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1. NORTH DAKOTA STATE

Photo by Tyler Ingham, Courtesy of NDSU Athletics

RECRUITS: 26 (includes walk-ons)

GEM OF THE CLASS: DB/LB Moses Nyangacha (5-11/190)

NEXT THREE: DT Cameron Hackl, QB Henry Van Dellen, OL Ben Hecht.

THE SKINNY: Alabama just claimed its sixth straight mythical national recruiting title (depending on who you ask) and the Bison are in the same boat. It is impossible to ignore the group the Bison assembled. No matter how you look at it, this group is well-balanced, deep and talented. The linemen are big, mean and are going to improve by leaps and bounds under this staff. The skill kids, specifically Van Dellen, are full of potential. And the tiebreaker is this group of walk-ons–they are good enough to be scholarship players at 90 percent of the other FCS schools. No program in the FCS recruits for its system better than NDSU. You'd be dumb not to crown this collective as the best group in the FCS. Watch them blossom.

BEN HECHT TOLD HERO SPORTS: "There are a lot of things going through my mind right now, like what am I going to do next year when I'm nine hours away from home? But honestly I'm not worried because my new family is in Fargo."