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College  | Recruiting | 9/29/2016

Top Recruiting Conferences

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Top 400 Incoming Freshmen | Top Freshmen by Conference

Listed below are the top 100 recruiting classes broken down by conference. Each table shows the overall rank (out of 100), the school, number of high school commits, number of high school commits ranked in the top 100, the total number of points (based on the player rankings, explanation of rankings can be found here) and the average number of points per player. Also included are the total number of points per conference and the average per program (of teams ranked in the top 100).

Not listed below are two conferences that had one team each listed among the top 100 recruiting classes:

Southern (SoCon): No. 93 VMI (22 points)
Mid-American (MAC): No. 87 Miami (Ohio) (23 points)


To view the top 100 recruiting classes, with links to the players that make up each of those classes, please visit this link: Class of 2016 College Recruiting Rankings

Rankings as of Thursday, September 29


SEC
Rk. School HS Commits Top 100 Points Avg. Player
2 Mississippi 17 5 119 7.00
3 Georgia 14 4 96 6.86
4 Louisiana State 14 2 88 6.77
6 Arkansas 17 2 86 5.06
7 Florida 13 1 85 6.54
10 Vanderbilt 10 1 78 7.80
14 Tennessee 15 1 69 4.60
16 South Carolina 12 1 68 5.67
31 Texas A&M 10 0 50 5.00
32 Auburn 11 1 49 5.00
41 Mississippi State 7 1 44 6.29
48 Kentucky 7 1 41 5.86
59 Missouri 10 0 33 3.30
63 Alabama 12 0 31 2.58
Total Pts. 937
Average 66.93
ACC
Rk. School HS Commits Top 100 Points Avg. Player
1 North Carolina 16 4 124 7.75
11 Florida State 11 1 71 6.45
15 North Carolina State 12 1 69 5.75
19 Louisville 14 1 63 4.50
21 Miami 11 0 62 5.64
22 Georgia Tech 14 0 59 4.64
23 Clemson 13 1 57 4.38
24 Duke 9 1 57 6.33
34 Virginia 10 0 49 4.90
39 Notre Dame 12 0 45 3.75
53 Wake Forest 12 0 38 3.17
68 Boston College 10 0 29 2.90
91 Pittsburgh 7 0 23 3.29
96 Virginia Tech 7 0 22 3.14
Total Pts. 768
Average 54.86
Pac-12
Rk. School HS Commits Top 100 Points Avg. Player
5 Arizona State 16 1 87 6.06
9 Washington 15 2 78 5.20
12 Oregon 14 0 71 5.07
13 Stanford 10 1 70 7.00
20 Oregon State 17 0 62 3.65
26 UCLA 13 0 56 4.31
37 Southern California 11 1 45 4.09
50 Arizona 6 1 40 6.67
60 California 7 1 32 4.57
86 Utah 11 0 23 2.09
Total Pts. 564
Average 56.40
Big 12
Rk. School HS Commits Top 100 Points Avg. Player
8 TCU 12 3 84 7.00
17 Texas 11 1 67 6.09
18 Oklahoma State 15 0 66 4.40
25 Texas Tech 14 0 56 4.00
30 West Virginia 14 0 51 3.64
46 Baylor 13 0 42 3.23
47 Kansas 10 1 41 4.10
73 Oklahoma 10 0 28 2.80
84 Kansas State 7 0 24 3.43
Total Pts. 459
Average 51.00
Big Ten
Rk. School HS Commits Top 100 Points Avg. Player
36 Indiana 12 0 48 4.00
49 Michigan 7 1 40 5.71
51 Iowa 10 0 39 3.90
52 Purdue 15 0 38 2.53
70 Penn State 9 0 29 3.22
71 Nebraska 7 0 29 4.14
79 Illinois 7 0 26 3.71
94 Ohio State 9 0 22 2.44
Total Pts. 271
Average 33.88
American Athletic
Rk. School HS Commits Top 100 Points Avg. Player
35 East Carolina 9 0 49 5.44
44 Houston 13 0 43 3.31
55 South Florida 9 0 36 4.00
58 Tulane 13 0 34 2.62
85 UCF 4 0 24 6.00
Total Pts. 186
Average 37.20
Big South
Rk. School HS Commits Top 100 Points Avg. Player
57 High Point 13 0 34 2.62
62 Charleston Southern 15 0 31 2.07
66 Coastal Carolina 14 0 29 2.07
77 Radford 11 0 26 2.36
82 Liberty 8 0 25 3.13
88 Campbell 9 0 23 2.56
Total Pts. 168
Average 28.00
Mountain West
Rk. School HS Commits Top 100 Points Avg. Player
28 San Diego State 14 1 54 3.86
43 Air Force 16 0 43 2.69
65 Nevada 9 0 30 3.33
72 New Mexico 12 0 28 2.33
Total Pts. 155
Average 38.75
Colonial Athletic
Rk. School HS Commits Top 100 Points Avg. Player
42 College of Charleston 16 0 43 2.69
80 James Madison 11 0 25 2.27
83 UNC-Wilmington 10 0 24 2.40
92 Elon 7 0 23 3.29
Total Pts. 115
Average 28.75
Conference USA
Rk. School HS Commits Top 100 Points Avg. Player
33 Florida Atlantic 13 0 49 3.77
54 Florida International 12 1 38 3.17
100 Old Dominion 8 0 21 2.63
Total Pts. 108
Average 36.00
Missouri Valley
Rk. School HS Commits Top 100 Points Avg. Player
40 Dallas Baptist 10 0 45 4.50
64 Illinois State 10 0 30 3.00
69 Wichita State 10 0 29 2.90
Total Pts. 104
Average 34.67
West Coast
Rk. School HS Commits Top 100 Points Avg. Player
29 San Diego 12 0 52 4.33
74 Santa Clara 10 0 28 2.80
99 Loyola Marymount 9 0 21 2.33
Total Pts. 101
Average 33.67
Sun Belt
Rk. School HS Commits Top 100 Points Avg. Player
38 Georgia Southern 13 0 45 3.46
76 Louisiana-Lafayette 7 0 27 3.86
89 Troy 8 0 23 2.88
Total Pts. 95
Average 31.67
Big West
Rk. School HS Commits Top 100 Points Avg. Player
27 UC Santa Barbara 12 1 55 4.58
81 Long Beach State 10 0 25 2.50
Total Pts. 80
Average 40.00
Big East
Rk. School HS Commits Top 100 Points Avg. Player
45 St. John's 9 1 42 4.67
56 Creighton 14 0 34 2.43
Total Pts. 76
Average 38.00
Atlantic 10
Rk. School HS Commits Top 100 Points Avg. Player
61 St. Louis 11 0 32 2.91
95 VCU 9 0 22 2.44
Total Pts. 54
Average 27.00
Atlantic Sun
Rk. School HS Commits Top 100 Points Avg. Player
75 Florida Gulf Coast 11 0 27 2.45
78 Kennesaw State 9 0 26 2.89
Total Pts. 53
Average 26.50
Patriot League
Rk. School HS Commits Top 100 Points Avg. Player
67 Navy 13 0 29 2.23
98 Army 10 0 21 2.10
Total Pts. 50
Average 25.00
Southland
Rk. School HS Commits Top 100 Points Avg. Player
90 Sam Houston State 7 0 23 3.29
97 Southeastern Louisiana 10 0 21 2.10
Total Pts. 44
Average 22.00



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