Michigan Football Friday: Recruiting Rankings

Don't you just love college football. It's February 5th and this week has been nothing but who might be college footballs future stars. Thank goodness NSD wasn't today, I'm not sure we could have taken the suspense all week. I believe I heard, Tennessee's new head coach (no not Lane Kiffin, the other one) Derek Dooley say that Monday and Tuesday of this week were the worst two days of the year, because waiting is the hardest part. We also know as Michigan fans that kids change their minds late in the game. Michigan lost two defensive line commitments in the 2009 class on NSD and this year Michigan lost silent commit Sean Parker to Washington. The announcement on national TV didn't help either. (BTW: I loved how ESPN kept saying USC lost out on Parker all day. Maybe ESPNU should be renamed USC TV?)

Still Michigan finished strong by getting one of the top DB's in the country, a 5 star Demar Dorsey from Florida. (ESPN is calling it the biggest surprise of signing day) They also managed to keep all their other 26 commitments in place, which is no easy task. It's funny how some analysts have attacked this class. (Herbie, you might want to review the below information before you go on Sportscenter) What they don't seem to mention is that Florida was after Courtney Avery late, UCLA wanted Richard Ash on Tuesday night, Wisconsin came after Ray Vinopal, and so on. In the end, Michigan did pretty well with this class. Here are the final rankings.

Max Sports Prep (CBS Sports): #10
Scout.com: #12
ESPN: #14
Rivals: #20

Michigan ranks #2 in the Big Ten only behind Penn State which had an impressive class.

Ohio State: #26 Rivals, #20 Scout, #16 ESPN
ND: #14 Rivals, #19 Scout, #21 ESPN
MSU: #20 on Rivals, #32 on Scouts, and didn't make ESPN's top 25 (yes, they own Michigan alright)
Iowa: #42 Rivals, #45 Scout
Wisconsin: #86 Rivals, #33 Scout
Illinois: #70 Rivals, #60 Scout
Minnesota: #50 Rivals, #70 Scout

Other News and Notes from the recruiting trial:

• Seantrel Henderson has verballed to USC but won't sign his LOI until USC meets with the NCAA on the potential infractions. Seantrel's father also called Jim Tressel "boring".
• 5 Star safety prospect Latwan Anderson from Ohio who has verballed to WVU is planning a USC visit. Ohio State also continues to be in his recruitment.
• Anthony Zittel a 6'4 255 pound offensive guard from West Branch, Michigan got a 2011 offer from Michigan.
• Aundrey Walker a 6'5 355 pound offensive tackle from Cleveland also got a Michigan 2011 offer. (he goes to an OSU feeder school - Glenville)