ACC Team Recruiting Rankings as of 2-5-25

[Hoyacane1620]

For the 3rd consecutive year, Miami finished at the top of the ACC recruiting rankings at #13 nationally in the composite rankings.

2. FSU at #19
3. Ga Tech at # 21
4. Clemson at #26
5. SMU at #29
6. Duke at #30
7. NC State at #34
8. Va Tech at #39
9. Syracuse at #41
10. UNC at #43
11. Stanford at #50
12. Pitt at #52
13. UVA at #57
14. BC at #58
15. Wake at #62
16. Louisville at #67
17. Cal at #69

 

[Hoyacane1620]

The Canes average recruit ranking is 90.81 (21 recruits) , followed by Clemson at 90.40( 15 recuits), FSU at 88.97 (23 recruits), Ga Tech at 88.40 (26 recruits), Va Tech at 87.42 (20 recruits) and SMU at 87.40 (24 recruits)

 

[CTCanes]

Now need to develop these kids..some of these other programs do more with less.

 

[C A N S]

Clemson is down bad.

 

[Mikesmith29150]

Th

Clemson is down bad.

They got 2 3star QBs committed for this year. Interesting

 

[S.CarolinaCane]

Th

They got 2 3star QBs committed for this year. Interesting

but their DL recruiting is still pretty good.

 

[Robbymoto]

Clemson is down bad.

Yet they still won the acc this year. They are favorites to win next year as well. Are they really down?

 

[JSmoot]

https://247sports.com/Season/2025-Football/OverallTeamRankings/

247 has the Canes #13, but doesn't have Lowe calculated with his 5th star (shows zero 5 stars in the ranking):

13

Miami

32 Commits

90.75

• 5: 0
• 4: 24
• 3: 8

273.27

 

[The U is back to work]

No excuses now to not win this conference 3x top class and by far the best portal class

 

[Sandman211]

**** this conference sucks. Hate to be that guy, I'm glad we signed the top class in the conference. With that said, I hope we get out of this dying conference soon.

 

[gogeta4]

Clemson is down bad.

clemson only took 15 kids.

They aint down bad at all...They still collected a 5 star dt as usual.

They lost 5 guys to the portal but brought in 3 or 4 portal guys back for the first time.

They dont lose much of their classes.
Their qb flipped late to notre dame and it looks like they just took a qb to take a qb int his class a kid from Polk County of all places that they flipped from Coastal Carolina.

But they already have their 2 qbs for class of 26...so its sort of a Judd Anderson, Nickel sort of thing.

I pay attention to Clemson recruiting throughout because they are the big dog in conference to be honest.

 

[Mikesmith29150]

Gonna be in

clemson only took 15 kids.

They aint down bad at all...They still collected a 5 star dt as usual.

They lost 5 guys to the portal but brought in 3 or 4 portal guys back for the first time.

They dont lose much of their classes.
Their qb flipped late to notre dame and it looks like they just took a qb to take a qb int his class a kid from Polk County of all places that they flipped from Coastal Carolina.

But they already have their 2 qbs for class of 26...so its sort of a Judd Anderson, Nickel sort of thing.

I pay attention to Clemson recruiting throughout because they are the big dog in conference to be honest.

Gonna be interesting to see what they do at qb after this year

 

[NCCanefan]

Th

They got 2 3star QBs committed for this year. Interesting

So 6 stars combined?

 

[cway313]

Gonna be in

Gonna be interesting to see what they do at qb after this year

Christopher Vissina

 

[Jaxcane4]

https://247sports.com/Season/2025-Football/OverallTeamRankings/

247 has the Canes #13, but doesn't have Lowe calculated with his 5th star (shows zero 5 stars in the ranking):

13

Miami

32 Commits

90.75

• 5: 0
• 4: 24
• 3: 8

273.27

That's because you are looking at 247 rating and not the composite rating. They use the composite ratings for the team rankings.

 

[EudocimusAlbus]

clemson only took 15 kids.

They aint down bad at all...They still collected a 5 star dt as usual.

They lost 5 guys to the portal but brought in 3 or 4 portal guys back for the first time.

They dont lose much of their classes.
Their qb flipped late to notre dame and it looks like they just took a qb to take a qb int his class a kid from Polk County of all places that they flipped from Coastal Carolina.

But they already have their 2 qbs for class of 26...so its sort of a Judd Anderson, Nickel sort of thing.

I pay attention to Clemson recruiting throughout because they are the big dog in conference to be honest.

I was about to ask - they must have opened up to the transfer portal considering graduation and attrition only taking 15 kids.

 

[407cane]

Clemson is down bad.

feels like next year is the end of clemson's window

 

[gacaneaddict]

I have a lot of ties and contacts to Clemson.

It's weird, they really weren't THAT good this year, the offense was improved, but the defense was bad, at least the run defense was. They got gashed on the ground this season.

