Big Ten and national recruiting rankings

Ohio State was first in the Big Ten recruiting rankings — the Gophers were ninth — and fifth in the national rankings

December 22, 2022 at 12:49AM
Ohio State football coach Ryan Day’s signing class on Wednesday was ranked as the best in the Big Ten. (Jay LaPrete, Associated Press/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

BIG TEN RANKINGS

Big Ten recruiting rankings for the Class of 2023, based on the 247Sports composite, which combines the major recruiting services:

Team, signees, 4 or 5 star

1. Ohio State, 20, 19

2. Penn State, 23, 16

3. Michigan, 23, 9

4. Michigan State, 15, 9

5. Nebraska, 22, 3

6. Maryland, 25, 3

7. Iowa, 21, 1

8. Northwestern, 19, 1

9. Gophers, 21, 2

10. Illinois, 21, 2

11. Rutgers, 19, 0

12. Wisconsin, 14, 3

13. Purdue, 13, 1

14. Indiana, 13, 1

NATIONAL RANKINGS

NCAA recruiting rankings from the 247Sports composite, which combines the major recruiting services.

Team, signees, 4 or 5 star

1. Alabama, 27, 26

2. Georgia, 26, 22

3. Texas, 22, 14

4. Miami, 26, 17

5. Ohio State, 20, 19

about the writer

about the writer

Joe Christensen

Sports team leader

Joe Christensen, a Minnesota Star Tribune sports team leader, graduated from the University of Minnesota and spent 15 years covering Major League Baseball, including stops at the Riverside Press-Enterprise and Baltimore Sun. He joined the Minnesota Star Tribune in 2005 and spent four years covering Gophers football.

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