
As we look over the 2022 recruiting grades, it is important to remember the pending conference realignment that will see a significant shift occur among the Group-of-Five Conferences. Not surprising, the top 4 Group-of-Five classes all belong to programs that are scheduled to leave for the Power 5 in the coming season(s) including Cincinnati, Central Florida, Houston, and BYU.
Beyond these four, the remainder of the Top 10 classes include Memphis, Marshall, Boise State, San Diego State, Arkansas State, and UTSA. With the pending conference realignment, the AAC, Sunbelt, and the Mountain West will all have two Top 10 classes. Looking at the Top 21 classes outside the programs leaving for the Power 5, the AAC has 7 of the 21 (33%), aided by newcomers UTSA and UAB. The Mountain West has 6 (29%), and the Sunbelt has 5 (24%), aided by Marshall and Southern Miss.
In fact, if we evaluate the 2022 recruiting classes by current conference, the AAC would enjoy a commanding lead over the MWC. CUSA would lead a closely bunched pack of the other conferences and independents. When we look at these classes by the realigned conference, the MWC has the top class, edging out the AAC, with the Sunbelt a solid third, followed by the MAC. CUSA is a distant fifth and the Independents are well back (without the weight of BYU’s class).
In our tables below, we show the current conference for each team, along with their realigned conference (designated as “N-Conf”).
G5 Rank | Team | Conf | N-Conf | # Commits | Score | FBS Rank |
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1 | Cincinnati | AAC | P5 | 19 | 193.78 | 42 |
2 | Houston | AAC | P5 | 19 | 185.01 | 49 |
3 | Central Florida | AAC | P5 | 15 | 182.42 | 52 |
4 | BYU | INDG5 | P5 | 24 | 175.17 | 56 |
5 | Marshall | CUSA | SBC | 25 | 172.53 | 58 |
6 | Boise State | MWC | MWC | 20 | 170.81 | 60 |
7 | Memphis | AAC | AAC | 21 | 169.11 | 62 |
8 | Arkansas State | SBC | SBC | 18 | 162.68 | 67 |
9 | San Diego State | MWC | MWC | 17 | 161.66 | 68 |
10 | UTSA | CUSA | AAC | 15 | 158.61 | 69 |
11 | Tulane | AAC | AAC | 17 | 157.18 | 72 |
12 | Coastal Carolina | SBC | SBC | 19 | 157.1 | 73 |
13 | Fresno State | MWC | MWC | 19 | 154.04 | 74 |
14 | Miami (OH) | MAC | MAC | 17 | 149.16 | 76 |
15 | Utah State | MWC | MWC | 22 | 149.11 | 77 |
16 | Southern Miss | CUSA | SBC | 19 | 148.31 | 78 |
17 | Buffalo | MAC | MAC | 15 | 143.68 | 79 |
18 | SMU | AAC | AAC | 11 | 142.97 | 80 |
19 | UAB | CUSA | AAC | 17 | 140.44 | 81 |
20 | Appalachian State | SBC | SBC | 14 | 140.29 | 82 |
21 | San Jose State | MWC | MWC | 17 | 140.17 | 83 |
22 | East Carolina | AAC | AAC | 15 | 139.81 | 84 |
23 | Colorado State | MWC | MWC | 14 | 136.73 | 86 |
24 | South Florida | AAC | AAC | 11 | 134.17 | 87 |
25 | Northern Illinois | MAC | MAC | 21 | 133.96 | 88 |
