Now that we’ve seen another early signing period and national signing day come and go — the latter of which has become a pretty sterile event — for Ohio State, it’s time to look ahead to the 2024 class.
The Buckeyes have been the king of recruiting in the Big Ten for a long time, and there’s a good chance that will continue, even with the transfer portal and name, image and likeness rights changing the game in ways nobody could have imagined a few years ago.
But maintaining their status will not be as easy. Early signs point to some headwinds for a program that has been at or near the top of the recruiting game historically.
Will Michigan and Penn State be able to close the gap and potentially reel Ohio State in completely as the landscape evolves in this new age of “amateur” college football recruiting? Only time will tell.
We still like OSU’s chances of churning out sensational college players and NFL widgets from a football factory, but nobody really knows what the future holds.
But back to 2024. Ohio State has started slowly with the class, especially after the decommitment by the nation’s No. 1 quarterback and recruit earlier this year. We’ll have to keep an eye on how the class shakes out from now until December when most kids will again sign their national letters of intent.
Not only will we keep tabs on Ohio State, but also the rest of the country and Big Ten. Since the 2023 class is more or less in the books, it feels like a good time to see where all the conference teams stack up for the next cycle.
Here are the rankings of the Big Ten teams in the 247Sports team recruiting composite for the 2024 class to date.
*Note: Only 12 of the 14 teams appear in the rankings. Two have not secured a commitment for the 2024 class.