Michigan football recruiting should scare the rest of college football

After landing two four-star recruits in about an hour (Andrew Olesh and Ivan Taylor) — one ranked 54th overall in the 2025 class and another ranked 118th — it’s clear that Michigan football recruiting is just fine.

Better than fine. It might not be uber-elite yet. But the Wolverines are trending in the right direction and that should be a scary thing for the rest of the college football world.

If Michigan football could win a national championship with basically just one top-10 recruiting class (just one ranking higher than 10th), imagine what the Wolverines will do if they start stacking top-10 classes which will start in 2025.

According to the 247 Sports composite rankings, the Wolverines have the 11th-ranked class overall but in terms of average ranking per commitment, Michigan is 8th.

Michigan football is recruiting at an elite level in 2025

Only five programs have more blue-chip commitments in the 2025 class: Ohio State (20), Georgia (17), Alabama (17), Oregon (14) and LSU (14). Yet, the first three all have at least 19 commitments, while Michigan football, Oregon, and LSU have just 15 so far.

Ohio State fans will find some argument as to why Michigan’s class sucks, but that’s because they have all lost touch with reality. They still think Michigan won the last three games by an average of 14 points because of Connor Stalions and that Michigan is about to get the “hammer” from the NCAA.

If you don’t believe an 86-percent blue-chip ratio is elite, then you don’t understand recruiting. Maybe it’s not the realm of Georgia, Bama, and OSU, but it’s still elite.

And if a 50-percent blue-chip ratio is good enough to win a national title then the 73 percent Michigan is at considering signees from 2024 and commitments from 2025 — then yes, this program is recruiting at an elite level.

Once the NIL advantage is taken away from Oregon and Ohio State, the playing field will be leveled out even more, and if recruiting comes down to culture, coaching staff, and winning the games that matter, it will be even better for the Wolverines.

But for now, the rest of the Big Ten and college football should be worried, because if Michigan recruits like this, it’s not going anywhere. It might just be getting started.

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