26 | Toledo | MAC | MAC | 13 | 131.46 | 89 |
27 | Louisiana Tech | CUSA | CUSA | 13 | 129.68 | 90 |
28 | Liberty | INDG5 | CUSA | 14 | 127.96 | 91 |
29 | Western Kentucky | CUSA | CUSA | 15 | 127.45 | 92 |
30 | Central Michigan | MAC | MAC | 16 | 127.01 | 94 |
31 | Kent State | MAC | MAC | 20 | 126.46 | 95 |
32 | Ball State | MAC | MAC | 16 | 124.86 | 96 |
33 | New Mexico | MWC | MWC | 26 | 124.33 | 97 |
34 | Old Dominion | CUSA | SBC | 14 | 121.32 | 98 |
35 | Wyoming | MWC | MWC | 17 | 119.03 | 99 |
36 | UNLV | MWC | MWC | 10 | 118.39 | 100 |
37 | South Alabama | SBC | SBC | 13 | 117.68 | 101 |
38 | Georgia State | SBC | SBC | 14 | 114.21 | 102 |
39 | Western Michigan | MAC | MAC | 13 | 112.21 | 103 |
40 | Connecticut | INDG5 | INDG5 | 18 | 109.5 | 104 |
41 | Air Force | MWC | MWC | 44 | 109.18 | 106 |
42 | Charlotte | CUSA | AAC | 12 | 108.7 | 107 |
43 | Temple | AAC | AAC | 14 | 106.58 | 108 |
44 | Louisiana | SBC | SBC | 12 | 105.41 | 109 |
45 | Georgia Southern | SBC | SBC | 22 | 104.67 | 110 |
46 | Tulsa | AAC | AAC | 15 | 104.42 | 111 |
47 | Massachusetts | INDG5 | INDG5 | 17 | 103.48 | 112 |
48 | Bowling Green | MAC | MAC | 11 | 100.79 | 113 |
49 | Rice | CUSA | AAC | 14 | 100.16 | 115 |
50 | Middle Tennessee State | CUSA | CUSA | 12 | 99.32 | 117 |
51 | Nevada | MWC | MWC | 13 | 97.32 | 118 |
52 | New Mexico State | INDG5 | CUSA | 20 | 84.04 | 121 |
53 | North Texas | CUSA | AAC | 12 | 82.88 | 122 |
54 | Akron | MAC | MAC | 10 | 80.11 | 123 |
55 | Florida International | CUSA | CUSA | 18 | 76.64 | 124 |
56 | Hawaii | MWC | MWC | 12 | 64.34 | 126 |
57 | Florida Atlantic | CUSA | CUSA | 9 | 64.14 | 127 |
58 | Troy | SBC | SBC | 8 | 64.11 | 128 |
59 | Eastern Michigan | MAC | MAC | 7 | 63.57 | 129 |
60 | UTEP | CUSA | CUSA | 15 | 61.99 | 130 |
61 | Louisiana Monroe | SBC | SBC | 7 | 49.02 | 131 |
62 | Ohio | MAC | MAC | 12 | 41.77 | 136 |
63 | Navy | AAC | AAC | 23 | 41.4 | 137 |
64 | Texas State | SBC | SBC | 5 | 33.53 | 138 |
65 | Army | INDG5 | INDG5 | 23 | 18.3 | 153 |
G5 Rank | Team | Conf | N-Conf | # Commits | Score | FBS Rank |
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1 | Cincinnati | AAC | P5 | 19 | 1434 | 41 |
2 | Memphis | AAC | AAC | 20 | 1260 | 47 |
3 | Central Florida | AAC | P5 | 15 | 1185 | 51 |
4 | Houston | AAC | P5 | 18 | 1170 | 53 |
5 | Marshall | CUSA | SBC | 23 | 1110 | 55 |
6 | BYU | INDG5 | P5 | 26 | 990 | 64 |
7 | Arkansas State | SBC | SBC | 20 | 975 | 65 |
8 | UTSA | CUSA | AAC | 16 | 960 | 66 |
9 | Boise State | MWC | MWC | 20 | 945 | 67 |
9 | Tulane | AAC | AAC | 17 | 915 | 68 |
9 | San Diego State | MWC | MWC | 17 | 915 | 68 |
12 | Utah State | MWC | MWC | 24 | 915 | 68 |
13 | Northern Illinois | MAC | MAC | 20 | 885 | 73 |
14 | Miami (OH) | MAC | MAC | 18 | 870 | 75 |
14 | Louisiana Tech | CUSA | CUSA | 16 | 825 | 77 |
