabriel Osborne Jr. (No. 20), Bixby (Okla.) High offensive tackle Kaeden Penny (No. 37) and Fort Gibson (Okla.) High offensive tackle Cooper Hackett (No. 43) are all in-state pledges. Danville (Ky.) Boyle County tight end Seneca Driver, No. 44 nationally and No. 3 at his position, passed on Kentucky and Notre Dame to commit in March.

4. Texas — 91.36 (No. 9 nationally)

23 total commits
1 five-star | 12 four-stars | 10 three-stars
Top Commit: IOL Ismael Camara, No. 28 NATL. (No. 3 IOL)

Steve Sarkisian added two linebackers from ACC classes in late October. Richmond (Va.) Varina linebacker RJ Hudson (No. 516) left Clemson on Oct. 9 after scheduling an official visit to Austin and committed Oct. 26. Prattville (Ala.) High linebacker Jason Crenshaw (No. 899) flipped from Georgia Tech three days later. Gilmer (Texas) High interior offensive lineman Ismael Camara, No. 28 nationally, is the top-ranked of 12 in-state commitments.

5. LSU — 90.78 (No. 10 nationally)

15 total commits
1 five-star | 11 four-stars | 3 three-stars
Top Commit: TE Ahmad Hudson, No. 22 NATL. (No. 1 TE)

Ruston (La.) High tight end Ahmad Hudson is the No. 22 player in the country and the top-ranked tight end, and he’s Lane Kiffin‘s top commit. Seven of LSU’s 15 commitments are from Louisiana, including Shreveport (La.) Evangel Christian Academy quarterback Peyton Houston (No. 99). No SEC class in the national top 25 has fewer pledges.

6. Georgia — 90.63 (No. 12 nationally)

24 total commits
2 five-stars | 10 four-stars | 12 three-stars
Top Commit: RB Kemon Spell, No. 6 NATL. (No. 1 RB)

Georgia has flipped four commitments since Sept. 29, and two came from the junior college ranks. Modesto (Calif.) Junior College cornerback Alius Mayo, the No. 1 JUCO prospect, left Cal on Sept. 29, and Booneville (Miss.) Northeast Mississippi Community College defensive lineman Christian Mays, the top JUCO defensive lineman, flipped from Tennessee on Oct. 19. Powder Springs (Ga.) McEachern cornerback Nash Johnson (No. 558) came over from Auburn on Oct. 13, and Covington (Ga.) Newton safety Braylon Miller (No. 1,030) left Liberty five days later. McKeesport (Pa.) High running back Kemon Spell, No. 6 nationally, leads the class.

7. Ole Miss — 90.61 (No. 13 nationally)

23 total commits
0 five-stars | 14 four-stars | 9 three-stars
Top Commit: DL Mitchell Turner, No. 70 NATL. (No. 6 DL)

Sacramento (Calif.) Grant Union tight end Rahzario Edwards flipped from Cal to Ole Miss on Oct. 18, the day after Pete Golding’s team beat Missouri 31-3. Edwards is No. 175 nationally and No. 8 at his position. Mississippi linemen lead the class: Louisville (Miss.) High defensive lineman Mitchell Turner (No. 70), Ackerman (Miss.) Choctaw County defensive lineman Ben’Jarvius Shumaker (No. 88) and Tupelo (Miss.) High offensive tackle Antonio Berry (No. 89).

8. Auburn — 90.49 (No. 15 nationally)

23 total commits
0 five-stars | 13 four-stars | 10 three-stars
Top Commit: RB Myson Johnson-Cook, No. 66 NATL. (No. 5 RB)

Alex Golesh lost two commitments to SEC rivals in October. Powder Springs (Ga.) McEachern cornerback Nash Johnson (No. 558) flipped to Georgia on Oct. 13, and Charlotte (N.C.) Corvian Community School defensive lineman Nate Kamba (No. 252) went to South Carolina on Oct. 25. East St. Louis (Ill.) High running back Myson Johnson-Cook, No. 66 nationally, leads the class, and Sharpsburg (Ga.) East Coweta cornerback Chance Gilbert (No. 71) is next.

9. Kentucky — 89.20 (No. 20 nationally)

25 total commits
0 five-stars | 7 four-stars | 18 three-stars
Top Commit: QB Jake Nawrot, No. 52 NATL. (No. 5 QB)

Arlington Heights (Ill.) John Hersey quarterback Jake Nawrot has been committed to Kentucky since April 12, and at No. 52 nationally and No. 5 at his position he’s the class’s highest-ranked pledge. Fort Mitchell (Ky.) Beechwood wide receiver Tyler Fryman (No. 206) is the top in-state name. Six of Kentucky’s 25 commitments are from Kentucky, and six more are from Ohio.

