Where Michigan stands in updated 2024 On3 Consensus national team recruiting rankings

Michigan has jumped to No. 11 in the 2024 On3 Consensus National Team Recruiting Rankings following the February update of the On300 individual ratings and the loss of a verbal commitment from a rival school down the road earlier this week.

The latest change of the top 300 players in the country is the most extensive reshuffling of the junior cycle as season highlights from the 2022 campaign were the main focus for athletes receiving incredible bumps, significant drops, and being included or dropped from the list all together. How the On3 Consensus is now weighted has also changed with the algorithm taking percentages from all four major recruiting services and basing rankings off of past performance data, overall scouting and recruiting coverage investment.

Football rankings are weighted as followed: On3 (35%), 247Sports (35%), Rivals.com (20%) and ESPN (10%).  

The Wolverines landed at No. 13 overall back in early-February following the verbal commitment of On300 Harper Woods (Mich.) High defensive back Jacob Oden, who at the time, became the fifth consensus four-star to join the class and the first in-stater. There are now three three-stars and four four-stars, which in total, is the fifth-highest composite in the Top 12 nationally. 

Michigan 2024 Recruiting Class

Before the 2024 On300 update, five Michigan pledges were included in the On3 Consensus rankings. On Thursday, five are still well within the Top 400 in the country with Oden holding the highest ranking at No. 164 overall. Two others also found themselves in the On300. The Wolverines hold a score of 90.995 which sits slightly above Clemson at 90.969, Oregon at 90.772, Auburn at 90.579, Michigan State at 90.018 and Texas A&M at 89.678.

Rounding out the seven-man class alongside Oden are three-star defensive lineman Ted Hammond, On300 tight end Hogan Hansen, consensus four-star interior offensive lineman Luke Hamilton, On300 linebacker Mason Curtis, and three-star defensive lineman Manuel Beigel and three-star linebacker Zach Ludwig. 

2024 Big Ten Recruiting Rankings

The Wolverines currently sit No. 2 in the Big Ten, trailing only Ohio State. Each program in the conference has at least one verbal commit except for Indiana. Both USC and UCLA are included in the Big Ten category for On3.com.

1. Ohio State (4)

2. Michigan (11)

3. Michigan State (15)

4. Wisconsin (18)

5. Penn State (19)

6. USC (23)

7. Nebraska (24)

8. Iowa (25)

9. Rutgers (31)

10. UCLA (37)

11. Maryland (45)

12. Minnesota (46)

13. Purdue (48)

14. Northwestern

15. Illinois