2022 Recruiting

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”).

247 Sports Recruiting Rankings (Click to scroll, click headers to sort)
G5 Rank	Team	Conf	N-Conf	# Commits	Score	FBS Rank
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

Rivals Recruiting Rankings (Click to scroll, click headers to sort)
G5 Rank	Team	Conf	N-Conf	# Commits	Score	FBS Rank
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

ESPN Recruiting Rankings (Top 75 FBS Only)
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 Recruiting Rankings (Click to scroll, click headers to sort)
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