As a check-in on 247Sports’ recruiting rankings with the Badgers currently in the conversation to land several top prospects–all guys set to commit in the near future–their 2021 class has moved up one spot to No. 16 in the nation.
This ranking comes with names including T.J. Bollers, Nolan Rucci, Terrance Ferguson and Ricardo Hallman all though to be announcing their commitments in the near future and the Badgers among the finalists on each of their lists.
The No. 16-ranked 2021 recruiting class is already lining up to be the best in program history, though with recent news of Deacon Hill being set to receive a ratings bump and more players not yet committed the class could push towards the top-10.
A story last season and over the last few years has been the gap between Badgers’ and Ohio State Buckeyes recruiting–with Wisconsin only having nine four/five-star recruits on their roster last season and the Buckeyes seemingly landing nine-or-more new ones every year.
We saw what happened in the Big Ten Championship when Paul Chryst‘s unit gave Ohio State a run for its money, so only time will tell if the incoming 2021 class will be able to reverse the recent trend of Buckeye-over-Badger championship games.