10. Tennessee — 89.09 (No. 22 nationally)

19 total commits
1 five-star | 6 four-stars | 12 three-stars
Top Commit: RB David Gabriel Georges, No. 8 NATL. (No. 2 RB)

Chattanooga (Tenn.) Baylor School running back David Gabriel Georges, No. 8 nationally, leads Josh Heupel’s class, and the staff beat Alabama and Georgia for Loganville (Ga.) Grayson cornerback Preston Glasco on Oct. 28, after he backed off a UConn commitment. Glasco is No. 717 nationally. The win came nine days after Tennessee lost JUCO defensive lineman Christian Mays to Georgia.

11. South Carolina — 88.96 (No. 23 nationally)

18 total commits
1 five-star | 8 four-stars | 9 three-stars
Top Commit: CB Joshua Dobson, No. 14 NATL. (No. 3 CB)

One day after South Carolina beat Tennessee, Charlotte (N.C.) Corvian Community School defensive lineman Nate Kamba flipped from Auburn to the Gamecocks on Oct. 25. Kamba, No. 252 nationally, gives Shane Beamer and defensive line coach Travian Robertson a second four-star interior lineman alongside Fayetteville (N.C.) Seventy-First defensive lineman John Archer (No. 180). Cornelius (N.C.) William Amos Hough cornerback Joshua Dobson, the No. 14 player in the country, tops the class, and his Hough teammate, safety Davion Jones, is No. 154.

12. Missouri — 88.33 (No. 29 nationally)

18 total commits
0 five-stars | 8 four-stars | 10 three-stars
Top Commit: TE Jack Brown, No. 166 NATL. (No. 7 TE)

Five of Missouri’s 18 commitments are interior offensive linemen, led by Kansas City (Mo.) St. Pius X interior offensive lineman Kyler Kuhn (No. 216). St. Charles (Mo.) Francis Howell Central tight end Jack Brown, No. 166 nationally, picked Eli Drinkwitz’s program over Illinois, Kansas State and Arizona State in March. Six commitments are from the Show Me State.

13. Alabama — 88.12 (No. 30 nationally)

16 total commits
1 five-star | 3 four-stars | 12 three-stars
Top Commit: QB Elijah Haven, No. 17 NATL. (No. 2 QB)

Oxford (Ala.) High interior offensive lineman Xavier Endicott committed to Alabama on Oct. 26 after picking up an offer on a visit, giving the Crimson Tide their 16th pledge. Baton Rouge (La.) Dunham School quarterback Elijah Haven, the No. 2 quarterback and No. 17 player overall, leads the class. Bradenton (Fla.) IMG Academy wide receiver Osani Gayles is No. 46, and seven of the 16 commitments are from Alabama.

14. Vanderbilt — 88.08 (No. 31 nationally)

20 total commits
0 five-stars | 4 four-stars | 16 three-stars
Top Commit: LB Omarii Sanders, No. 63 NATL. (No. 4 LB)

Vanderbilt’s fall flip came out of the Big Ten. Wake Forest (N.C.) High edge rusher Josiah Sturdivant, No. 596 nationally, decommitted from Rutgers on Sept. 14 and picked the Commodores three days later. Louisville (Ky.) Trinity cornerback Allen Evans (No. 93) flipped from Louisville in June. Nashville (Tenn.) Franklin Road Academy linebacker Omarii Sanders, No. 63, is the top-ranked pledge.

15. Mississippi State — 87.03 (No. 40 nationally)

16 total commits
0 five-stars | 4 four-stars | 12 three-stars
Top Commit: RB Christian Alexander, No. 315 NATL. (No. 21 RB)

Willis (Texas) High cornerback J’Lynnd Kellow had been committed to Mississippi State since June, but he flipped to Oklahoma State in October after an official visit to Stillwater. Seven of the Bulldogs’ 16 commitments are from Mississippi, and the top two are in-state running backs: Tunica (Miss.) Rosa Fort running back Christian Alexander (No. 315) and Winona (Miss.) High running back Yoshawn Hudson (No. 332).

16. Arkansas — 86.63 (No. 46 nationally)

22 total commits
0 five-stars | 1 four-star | 21 three-stars
Top Commit: WR Jabari Watkins, No. 357 NATL. (No. 53 WR)

Junction City (Ark.) High offensive tackle Delonte Duff flipped from Texas State to Arkansas on Sept. 26 and became the Razorbacks’ sixth offensive line commitment. Line coach Jeff Myers offered him Sept. 10. Arkansas lost Alabaster (Ala.) Thompson wide receiver Darion Moseley (No. 474), who decommitted in early October and landed at Northwestern. Thomasville (Ga.) Thomas County Central wide receiver Jabari Watkins, No. 357, is the top-ranked high school pledge in the Razorbacks’ class.