Updated 2023 SEC On3 Consensus Team Recruiting Rankings

The Early Signing Period starts Wednesday, and recruiting races across the country are boiling hot right now as teams look to lock in their recruits. It is even hotter among conference rivals looking to gain any advantage upon their local foes for the next few seasons.

The SEC is no different. The conference has the most recruiting talent committed to its rosters at the moment with all 14 teams ranked in the top 40 of the rankings.

Here is the 2023 SEC On3 Consensus Team Recruiting Rankings, as of Wednesday a5 5 p.m. ET.

1. Alabama (95.971)
6 five-stars | 20 four-stars | 1 three-stars | 27 total recruits
Top Commit: Hoschton (Ga.) Mill Creek safety Caleb Downs, No. 6 in On3 Consensus
Summary: The Crimson Tide took over the No. 1 spot in the middle of the summer and never looked back. They are all but guaranteed to finish No. 1 at the moment thanks to their current collection of players and projected additions in the coming days and in February. Their six five-star recruits is by far the most of any team in the countru.

2. Georgia (94.468)
1 five-stars | 21 four-stars | 4 three-stars | 27 total recruits
Top Commit: Venice (Fla.) EDGE Damon Wilson, No. 17 in On3 Consensus
Summary: Georgia’s class is one of the most interesting in the country. It has a pretty sturdy hold on the second-spot in both the SEC and overall recruiting rankings but the class lacked a five-star commit until Wilson committed today. Now, the Bulldogs do have the most four-star commits in the country. But it still makes for a really interest test case to follow, potentially, for years to come.

3. LSU (92,806)
1 five-stars | 17 four-stars | 7 three-stars | 25 total recruits
Top Commit: Monroe (La.) Neville offensive tackle Zalance Heard, No. 24 in On3 Consensus
Summary: Brian Kelly silenced a lot of doubters this year with LSU’s performance both on and off the field. The Tigers sit in seventh in the overall recruiting ranking with a total score nearly 2.5 points higher than last year. Heard is the lone On3 Consensus five-star recruit but wide receiver Shelton Sampson Jr. and EDGE Dashawn Womack are both On3 five-stars.

4. Florida (92.091)
0 five-stars | 16 four-stars | 4 three-stars | 20 total recruits
Top Commit: Gardendale (Ala.) defensive lineman Kelby Collins, No. 59 in On3 Consensus
Summary: One of the biggest year-over-year improvements in terms of prospect quality, Florida’s class rating is nearly 3.5 points greater than in 2022. New head coach Billy Napier did a good job of in-state recruiting with 71% of the class currently composed of Sunshine State stars. There were some misses in the class — most notably Five-Star Plus+ cornerback Cormani McClain — but this is shaping up to be a really good first Power Five recruiting class for Napier.

5. Tennessee (91.871)
2 five-stars | 10 four-stars | 12 three-stars | 24 total recruits
Top Commit: Long Beach (Calif.) Poly quarterback Nico Iamaleava, No. 10 in On3 Consensus
Summary: The Volunteers class was also ranked fifth last year in SEC but this year’s group is much better. The class rating is over 2.0 higher than the 2022 class and has a Blue Chip rating of 50%. The game-changer comparing the two classes is Iamaleava, the best quarterback commit in the conference. People want to play with Iamaleava, and that has helped lead to some major recruiting wins.

6. Texas A&M (91.305)
1 five-stars | 11 four-stars | 4 three-stars | 18 total recruits
Top Commit: Katy (Texas) Paetow defensive lineman David Hicks, No. 7 in On3 Consensus
Summary: It was going to be tough to improve upon last cycle’s all-time recruiting class, but this year has to be a disappointment for Aggies fans on the recruiting trail. They haven’t sniffed the overall top 10. They have Hicks and four-star running back Rueben Owens but they also lost five-star linebacker Anthony Hill to Texas and Eli Holstein to Alabama. Holstein’s departure, which occurred in the spring, looks particularly troubling now as Texas A&M has no quarterback commit despite a critical need to add talent to the room.

