College football’s Week 1 is in the books so it’s never too early to start looking ahead, way ahead in this case.
As the new month (and holiday weekend) are in the rear view, the SI All-American team recruiting rankings are due for a refresh with more data points to consider compared to the August ranking.
Not only is the high school football season well underway in most states, allowing for updated evaluations with prospects committed to various programs, but the preseason SI99 rankings were released for the class of 2023, creating another heavily weighed data point within SI’s subjective approach to measuring recruiting classes against one another.