National Signing Day has come and gone. Which Group of Five schools managed to sign the best classes among mid-major programs in 2017?
Every year we know that teams like Alabama, Ohio State, and USC are going to pull in top recruits by the handful on National Signing Day. Group of Five schools have a harder road selling their programs to four- and five-star recruits, making it all the more important when they succeed in snagging a top-rated player.
We’ve analyzed every Group of Five program to see how they performed this National Signing Day. Nobody matched Houston’s feat of landing a top-35 class last season, but there were still some impressive signings outside of the Power Five leagues. Click ahead to see which 10 teams made the cut on National Signing Day.