No. 1 LSU faces No. 4 Oklahoma on Saturday in a College Football Playoff Semifinal at the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl (4 p.m. ET on ESPN/ESPN App). Here's a look at how both teams used recruiting to build their programs.
Cumulative class ranking: LSU signed the sixth-most talent in the country over the past five classes. In the ultra-competitive SEC recruiting landscape, that haul ranks below West Division foe Alabama and current East pacesetter Georgia, but ahead of the conference's other top-10 recruiting programs, Auburn and Florida. In this year's playoff, the Tigers have by far the most in-state-fueled roster, with 53% of their signees coming from Louisiana.