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SEC tops in football recruiting on National Signing Day

SEC racks up on Signing Day

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  • Florida

  • Thursday, April 25 2013 7:03 AM EDT2013-04-25 11:03:18 GMT
    (RNN) - Big guys are likely to be the stars of the show Thursday night when the NFL Draft again airs in primetime on ESPN, live from Radio City Music Hall. Barring unforeseen weirdness - which can never
    The NFL Draft with all its drama and uncertainty airs live in prime time Thursday night. Luke Joeckel, Manti Te'o, SEC stars and borderline quarterbacks are among this year's mysteries.

  • Friday, March 29 2013 3:53 PM EDT2013-03-29 19:53:54 GMT
    (RNN) - ESPN will broadcast the spring games of three SEC teams in April. Fans can watch South Carolina, Texas A&M and two-time defending national champion Alabama on ESPN, ESPN 2 or ESPN 3. On April 13,
    This April, ESPN will televise three SEC spring football games. Other SEC schools' spring games will be broadcast on CSS and Sun Sports.

  • Thursday, January 3 2013 3:11 PM EST2013-01-03 20:11:15 GMT
    Arkansas figures to take an armful of the first-ever "Chinny" Awards honoring the most outstanding and outrageous performances in the SEC this season.
    Every week you tune in loyally to watch some of the best action on television unfold, and you are rewarded with compelling, slobber-knocking drama.
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  • South Carolina

  • Tuesday, June 18 2013 1:29 PM EDT2013-06-18 17:29:32 GMT
    (Photo source: TheBigSpur.com)
    The Gamecocks picked up a key recruit for the class of 2015, a four-star player who says he also chose the school because of its academics.
    The Gamecocks picked up a key recruit for the class of 2015, a four-star player who says he also chose the school because of its academics.

  • Wednesday, June 12 2013 4:56 PM EDT2013-06-12 20:56:47 GMT
    South Carolina senior LB Dantzler has earned third-team All-America honors at the designated hitter position by Baseball America.Dantzler was the Gamecocks' leading hitter this season with a .322 average
    South Carolina senior LB Dantzler has earned third-team All-America honors at the designated hitter position by Baseball America.

  • Tuesday, June 11 2013 9:06 PM EDT2013-06-12 01:06:56 GMT
    The No. 7 defensive end for the South Carolina Gamecocks is the best player in football, according to video game developer EA Sports. Wait, why are we referring to him by just his number? After all,
    The No. 7 defensive end for the South Carolina Gamecocks is the best player in football, according to video game developer EA Sports. Wait, why are we referring to him by just his number?
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  • Kentucky

  • Thursday, April 11 2013 7:00 AM EDT2013-04-11 11:00:16 GMT
    Many Southeastern Conference football fans will finally get a look at their favorite teams this Saturday, April 13, and several of the annual spring games will be broadcast on TV and on the Web.Texas A&M
    Southeastern Conference fans are beginning to stir as South Carolina, Texas A&M, Ole Miss, Vanderbilt and Kentucky all hold their annual spring football games on Saturday, April 13.

  • Friday, March 29 2013 3:53 PM EDT2013-03-29 19:53:54 GMT
    (RNN) - ESPN will broadcast the spring games of three SEC teams in April. Fans can watch South Carolina, Texas A&M and two-time defending national champion Alabama on ESPN, ESPN 2 or ESPN 3. On April 13,
    This April, ESPN will televise three SEC spring football games. Other SEC schools' spring games will be broadcast on CSS and Sun Sports.

  • Thursday, January 3 2013 3:11 PM EST2013-01-03 20:11:15 GMT
    Arkansas figures to take an armful of the first-ever "Chinny" Awards honoring the most outstanding and outrageous performances in the SEC this season.
    Every week you tune in loyally to watch some of the best action on television unfold, and you are rewarded with compelling, slobber-knocking drama.
    •   

(RNN) - The rich get richer.

Two-time defending national champion Alabama's 2013 recruiting class was ranked first in the nation by all but one national recruiting organization and 11 of the Southeastern Conference's 14 schools ranked in the Top 25. League schools have won the last seven BCS national championships.

Six SEC recruiting classes were ranked in the Top 10 of Rivals.com's rankings after Signing Day 2013.

Alabama topped the list, Florida was third and LSU fifth. Ole Miss head coach Hugh Freeze gathered an excellent class headed by five, five star players to stand in seventh place, followed by Texas A&M at eighth and Auburn at 10th.

Alabama signed six, five-star players and 11 four-star players, and its 27 recruits came from nine different states, including Alabama.

Only Scout, which is foxsports.com's recruiting website, ranked Alabama's class lower than first –Ohio State and Michigan were ranked Nos. 1 and 2, followed by the Crimson Tide.

ESPN ranked Georgia's class 10th and Auburn's 11th.

The SEC placed four more teams in the top 25:

South Carolina ranked 16th and Vanderbilt's resurgence continued as head coach James Franklin's third class ranked as high as 19th overall. Tennessee ranked No. 20 and Mississippi State 25th.

Arkansas ranked 26th, but got a surprise when four-star linebacker Alex Collins of South Plantation High School in Fort Lauderdale, FL, didn't sign as expected. ESPN cited two unnamed sources who said his mother "confiscated" his national letter of intent because she didn't want him to play so far away from home. Officials at the school said the family needed more time to decide what to do.

Kentucky ranked 28th nationally and Missouri 50th.

 The SEC's official information regarding the recruiting classes of all league schools and links to other national rankings may be found here.

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