FCS RECRUITING: Southland Conference Rankings

HERO Sports will take you conference-by-conference with FCS recruiting, and let you know who has the class to be coveted.

Today, we rank the Southland Conference.

Today's ranking (below) takes into account only high school recruits who have committed to FCS schools (NOTE: JUCOs and other transfers will be evaluated later this spring). Further updates will continue through national signing day. How do we rank? We pay more attention to the scholarship offers an athlete received than any kind of star rating from a recruiting service. If an FCS recruit holds 17 offers and 6 are of the FBS variety? That will rank him above a recruit who holds three — we let the colleges do the evaluations of film, they're the ones who get paid well to do that. Full final rankings will be released for teams and prospects on Monday, Feb. 11 at 12 p.m. ET[divider]

RECRUITING SCHEDULE: Conf. by Conf. – And The Grand Finale[divider]

BMAC'S SOUTHLAND TAKE:

THE WINNER?: With the flurry of activity it saw in the final week prior to national signing day, this clearly goes to Stephen F. Austin, even though Central Arkansas, Nicholls and Sam Houston State all truly made noise in the final days. The Southland always has a lot of news around this time of year

THE UPSTARTS?: We'll go with Lamar here. Not too shabby with the early look. The quality at the top of this class is impressive.

HOTTEST IN JANUARY?: This is easy — Stephen F. Austin has been one of the most "recruiting active" January programs in the FCS nation, not just the Southland.[divider]

THE SOUTHLAND PROSPECTS