OTF Premium Updated Rivals Top 100 2026 Texas Football Targets

[John Burrows]

#2: Dia Bell, QB (Texas)

#10: James Johnson, DL (Georgia)

#22: Davon Benjamin, CB (Uncommitted

#24: Richard Wesley, Edge (Texas)

#30: Tyler Atkinson, LB (uncommitted)

#36: Trenton Henderson, Edge (LSU)

#63: John Turntine, OT (Texas)

#75: Jalen Lott, S (Oregon)

#93: Malakai Lee, OT (Michigan)

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[Califashorn75]

I really hope Lee's parents realize that is a long flight to Ann Arbor.

[Longhorn22]

Jermaine Bishop being ranked 275th by Rivals is absolutely comical. Do they have any idea what they're doing over there? Maybe it saves us some NIL money, though lol

[TexasFanatic]

What were the changes in their rankings?

[ArizonaLonghorn]

14 minutes ago, TexasFanatic said:

What were the changes in their rankings?

Dia Bell was ranked # 8 QB and # 59 overall after their June 2 re-rankings.

No one does a worse job than Rivals of ranking players - they had TJ Shanahan the # 1 player in Texas and a 5* nationally a few years back, far higher than any other service, and that's about the time that 247 and On3 quit assigning Rivals a 25% slice of their Composites.  I think 247 now weights them 10% or something.

Here's a screen grab from their site this morning re: Dia.  I think they play 'follow the leaders' when it comes to reranking their mistakes late in the cycle.

 

Edited 4 hours ago by ArizonaLonghorn

[SuperDave0805]

1 hour ago, Califashorn75 said:

I really hope Lee's parents realize that is a long flight to Ann Arbor.

Hope they realize a kid raised in Hawaii is gonna freeze his ass off in those Michigan winters 

[connorkp23]

31 minutes ago, ArizonaLonghorn said:

Dia Bell was ranked # 8 QB and # 59 overall after their June 2 re-rankings.

No one does a worse job than Rivals of ranking players - they had TJ Shanahan the # 1 player in Texas and a 5* nationally a few years back, far higher than any other service, and that's about the time that 247 and On3 quit assigning Rivals a 25% slice of their Composites.  I think 247 now weights them 10% or something.

Here's a screen grab from their site this morning re: Dia.  I think they play 'follow the leaders' when it comes to reranking their mistakes late in the cycle.

 

 

 

But now it's On3's staff driving it I believe... 

[Michelle Lynn]

#93: Malakai Lee, OT (Michigan)
 

Hope Texas is ready to pounce once those Michigan sanctions come through. No idea why any recruit is committing to Michigan while their investigation/punishment is still looming. 

[ERShorn]

42 minutes ago, ArizonaLonghorn said:

Dia Bell was ranked # 8 QB and # 59 overall after their June 2 re-rankings.

No one does a worse job than Rivals of ranking players - they had TJ Shanahan the # 1 player in Texas and a 5* nationally a few years back, far higher than any other service, and that's about the time that 247 and On3 quit assigning Rivals a 25% slice of their Composites.  I think 247 now weights them 10% or something.

Here's a screen grab from their site this morning re: Dia.  I think they play 'follow the leaders' when it comes to reranking their mistakes late in the cycle.

 

Except Rivals is now part of On3 which does a much better job. 

[HookemDTX]

10 minutes ago, ERShorn said:

Except Rivals is now part of On3 which does a much better job. 

Jermaine Bishop disagrees

[Deep in the heart]

Only reason they got it right with Dia is because they would have lost all credibility being the only site not having him as the number 1 QB. The rest of the list is trash. Rivals is a joke.

[John Burrows]

1 hour ago, Longhorn22 said:

Jermaine Bishop being ranked 275th by Rivals is absolutely comical. Do they have any idea what they're doing over there? Maybe it saves us some NIL money, though lol

Dropping 200 spots without any real games being played is crazy.

[ERShorn]

4 minutes ago, HookemDTX said:

Jermaine Bishop disagrees

There’s some other bad evaluations also but they should be better going forward.  

[Bobby Burton]

4 minutes ago, John Burrows said:

Dropping 200 spots without any real games being played is crazy.

Anyone dropping more spots than "5 star" Felix Ojo is crazy.

[CJ Vogel]

1 hour ago, Longhorn22 said:

Jermaine Bishop being ranked 275th by Rivals is absolutely comical. Do they have any idea what they're doing over there? Maybe it saves us some NIL money, though lol

Lol,

 

you are absolutely correct on the first sentence.

[Bunk Moreland]

Derrek Cooper falling from 12 to 123 is pretty insane too. There are not 7 RBs better than him in this class.

[Bobby Burton]

These recruiting rankings may drive me back into the business of ranking recruits.

Some - not all - of this is just a joke.

[Bobby Burton]

2 hours ago, Bunk Moreland said:

Derrek Cooper falling from 12 to 123 is pretty insane too. There are not 7 RBs better than him in this class.

It’s ridiculous. Watch the friggin’ film.

If there are 20 better players than Bowman in this country, 28 better players than Fitzgerald and 29 better than Atkinson, and 274 better than Jermain Bishop, I’ll eat a corn dog with mayo.

[HookemDTX]

14 minutes ago, Bobby Burton said:

These recruiting rankings may drive me back into the business of ranking recruits.

All of this is just a joke.

Bobby teasing us again. Do it!

[Realist Horn]

Maybe the ranking include a “signability” aspect - where if they are seeking above market, they get dropped. Value per dollar. 

[Joe Naural]

2 hours ago, SuperDave0805 said:

Hope they realize a kid raised in Hawaii is gonna freeze his ass off in those Michigan winters 

No way he chooses Michigan winters … no way big blue reaches the playoffs