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SEC football recruiting notebook: League’s dominance particularly apparent this year

AP file photo by Sean Rayford / South Carolina football coach Will Muschamp, pictured, won't be working with his son in college. Jackson Muschamp is going the preferred walk-on route as a quarterback at Georgia, his father's alma mater where the senior Muschamp's good friend Kirby Smart is coach.
AP file photo by Sean Rayford / South Carolina football coach Will Muschamp, pictured, won't be working with his son in college. Jackson Muschamp is going the preferred walk-on route as a quarterback at Georgia, his father's alma mater where the senior Muschamp's good friend Kirby Smart is coach. AP file photo by Sean Rayford / South Carolina football coach Will Muschamp, pictured, won't be working with his son in college. Jackson Muschamp is going the preferred walk-on route as a quarterback at Georgia, his father's alma mater where the senior Muschamp's good friend Kirby Smart is coach.

By STEVE MEGARGEE / The Associated Press 4 min read

The Southeastern Conference dominated college football’s recruiting landscape even more than usual this year.

As most of the remaining unsigned top prospects finalized their college plans Wednesday, the SEC had six of the nation’s top eight classes, according to composite rankings of recruiting sites compiled by 247Sports.com.

The rankings included No. 1 Georgia, No. 2 Alabama, No. 4 LSU, No. 6 Texas A&M, No. 7 Auburn and No. 8 Florida. Only Clemson of the Atlantic Coast Conference at No. 3 and Ohio State of the Big Ten at No. 5 broke things up.

The SEC last had as many as six teams in the top eight in 2014, when it had seven of the top nine classes. The SEC had seven of the top 10 classes this year, with Tennessee moving up during the second signing period to grab 10th place.

LSU won the national title last month to become the third champion from the SEC in the College Football Playoff era, which started with the 2014 season. Alabama won titles to cap the 2015 and 2017 seasons.