The southeastern United States is home to a huge share of the nation's most talented high school football players, so it's no surprise the consistently posts many of the best recruiting classes in . While marching towards the College Football Playoff national championship last season, Alabama reclaimed its spot as the No. 1 recruiting class in the country with a historic collection of talent. It's been more than a decade — since 2008, in fact — since a program outside the SEC won the mythical recruiting national championship. The Crimson Tide has won more often than not during that span.