They really benefited from a terrible ACC schedule. They played all the bad teams in the league, with their best win being Pittsburgh with a backup QB. Had they played Miami's ACC schedule they wouldn't have been in the ACC title game. They played 1 team in regular season that was in the top 7 in the ACC standings, and that was Louisville. They lost that game at home by double digits. They did beat SMU in ACC game, but that was a situation where they got 2nd life getting into the game, and SMU having a little stage fright early. Clemson jumped out, but once SMU got their footing they really dominated Clemson last 2.5 quarters.

NOW with all that said, they hired a good DC in Tom Allen to help fix the defense. They return most of the OL, Klubnik, and all there WR's. They return most of the defense, and they added 2 portal defensive players that should help. I think Dabo knows this year is his shot to try to reclaim glory and compete for a NC. With what they return, and upgrade at staff they think this is going to be their best team since 2020 maybe even 2019.

AFTER this season, they will drop off unless they really hit portal and bring in a QB. Vissina ain't it, the walk on they have right now is better than him.

They will lose most of the OL, Klub, the entire DL, and some key players in back 7. They haven't recruited well enough to replace all those losses like Clemson in that 10 year run did. Miami has out recruited them the last 3 years for the most part.

Maybe Clemson is just better than Miami in 2025, but I don't think they will be in 2026 or 2027

 

[Mikesmith29150]

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I have a lot of ties and contacts to Clemson.

It's weird, they really weren't THAT good this year, the offense was improved, but the defense was bad, at least the run defense was. They got gashed on the ground this season.

They really benefited from a terrible ACC schedule. They played all the bad teams in the league, with their best win being Pittsburgh with a backup QB. Had they played Miami's ACC schedule they wouldn't have been in the ACC title game. They played 1 team in regular season that was in the top 7 in the ACC standings, and that was Louisville. They lost that game at home by double digits. They did beat SMU in ACC game, but that was a situation where they got 2nd life getting into the game, and SMU having a little stage fright early. Clemson jumped out, but once SMU got their footing they really dominated Clemson last 2.5 quarters.

NOW with all that said, they hired a good DC in Tom Allen to help fix the defense. They return most of the OL, Klubnik, and all there WR's. They return most of the defense, and they added 2 portal defensive players that should help. I think Dabo knows this year is his shot to try to reclaim glory and compete for a NC. With what they return, and upgrade at staff they think this is going to be their best team since 2020 maybe even 2019.

AFTER this season, they will drop off unless they really hit portal and bring in a QB. Vissina ain't it, the walk on they have right now is better than him.

They will lose most of the OL, Klub, the entire DL, and some key players in back 7. They haven't recruited well enough to replace all those losses like Clemson in that 10 year run did. Miami has out recruited them the last 3 years for the most part.

Maybe Clemson is just better than Miami in 2025, but I don't think they will be in 2026 or 2027

They have a weak nil I'm told. So it'll be tough getting a portal qb

 

[gogeta4]

I have a lot of ties and contacts to Clemson.

It's weird, they really weren't THAT good this year, the offense was improved, but the defense was bad, at least the run defense was. They got gashed on the ground this season.

They really benefited from a terrible ACC schedule. They played all the bad teams in the league, with their best win being Pittsburgh with a backup QB. Had they played Miami's ACC schedule they wouldn't have been in the ACC title game. They played 1 team in regular season that was in the top 7 in the ACC standings, and that was Louisville. They lost that game at home by double digits. They did beat SMU in ACC game, but that was a situation where they got 2nd life getting into the game, and SMU having a little stage fright early. Clemson jumped out, but once SMU got their footing they really dominated Clemson last 2.5 quarters.

NOW with all that said, they hired a good DC in Tom Allen to help fix the defense. They return most of the OL, Klubnik, and all there WR's. They return most of the defense, and they added 2 portal defensive players that should help. I think Dabo knows this year is his shot to try to reclaim glory and compete for a NC. With what they return, and upgrade at staff they think this is going to be their best team since 2020 maybe even 2019.

AFTER this season, they will drop off unless they really hit portal and bring in a QB. Vissina ain't it, the walk on they have right now is better than him.

They will lose most of the OL, Klub, the entire DL, and some key players in back 7. They haven't recruited well enough to replace all those losses like Clemson in that 10 year run did. Miami has out recruited them the last 3 years for the most part.

Maybe Clemson is just better than Miami in 2025, but I don't think they will be in 2026 or 2027

The downfall of Clemson is stated every year.

As long as they continue to land 5 star dl and ol and they do every class they will be more than formidable.

They got the QB committed Dawson was on for 26 the jacked up kid from Arizona.

They are Clemson if dabo changes a bit they could attract a solid QB in the portal with the type of wrs the QB will have. Other acc QBs would transfer over there in a heartbeat if need be