CLEVELAND, Ohio — National Signing Day is the annual college football circus of hype and hysteria over the arrival of the latest high school, prep school and junior college recruits to the school of their choice. There are no bad football players on signing day … but who knows what the future holds.
Here are a few things we do know about the Mid-American Conference.
Toledo was rated as the best recruiting class by top recruiting websites 247 Sports, Rivals.com and Scout.com.
According to Rivals.com and Scout.com, there were no five-star or four-star players signed by a MAC team.
According to Scout.com, Toledo signed 16 three-star players, followed by Western Michigan with 12 and Bowling Green with 10.
That’s particularly impressive for WMU, considering former head coach P.J. Fleck took nine early Bronco commitments with him to Minnesota when he took that job following WMU’s 13-1 season.
Scout.com ranked seven MAC teams in its top 100, with Toledo highest at 67. Others in the top 100 were Bowling Green (75), Western Michigan (76), Central Michigan (84), Northern Illinois (85), Miami (92), Ball State (98).
Here’s how the rest of the MAC was ranked on the site: Ohio (112), Buffalo (115), Kent State (117), Eastern Michigan (122), UMass (123), Akron (tied for 127).
According to Rivals.com, Toledo signed four of the top 50 players in Ohio. No other MAC team signed any of Ohio’s top 50 players.
“The state of Ohio and a four-hour radius from campus will always be our home base,” said second-year Toledo coach Jason Candle in a release. “But we will also go where we need to find players. Playing on TV and in bowl games definitely helps expose your brand to different parts of the country. I don’t think it’s a coincidence that we signed six players from Alabama and Florida, states where we’ve played our last three bowl games.”
Also according to Rivals.com, six MAC teams cracked the Top 100, led by Toledo at No. 79. Behind the Rockets were Miami (84), Ball State (87), Bowling Green (88), Central Michigan and Western Michigan (tied at 91).
The complete recruit list for each team can be found on the MAC Football website. On Wednesday we reviewed the new arrivals for the Akron Zips and Kent State Golden Flashes.
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