7. Auburn (89.703)
0 five-stars | 7 four-stars | 12 three-stars | 19 total recruits
Top Commit: Highland Home (Ala.) EDGE Keldric Faulk, No. 80 in On3 Consensus
Summary: Despite all the turmoil Auburn has experience this year, the 2023 recruiting class is still a top-20 group in the country, jumping double-digit spots over the last few days. The Tigers are going to hope Hugh Freeze can bring some life back into the program and recruiting side of it all, and there has been a boost already. Flipping Faulk was a major win.

8. South Carolina (89.641)
0 five-stars | 11 four-stars | 10 three-stars | 22 total recruits
Top Commit: Roebuck (S.C.) Dorman four-star interior offensive lineman Markee Anderson, No. 147 in On3 Consensus
Summary: Shane Beamer is doing a good job on the recruiting trail for the Gamecocks. The 2023 class is currently 11 spots higher than it was last year in the overall rankings and is in the top half of the conference after finishing 13th in 2022. Seven players rank in the top 300 of the On3 Consensus.

9. Arkansas (88.974)
0 five-stars | 6 four-stars | 14 three-stars | 20 total recruits
Top Commit: Frisco (Texas) Lone Star cornerback Jaylon Braxton, No. 130 in On3 Consensus
Summary: Sam Pittman keeps moving the Razorbacks in the right direction and this recruiting class should help the program keep growing. After signing nearly half of its class from Arkansas last year, only 10% of this year’s group are in-state commits. That has led to a slightly higher Blue Chip percentage.

10. Mississippi State (87.947)
0 five-stars | 3 four-stars | 20 three-stars | 24 total recruits
Top Commit: Fulton (Miss.) tawamba Agricultural safety Isaac Smith, No. 189 in On3 Consensus
Summary: Following the passing of head coach Mike Leach, the Bulldogs program is in flux. But they have a solid recruiting class coming in that is a borderline top-25 class and could very well finish there by the end of the cycle. Gainesville (Fla.) F. W. Buchholz wide receiver Creed Whittemore and Brentwood (Tenn.) Ravenwood quarterback Chris Parson are the other four-star commits in the class with Whittemore.

11. Ole Miss (87.338)
0 five-stars | 7 four-stars | 4 three-stars | 111 total recruits
Top Commit: Raleigh (Miss.) linebacker Suntarine Perkins, No. 58 in On3 Consensus
Summary: Keeping Perkins in Mississippi is a major win for Lane Kiffin and the Ole Miss coaching staff. The Rebels have a smaller recruiting class at the moment with Perkins and Ridgeland (Miss.) top-100 wide receiver Ayden Williams leading the way. But it has not been the best showing for Ole Miss this year.

12. Missouri (87.317)
0 five-stars | 4 four-stars | 14 three-stars | 19 total recruits
Top Commit: Saint Charles (Mo.) Francis Howell four-star tight end Brett Norfleet, No. 257 in On3 Consensus
Summary: The 2022 Tigers recruiting class finished eighth in the SEC and as a top-20 class in the country. This year’s group is no where close to either of this benchmarks with its class score nearly 3.0 full points lower. The obvious difference between the two classes is Luther Burden, the No. 3 overall player in the 2022 On3 Consensus. But Eli Drinkwitz also landed five other top-250 players in the 2022 class. There are none in the 2023 group.

13. Kentucky (87.277)
0 five-stars | 4 four-stars | 13 three-stars | 17 total recruits
Top Commit: Nashville (Tenn.) Ensworth wide receiver Shamar Porter, No. 222 in On3 Consensus
Summary: The Wildcats spot in the national rankings dropped from No. 17 in 2022 to No. 35 currently in the 2022 cycle. The big difference between the two classes are the amount of Blue Chip prospects. The 2022 class, which had two top-100 players, had a Blue Chip percentage of 50%. This year’s class is only at 24%.

14. Vanderbilt (85.744)
0 five-stars | 1 four-stars | 19 three-stars | 20 total recruits
Top Commit: Fort Worth (Ga.) cornerback Martel Hight, No. 370 in in On3 Consensus
Summary: The Commodores are a consistent last-place finisher in the SEC recruiting rankings, such is life as a school with strict academic standards in the toughest recruiting conference in the country. The class is also 20 spots down from where is was in the 2022 cycle with a class score about 1.66 points lower.