College football’s summer on the recruiting trail featured another drove of official visit windows in June and even more verbal commitments in the month of July.
It's fitting the initial Sports Illustrated class recruiting ranking would debut after the summer dust settles and as the calendar flips to August—always an unofficial signal that America’s favorite sport is set to return at every level.
This year, it appears there was an acceleration in the volume department for many programs. Most programs sit with at least one dozen commitments, while eight are sitting at 20 or more before the season kicks off. In the last cycle's August ranking, only half as many teams hit the 20-pledge threshold before the end of July.
