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Recruiting and the portal without the message-board panic. The Pate Index below will average the 247Sports Composite and On3 Industry rankings, pulled nightly once the season engine is live.

The Pate Recruiting Index — Class of 2027

Two Services. One Honest Number.

Preseason preview — live data arrives with the season

Every outlet ranks classes a little differently. We average the two biggest — 247Sports' Composite and On3/Rivals' Industry ranking — into one index, and show you both, so nobody can accuse the number of wearing team colors.

Texas A&M2027 CLASS

26 COMMITS6 FIVE★19 BLUE-CHIP

315.5247 PTS

Notre Dame2027 CLASS

23 COMMITS4 FIVE★

302.5247 PTS

Miami2027 CLASS

21 COMMITS5 FIVE★

298.0247 PTS

Oregon2027 CLASS

24 COMMITS2 FIVE★

295.6247 PTS

Ohio State2027 CLASS

19 COMMITS3 FIVE★

282.4247 PTS

The Full Index

PATE IDX	TEAM	247 COMP	ON3/RIVALS	COMMITS	5★	247 PTS / ON3 SCORE
01	Texas A&M	1	1	26	6	315.48 / 94.17
02	Notre Dame	2	2	23	4	302.50 / 93.17
03	Miami	3	3	21	5	298.03 / 93.06
04	Oregon	4	4	24	2	295.59 / 92.51
05	Ohio State	7	5	19	3	282.41 / 92.19
06	Texas	6	6	22	3	288.01 / 92.04
07	Oklahoma	5	7	27	3	289.68 / 92.03
08	Florida	8	8	25	1	280.97 / 91.72
09	Texas Tech	9	9	19	2	279.90 / 91.41
10	Michigan	11	11	21	0	266.16 / 90.88
11	Auburn	10	12	25	0	270.07 / 90.86
12	LSU	15	10	16	1	257.92 / 90.91
13	Georgia	12	14	20	2	262.42 / 90.68
14	Ole Miss	14	15	22	0	258.88 / 90.55
15	Clemson	13	16	25	0	258.89 / 90.54

Pate Index = average of the two service ranks; ties broken by scores. Sources: 247Sports Composite & On3/Rivals Industry team rankings.

The Pate Player Index — Class of 2027

The Top Players in America

Preseason preview — live data arrives with the season

The nation's best, per 247Sports' Top247 — will be pulled nightly once the season engine is live. On production, On3/Rivals industry player ranks merge in nightly to complete the index.

RK	PLAYER	POS	HT/WT	HOMETOWN	COMMITTED
01	Five-Star EDGE	EDGE	6-5 / 240	Southeast	Committed — Big Ten
02	Five-Star IOL	IOL	6-5 / 300	Northeast	Committed — SEC
03	Five-Star OT	OT	6-5.5 / 300	Southeast	Committed — SEC
04	Four-Star DL	DL	6-3 / 302	Texas	Committed — Big 12
05	Five-Star EDGE	EDGE	6-4 / 230	Southeast	Committed — SEC
06	Four-Star CB	CB	6-1 / 170	West Coast	Committed — ACC
07	Four-Star QB	QB	6-3 / 203	Midwest	Committed — Big Ten
08	Four-Star QB	QB	6-4 / 187	Midwest	Committed — ACC
09	Five-Star QB	QB	6-5 / 235	Southeast	Committed — SEC
10	Four-Star RB	RB	5-9 / 205	Northeast	Committed — SEC
11	Four-Star RB	RB	6-0 / 210	Southeast	Committed — SEC
12	Four-Star WR	WR	6-5 / 195	Midwest	Committed — Big Ten

Showing 1–12 — the Top 100, position, and state boards ship with the season engine

Recruiting & Portal Coverage

Preseason preview — live data arrives with the season

Why the Aggies' Class Is Built to Last, Not Just Rank High

26 commits, six five-stars, and — more importantly — almost no overlap at any one position. Roster-fit grading on the No. 1 class in the country.

The December Surge Nobody's Pricing In

Georgia, Alabama, and Texas are all outside the top six on at least one service. History says that's exactly when the blue bloods make their move.

Indiana's Recruiting Class Is Starting to Look Like Its Roster

A five-star WR closes the board, and the Hoosiers' 2027 class is quietly following the same undervalued-but-detail-obsessed blueprint as the current team.

The Portal's August Ripple, Explained

Two projected Week 1 starters entered the portal this week and three contenders are already circling. Who actually needs the help.

Five-Star QBs Are Landing in Different Places Than Usual

Three of the four best quarterback prospects in the 2027 class picked programs outside the traditional QB factories. What changed.

247 vs. On3: Where the Two Big Boards Actually Disagree

The Pate Index averages them, but the gaps are the story — four teams are ranked ten spots apart or more between the two services.

The Wire — What Just Happened

Recruiting News

The last 2027 five-stars are off the board

The final two uncommitted five-stars made their calls: a five-star WR chose Indiana and a five-star RB stayed home with Tennessee — pivotal in-state wins that moved both classes up the rankings.

SAMPLE — RECRUITING WIRE

The last 2027 five-stars are off the board

A&M is building a monster

Texas A&M sits No. 1 on both major services with 26 commits — six five-stars and 19 blue-chips — putting the coaching staff in position for a second top-five class in three cycles.

SAMPLE — RECRUITING WIRE

Blue bloods lurking, not leading

Georgia (13th on the Pate Index), Alabama (outside the top 30 on both services), and Texas (6th) are unusually quiet this cycle — which historically means a December surge is coming.

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The Pate Read

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Every class graded not by stars alone but by roster fit: what the team needed, what they got, and the one signing nobody's talking about that matters most. Weekly portal tracker in season, with Josh's "keep an eye on this" flags.

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