Category: Rivals

Stars don’t matter to Indiana, yet Hoosiers adding blue-chip recruits

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Curt Cignetti has made it clear he doesn’t care about star ratings, but with the final release of the Rivals300 on Tuesday, Indiana is getting some serious blue-chip prospects in its 2026 class. The Hoosiers are coming off an improbable, impossible run to an undefeated season and the national championship, and Indiana’s evaluations on the […]

Elite safety Chance Gilbert names top four schools

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Four-star Sharpsburg (Ga.) safety Chance Gilbert is ready to take the next step in his recruitment. On Tuesday, the elite prospect named his top four schools, telling Rivals he is down to Alabama, Clemson, Georgia and Georgia Tech. Earlier this month, he told our own Chad Simmons that those schools were ‘standing out’ the most […]

Updated Industry Team Recruiting Rankings after the final Rivals300 release

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… After postseason all-star games over the past month, the 2026 recruiting cycle will finally come to a close over the next few weeks with the February signing period. The overwhelming majority of prospects have already signed — and enrolled — at their next schools, but there’s still a bit of work to do for a […]

Wisconsin setting the pace for several Junior Day visitors

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Wisconsin hosted a big Junior Day event over the weekend as coach Luke Fickell looks to jumpstart the 2027 recruiting class. Rivals has the latest on how the weekend went and prospects the Badgers are trending with early. Four-star Waconia (Minn.) Shakopee defensive lineman Nehemiah Ombati was one of the top-rated prospects on campus for […]

USC’s Luke Wafle finishes as the No. 1 prospect in the 2026 Rivals300

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Following a senior season where he racked up a school-record 23 sacks for the prestigious Hun School in New Jersey, USC defensive end Luke Wafle finishes the 2026 cycle as the No. 1 ranked prospect in the final Rivals300. Rivals Director of Scouting Charles Power says the chiseled 6-foot-5 1/2, 260-pound Wafle “looks like a […]

Ohio State WR Jerquaden Guilford named 5-star recruit by Rivals

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… You won’t be surprised to learn that Ohio State has some elite wide receivers headed to Columbus. Fort Wayne (Ind.) Northrop standout Jerquaden Guilford is one of them. Rivals has released its final player rankings for the 2026 recruiting cycle and the Buckeyes signee was named a five-star recruit on Monday. He jumped 114 spots […]

Notre Dame Fighting Irish signee Joey O’Brien rated as 5-star recruit by Rivals

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Marcus Freeman and Notre Dame signed one of the best recruiting classes in program history in 2026, ranking No. 2 nationally in the Rivals Industry Football Team Recruiting Rankings. Among the headliners is La Salle College (Pa.) safety Joey O’Brien, who has hovered around five-star status for much of the past six months. But as […]

Ohio State Buckeyes signee Cincere Johnson earns 5-star rating from Rivals

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Cleveland (Ohio) Glenville linebacker Cincere Johnson has proven himself to be one of the Buckeye State’s most dominant defenders in the past couple years. It’s a huge reason why Ohio State made him one of their top priorities in the 2026 class, even prior to his rise up the recruiting rankings. On Monday, his elite […]

Notre Dame TE signee Ian Premer earns 5-star rating from Rivals

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Add another five-star to Notre Dame’s best-ever recruiting class: Great Bend (Kan.) tight end Ian Premer. On Tuesday, the 6-foot-5, 225-pound pass-catcher earned his fifth star from Rivals in its final rankings release for the 2026 class. Premer, who is ranked as the country’s No. 1 tight end this cycle, is now a five-star by […]

Michigan Wolverines signee Salesi Moa earns five-star rating in final Rivals300 rankings

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Salesi Moa, one of Michigan’s latest additions to its 2026 roster, might turn out to be one of its biggest. The 6-foot-2, 175-pound Moa was named a five-star prospect by Rivals on Tuesday, locking in his spot as one of the nation’s elite recruits in the final rankings release of the 2026 cycle. Moa was […]