The Ohio State Buckeyes stayed on the No. 2 place in ESPN’s newest 2026 recruiting rankings, nonetheless trailing behind USC for that high spot.
After all, the Buckeyes added four-star DB Jordan Thomas this week, boosting an already-strong class early within the cycle. The category is headlined by Chris Henry, Jr., who ESPN known as “one of the crucial coveted gamers within the nation.” It is sort of loopy to consider how stacked the Ohio State receivers room will in 2026, with Henry coming in and capable of play for a season alongside Jeremiah Smith.
Solely USC, Ohio State, and Notre Dame have ten or extra recruits in ESPN’s Prime 300, with the Trojans nabbing 13 such gamers whereas the Buckeyes and Preventing Irish every have ten.
It is nonetheless very early within the cycle, although. USC is at No. 1 as a result of their class is mainly full, with 28 complete commits. The Buckeyes, then again, have simply 13.
And a few colleges aren’t the place you’d anticipate within the Prime 25, largely as a result of they’re chasing the highest gamers within the nation, who nonetheless have not made commitments but (seemingly as they’re ready for NIL offers to come back via). Georgia at the moment sits at No. 15 within the rankings. And Alabama, with solely 5 complete commits thus far, did not even make the Prime 25.
