Top-25 2021 college football recruiting classes after National Signing Day

See which teams have the best incoming recruiting classes for 2021.

Surprise, surprise: College football’s traditional National Signing Day was Wednesday, and the Alabama Crimson Tide have emerged with the No. 1 recruiting class in the country for 2021, according to 247Sports’ composite rankings. And as far as the early signing period back in December, Alabama was considered a big-time winner then too.

So in an exceptionally weird recruiting year in college football with the NCAA limiting in person contact because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the reigning national champions are still winning.

As of Thursday, Alabama has signed 27 players, with seven of them being listed as five-star recruits — the most of any team at this point. In fact, the Crimson Tide signed the highest-rated recruiting class in history, according to 247Sports rankings.

But what about everyone else? Here’s a summary of the 2021 college football recruiting classes after this year’s National Signing Day, per 247Sports.