Assuredly, Michigan football started recruiting the 2025 class slowly. Though, it didn’t seem that way early.
The Wolverines had three players committed, including two high-profile (Chris Ewald and Mantrez Walker) players, last fall. Two of the three ended up decommitting while the other (Carter Smith) stayed and rose in the recruiting rankings.
Now it’s June, the commits are coming and Michigan football is rising on the recruiting team rankings. The knock rival fans have frequently used is that coming off a national championship, the Wolverines were ranked in the 50s (prior to Kainoa Winston’s commitment on Friday). Even with just seven pledges, Michigan’s per-recruit rating remains higher than most schools. In fact, no school rated above Michigan has as few commits as the Wolverines currently do. And that’s also the case for many rated behind the maize and blue.
With Winston in the fold, here is where Michigan rates according to the three major recruiting services, both in terms of overall rank and according to the average individual recruit ranking.
| 247Sports | On3 | Rivals | |
| Overall rank | 40th | 13th | 30th |
| Per recruit | 92.48 (7th) | 90.95 (9th) | 3.86 (T-3rd) |
As you can see, on the basis of the per-recruit average Michigan is a top-10 team across all three recruiting sites. Where it falters and why it’s so low in the rankings is because Michigan only has seven commits, whereas many other schools have at least double that.
With official visit weekends continuing, the Wolverines should continue to see those numbers rise in terms of amount of recruits, but depending on those who pledge, the per-recruit ranking certainly could start to fall on average.