16 | East Carolina | AAC | AAC | 16 | 810 | 78 |
17 | UAB | CUSA | AAC | 19 | 795 | 79 |
18 | Army | INDG5 | INDG5 | 89 | 780 | 81 |
18 | Central Michigan | MAC | MAC | 18 | 780 | 81 |
20 | South Florida | AAC | AAC | 12 | 750 | 83 |
21 | Air Force | MWC | MWC | 39 | 750 | 83 |
22 | Coastal Carolina | SBC | SBC | 19 | 750 | 83 |
22 | SMU | AAC | AAC | 12 | 735 | 86 |
24 | Southern Miss | CUSA | SBC | 19 | 720 | 87 |
24 | Kent State | MAC | MAC | 18 | 720 | 87 |
26 | Appalachian State | SBC | SBC | 14 | 720 | 87 |
27 | Georgia Southern | SBC | SBC | 20 | 720 | 87 |
27 | Western Kentucky | CUSA | CUSA | 20 | 705 | 91 |
29 | Navy | AAC | AAC | 64 | 690 | 92 |
29 | New Mexico | MWC | MWC | 28 | 660 | 93 |
29 | Western Michigan | MAC | MAC | 14 | 645 | 95 |
32 | Colorado State | MWC | MWC | 14 | 630 | 96 |
33 | Ball State | MAC | MAC | 16 | 615 | 97 |
33 | Liberty | INDG5 | CUSA | 14 | 600 | 99 |
35 | Fresno State | MWC | MWC | 17 | 600 | 99 |
35 | San Jose State | MWC | MWC | 16 | 600 | 99 |
37 | Wyoming | MWC | MWC | 17 | 570 | 102 |
38 | Toledo | MAC | MAC | 12 | 555 | 103 |
39 | Louisiana | SBC | SBC | 10 | 555 | 103 |
39 | Charlotte | CUSA | AAC | 13 | 525 | 105 |
41 | Temple | AAC | AAC | 14 | 510 | 106 |
42 | Tulsa | AAC | AAC | 15 | 495 | 107 |
42 | Connecticut | INDG5 | INDG5 | 20 | 450 | 108 |
44 | Georgia State | SBC | SBC | 14 | 450 | 108 |
44 | Bowling Green | MAC | MAC | 11 | 420 | 110 |
44 | Eastern Michigan | MAC | MAC | 18 | 420 | 110 |
47 | Old Dominion | CUSA | SBC | 12 | 405 | 112 |
48 | New Mexico State | INDG5 | CUSA | 17 | 405 | 112 |
48 | Middle Tennessee State | CUSA | CUSA | 13 | 375 | 114 |
50 | Florida International | CUSA | CUSA | 20 | 375 | 114 |
51 | UTEP | CUSA | CUSA | 23 | 375 | 114 |
51 | Akron | MAC | MAC | 13 | 375 | 114 |
53 | UNLV | MWC | MWC | 9 | 375 | 114 |
54 | South Alabama | SBC | SBC | 12 | 375 | 114 |
54 | Rice | CUSA | AAC | 12 | 360 | 120 |
56 | Florida Atlantic | CUSA | CUSA | 10 | 300 | 121 |
57 | Buffalo | MAC | MAC | 15 | 300 | 121 |
58 | Nevada | MWC | MWC | 8 | 285 | 123 |
59 | North Texas | CUSA | AAC | 7 | 270 | 124 |
60 | Louisiana Monroe | SBC | SBC | 7 | 255 | 125 |
61 | Hawaii | MWC | MWC | 9 | 225 | 126 |
62 | Massachusetts | INDG5 | INDG5 | 13 | 195 | 127 |
63 | Troy | SBC | SBC | 6 | 165 | 128 |
64 | Ohio | MAC | MAC | 10 | 150 | 129 |
65 | Texas State | SBC | SBC | 3 | 120 | 130 |
G5 Rank | Team | Conf | N-Conf | FBS Rank |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Cincinnati | AAC | P5 | 33 |
2 | Central Florida | AAC | P5 | 49 |
3 | BYU | INDG5 | P5 | 52 |
4 | Houston | AAC | P5 | 55 |
5 | Boise State | MWC | MWC | 58 |
6 | Memphis | AAC | AAC | 69 |
7 | San Diego State | MWC | MWC | 70 |
8 | Marshall | CUSA | SBC | 71 |
9 | UTSA | CUSA | AAC | 72 |
10 | Colorado State | MWC | MWC | 73 |
