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The Next Wave
Recruiting and the portal without the message-board panic. The Pate Index below will average the 247Sports Composite and On3 Industry rankings, pulled nightly once the season engine is live.
The Pate Recruiting Index — Class of 2027
Two Services. One Honest Number.
Preseason preview — live data arrives with the seasonEvery outlet ranks classes a little differently. We average the two biggest — 247Sports' Composite and On3/Rivals' Industry ranking — into one index, and show you both, so nobody can accuse the number of wearing team colors.
The Full Index
| PATE IDX | TEAM | 247 COMP | ON3/RIVALS | COMMITS | 5★ | 247 PTS / ON3 SCORE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Texas A&M | 1 | 1 | 26 | 6 | 315.48 / 94.17 |
| 02 | Notre Dame | 2 | 2 | 23 | 4 | 302.50 / 93.17 |
| 03 | Miami | 3 | 3 | 21 | 5 | 298.03 / 93.06 |
| 04 | Oregon | 4 | 4 | 24 | 2 | 295.59 / 92.51 |
| 05 | Ohio State | 7 | 5 | 19 | 3 | 282.41 / 92.19 |
| 06 | Texas | 6 | 6 | 22 | 3 | 288.01 / 92.04 |
| 07 | Oklahoma | 5 | 7 | 27 | 3 | 289.68 / 92.03 |
| 08 | Florida | 8 | 8 | 25 | 1 | 280.97 / 91.72 |
| 09 | Texas Tech | 9 | 9 | 19 | 2 | 279.90 / 91.41 |
| 10 | Michigan | 11 | 11 | 21 | 0 | 266.16 / 90.88 |
| 11 | Auburn | 10 | 12 | 25 | 0 | 270.07 / 90.86 |
| 12 | LSU | 15 | 10 | 16 | 1 | 257.92 / 90.91 |
| 13 | Georgia | 12 | 14 | 20 | 2 | 262.42 / 90.68 |
| 14 | Ole Miss | 14 | 15 | 22 | 0 | 258.88 / 90.55 |
| 15 | Clemson | 13 | 16 | 25 | 0 | 258.89 / 90.54 |
Pate Index = average of the two service ranks; ties broken by scores. Sources: 247Sports Composite & On3/Rivals Industry team rankings.
The Pate Player Index — Class of 2027
The Top Players in America
Preseason preview — live data arrives with the seasonThe nation's best, per 247Sports' Top247 — will be pulled nightly once the season engine is live. On production, On3/Rivals industry player ranks merge in nightly to complete the index.
| RK | PLAYER | POS | HT/WT | HOMETOWN | COMMITTED |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Five-Star EDGE | EDGE | 6-5 / 240 | Southeast | Committed — Big Ten |
| 02 | Five-Star IOL | IOL | 6-5 / 300 | Northeast | Committed — SEC |
| 03 | Five-Star OT | OT | 6-5.5 / 300 | Southeast | Committed — SEC |
| 04 | Four-Star DL | DL | 6-3 / 302 | Texas | Committed — Big 12 |
| 05 | Five-Star EDGE | EDGE | 6-4 / 230 | Southeast | Committed — SEC |
| 06 | Four-Star CB | CB | 6-1 / 170 | West Coast | Committed — ACC |
| 07 | Four-Star QB | QB | 6-3 / 203 | Midwest | Committed — Big Ten |
| 08 | Four-Star QB | QB | 6-4 / 187 | Midwest | Committed — ACC |
| 09 | Five-Star QB | QB | 6-5 / 235 | Southeast | Committed — SEC |
| 10 | Four-Star RB | RB | 5-9 / 205 | Northeast | Committed — SEC |
| 11 | Four-Star RB | RB | 6-0 / 210 | Southeast | Committed — SEC |
| 12 | Four-Star WR | WR | 6-5 / 195 | Midwest | Committed — Big Ten |
The Wire — What Just Happened
Recruiting News
The final two uncommitted five-stars made their calls: a five-star WR chose Indiana and a five-star RB stayed home with Tennessee — pivotal in-state wins that moved both classes up the rankings.
Texas A&M sits No. 1 on both major services with 26 commits — six five-stars and 19 blue-chips — putting the coaching staff in position for a second top-five class in three cycles.
Georgia (13th on the Pate Index), Alabama (outside the top 30 on both services), and Texas (6th) are unusually quiet this cycle — which historically means a December surge is coming.
The Pate Read
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