SEC recruiting rankings have a new No. 1 after early signing period

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SEC recruiting rankings have a new No. 1 after early signing period

The Georgia Bulldogs no longer have the top recruiting ranking in the SEC. The Alabama Crimson Tide surpassed Georgia during the chaos of the early signing period, which has concluded.

The Bulldogs lost a few commitments just days ahead of the early signing period. Five-star quarterback commit Jared Curtis, who is the highest ranked player in the country, flipped and eventually signed with Vanderbilt. Because of this, we consider Georgia to be one of the SEC’s early signing period losers despite having a top-five national recruiting class. Other SEC recruiting losers include Auburn, Arkansas and Kentucky, who all finished outside the top-40 in recruiting.

It is important to put into prospective where we stand with the class of 2026 in the SEC. The conference has hundreds of commitments and almost all of them have signed with their schools. In fact, only three recruits in the entire SEC are committed to programs and have not signed yet (two of them are Georgia commits).

Most recruits that have signed will be early enrollees. February’s national signing day is practically meaningless these days. Only one top-150 recruit is unsigned right now. Another national trend is that top recruits are more spread out than ever, which should spark more college football parity.

The SEC has five of the country’s top 10 recruiting classes. Tennessee had a strong push is among the SEC’s recruiting winners from the early signing period along with Vanderbilt, who obviously landed their quarterback of the future.

Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, Texas and Texas A&M all finished with top-five recruiting classes. Alabama leads the SEC with four five-star signees. Not far behind the Crimson Tide is Texas, who has three five-star signees. Tennessee and LSU both also signed multiple five-stars. Georgia, Mississippi State, Texas A&M and Vanderbilt all signed one five-star.

SEC football class of 2026 recruiting rankings

A view of the SEC logo on the field prior to the 2025 SEC Championship between the Georgia Bulldogs and Alabama Crimson Tide

  1. Alabama Crimson Tide (22 commits, No. 2 national ranking)
  2. Georgia Bulldogs (29 commits, No. 5 national ranking)
  3. Tennessee Volunteers (28 commits, No. 7 national ranking)
  4. Texas Longhorns (23 commits, No. 8 national ranking)
  5. Texas A&M Aggies (26 commits, No. 9 national ranking)
  6. LSU Tigers (14 commits, No. 13 national ranking)
  7. Oklahoma Sooners (24 commits, No. 15 national ranking)
  8. Florida Gators (18 commits, No. 16 national ranking)
  9. South Carolina Gamecocks (15 commits, No. 20 national ranking)
  10. Ole Miss Rebels (18 commits, No. 22 national ranking)
  11. Mississippi State Bulldogs (30 commits, No. 27 national ranking)
  12. Vanderbilt Commodores (21 commits, No. 31 national ranking)
  13. Missouri Tigers (19 commits, No. 34 national ranking)
  14. Auburn Tigers (18 commits, No. 41 national ranking)
  15. Arkansas Razorbacks (16 commits, No. 57 national ranking)
  16. Kentucky Wildcats (14 commits, No. 61 national ranking)

All recruiting rankings are for the class of 2026 and are from 247Sports as of Monday, Dec. 8.

This article originally appeared on UGA Wire: Where Georgia stands in the SEC football recruiting rankings

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