11 | Coastal Carolina | SBC | SBC | 74 |
12 | Arkansas State | SBC | SBC | 75 |
Consensus Rank | Team | Conf | N-Conf | High Rank | Low Rank |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Cincinnati | AAC | P5 | 1 | 1 |
2 | Central Florida | AAC | P5 | 2 | 3 |
3 | Houston | AAC | P5 | 2 | 4 |
4 | BYU | INDG5 | P5 | 3 | 6 |
5 | Memphis | AAC | AAC | 2 | 7 |
6 | Marshall | CUSA | SBC | 5 | 8 |
7 | Boise State | MWC | MWC | 5 | 9 |
8 | San Diego State | MWC | MWC | 7 | 11 |
9 | Arkansas State | SBC | SBC | 7 | 12 |
10 | UTSA | CUSA | AAC | 8 | 10 |
11 | Tulane | AAC | AAC | 10 | NR |
12 | Utah State | MWC | MWC | 12 | NR |
13 | Coastal Carolina | SBC | SBC | 11 | 22 |
14 | Miami (OH) | MAC | MAC | 14 | NR |
15 | UAB | CUSA | AAC | 17 | NR |
16 | Southern Miss | CUSA | SBC | 16 | NR |
17 | East Carolina | AAC | AAC | 16 | NR |
18 | SMU | AAC | AAC | 18 | NR |
19 | Northern Illinois | MAC | MAC | 13 | NR |
20 | Fresno State | MWC | MWC | 13 | NR |
21 | Appalachian State | SBC | SBC | 20 | NR |
22 | Colorado State | MWC | MWC | 10 | 23 |
23 | Louisiana Tech | CUSA | CUSA | 15 | NR |
24 | South Florida | AAC | AAC | 20 | NR |
25 | San Jose State | MWC | MWC | 21 | NR |
26 | Central Michigan | MAC | MAC | 19 | NR |
27 | Western Kentucky | CUSA | CUSA | 28 | NR |
28 | Kent State | MAC | MAC | 25 | NR |
29 | Liberty | INDG5 | CUSA | 28 | NR |
30 | Toledo | MAC | MAC | 26 | NR |
31 | Buffalo | MAC | MAC | 17 | NR |
32 | New Mexico | MWC | MWC | 30 | NR |
33 | Ball State | MAC | MAC | 32 | NR |
34 | Air Force | MWC | MWC | 21 | NR |
35 | Wyoming | MWC | MWC | 35 | NR |
36 | Western Michigan | MAC | MAC | 31 | NR |
37 | Georgia Southern | SBC | SBC | 27 | NR |
38 | Old Dominion | CUSA | SBC | 34 | NR |
39 | Georgia State | SBC | SBC | 38 | NR |
40 | UNLV | MWC | MWC | 36 | NR |
41 | Connecticut | INDG5 | INDG5 | 40 | NR |
42 | South Alabama | SBC | SBC | 37 | NR |
43 | Charlotte | CUSA | AAC | 40 | NR |
44 | Louisiana | SBC | SBC | 39 | NR |
45 | Temple | AAC | AAC | 41 | NR |
46 | Tulsa | AAC | AAC | 42 | NR |
47 | Bowling Green | MAC | MAC | 45 | NR |
48 | Middle Tennessee State | CUSA | CUSA | 49 | NR |
49 | Rice | CUSA | AAC | 49 | NR |
50 | New Mexico State | INDG5 | CUSA | 48 | NR |
51 | Massachusetts | INDG5 | INDG5 | 47 | NR |
52 | Akron | MAC | MAC | 52 | NR |
53 | Navy | AAC | AAC | 29 | NR |
54 | Nevada | MWC | MWC | 51 | NR |
55 | Florida International | CUSA | CUSA | 50 | NR |
56 | Eastern Michigan | MAC | MAC | 46 | NR |
57 | Army | INDG5 | INDG5 | 18 | NR |
58 | North Texas | CUSA | AAC | 53 | NR |
59 | UTEP | CUSA | CUSA | 51 | NR |
60 | Florida Atlantic | CUSA | CUSA | 56 | NR |
61 | Hawaii | MWC | MWC | 56 | NR |
62 | Troy | SBC | SBC | 58 | NR |
63 | Louisiana Monroe | SBC | SBC | 60 | NR |
64 | Ohio | MAC | MAC | 62 | NR |
65 | Texas State | SBC | SBC | 64 | NR |