FCS RECRUITING: Southern 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 Southern 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 SOCON TAKE:

THE WINNER?: Western Carolina had a remarkable haul, especially down the stretch. Furman and Mercer also had highly ranked classes nationally. 

THE UPSTARTS?: Western Carolina again.

HOTTEST IN JANUARY?: The busiest were WCU, Furman and The Citadel. One can tell they played the waiting game to check what they should go after this month. They've been very active and one has to think that will continue into next week.[divider]

THE SOCON PROSPECTS