Every year, more players go into the portal. Every year, teams take more players from the portal. Right now, the number of players a team gets through the portal in a given year is approaching a quarter or even a third of the number of players taken in their most recent recruiting class at some programs. This will almost certainly increase
I don't doubt that soon we will see "portal classes" being formally ranked by multiple websites, each using their own esoteric system of evaluation, and the results offered to paying subscribers. Who had the top 5 portal classes in 2025? Was your program in the top 25 of portal additions? It's content. Content is king
The amount of time and effort being spent on getting portal players is swiftly approaching the amount spent on getting high school recruits. As far as money, NIL money offered to portal players almost certainly already exceeds NIL money offered to high school players
My question is, will we see "recruiting rankings" change into "portal/recruiting rankings"? Ranking a team's "incoming class" based on a combination of both portal players, and high school players? I wouldn't be surprised if that does happen eventually