The University of Alabama gets three five-star recruits this year, namely, wide receiver Julio Jones, offensive lineman Tyler Love, and four-star quarterback Star Jackson from Lake Worth. All in all, Alabama signed up a total of 32 recruits this year, making the Crimson Tide the number one recruiting class. In 2007, Alabama made a 7-6 record including an Independence Bowl victory over Colorado.

Notre Dame got 23 recruits, ranking as the second top recruiting class in the nation, and got Michael Floyd from Minnesota, quarterback Dayne Crist from California, and Kyle Rudolph from Cincinnati. The third rank was taken by Florida, which took in 22 new players. These included Omar Hunter, Matt Patchan, and Carl Moore.

Oklahoma and Miami-Florida both ranked number five, with the Hurricanes getting 33 commitments including two five-stars and 15 four-stars. Twelve were from Miami and there were almost 20 from south Florida. Twenty-one recruits were signed up for the Sooners, among who was five-star R.J. Washington from Texas as defensive end. Leaving the top 10 this year are USC, Florida State, Georgia, and Michigan. USC went down from third place in 2007. On the eleventh place is BCS National Champion LSU, which had two five-stars and eleven four-stars.

Surprisingly, there was someone who did not sign with anyone — Terrelle Pryor from Jeannette Senior High School. He himself declared it, even if big ten schools from Ohio State, Michigan, Penn State, and Oregon are after him.