Updated SEC football recruiting rankings after Tennessee's recent surge

The Georgia Bulldogs have the best recruiting class in the SEC and the nation.

Georgia regularly signs a top-three recruiting class during the Kirby Smart era, so it should come as no surprise that the Bulldogs have an excellent class of 2026.

Georgia tends to rely on developing recruits instead of adding players via the transfer portal, but other SEC schools have different philosophies.

For example, Ole Miss and Auburn prefer to boost their roster via the transfer portal instead of traditional recruiting.

No matter how you slice it, there's no better conference at acquiring talent than the SEC, which has five of the nation's top 10 recruiting classes.

Georgia (No.

1), Alabama (No.

4), Texas A&M (No.

5), Texas (No.

6) and Tennessee (No.

8) all have top 10 recruiting classes.Georgia is contenders to finish with the top recruiting class in the country.

The Bulldogs have either the No.

1 (247Sports) or No.

2 (ESPN, Rivals) recruiting class in the 2026 cycle.

Georgia is ranked behind the USC Trojans in both ESPN and Rivals' rankings.

We're currently in a quiet period for recruiting.

Things will get more interesting with the class of 2026 when we get closer to the early signing period in December.

The Tennessee Volunteers have been the SEC's biggest recruiting winner recently.

Tennessee climbed into the top 10 national recruiting rankings.

Five-star quarterback Faizon Brandon headlines Tennessee's class of 2026.

Despite the conference's overall success, not every team in the SEC is recruiting well.

Auburn (No.

51) and Missouri (No.

85) stand out as two SEC teams that are not doing a good job on the recruiting trail.SEC football recruiting rankingsGeorgia Bulldogs (31 commits, No.

1 national ranking)Alabama Crimson Tide (21 commits, No.

4 national ranking)Texas A&M Aggies (27 commits, No.

5 national ranking)Texas Longhorns (21 commits, No.

6 national ranking)Tennessee Volunteers (24 commits, No.

8 national ranking)LSU Tigers (16 commits, No.

11 national ranking)Florida Gators (19 commits, No.

14 national ranking)South Carolina Gamecocks (15 commits, No.

19 national ranking)Oklahoma Sooners (19 commits, No.

20 national ranking)Ole Miss Rebels (16 commits, No.

25 national ranking)Arkansas Razorbacks (27 commits, No.

28 national ranking)Mississippi State Bulldogs (28 commits, No.

44 national ranking)Vanderbilt Commodores (18 commits, No.

47 national ranking)Auburn Tigers (12 commits, No.

51 national ranking)Kentucky Wildcats (15 commits, No.

55 national ranking)Missouri Tigers (10 commits, No.

85 national ranking)All recruiting rankings are for the class of 2026 and are per 247Sports as of Sept.

5.This article originally appeared on UGA Wire: Updated SEC football recruiting rankings for the class of 2026.

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