Worrying trend continuing for Texas A&M after newest recruit rankings update

Texas A&M remains atop the 2027 class rankings after the latest round of recruiting re-ranking by Rivals, with the Aggies all but lapping the field at this point. Texas A&M has already put together the consummately complete class and has hit on nearly every high-value target they’ve pursued— the culmination of a lot of hard work by Mike Elko and this staff.

However, as those rankings continue to be updated, tweaked, and shifted around, Aggie fans can’t help but notice some strange things. While the Aggies are still in possession of that first-place spot— and it doesn’t look like anyone will be able to steal it from them anytime soon— there are some major questions that the Texas A&M faithful have after viewing this latest round of rankings.

The plain fact of the matter is that the Rivals rankings are shortchanging several of Texas A&M’s top players, in some cases in a pretty egregious way. At the end of the day, Texas A&M still has an amazing class— but just how amazing this class actually is may be lost on onlookers if this kind of thing isn’t addressed.

Rivals update drops the number of Texas A&M’s 5-star commits in head-scratching move

here is the latest list of five-star players that Rivals has released:

First things first: props to Rivals for the bump to Mark Matthews, who more than earned the status of the no. 2 overall player in the country. Matthews is one of the most dominant tackle prospects we’ve seen in quite some time, and could make a charge at that top overall spot before all is said and done.

But the elephant in the room is quite obvious: the Aggies, per Rivals’ Industry rankings, have five five-star players. According to 247’s composite rankings, they have six. In all, they have eight players ranked as a five-star per some service. However, the new Rivals rankings give them only… two.

Kaden Henderson, for example, falls directly below the cut line here as the no. 25 player in the nation. JayQuan Snell and Raylaun Henry are not far behind. Kennedy Brown has inexplicably fallen down to near 50– this is a player who ESPN has as the no. 1 offensive tackle in the nation.

Rivals likes to boast about their “standouts” when they evaluate a prospect far higher than the other sites— but something has happened in the opposite direction for one Aggie commit, Zyron Forstall. Rivals bizarrely rates him as the 147th-best player in the country despite him being top-30 on the other two sites— but you won’t hear a peep from them if he ends up making a lot of noise in the maroon and white.

In fairness, Rivals also gave Texas A&M commits Errol Kerns and Aston Whiteside a nod by putting them in the top 300 for the first time this cycle. However, the concerning trend here is obvious: we can be honest and recognize that it matters for public perception (which affects recruiting!) how many five-stars you bring in, and for the Aggies to just miss that ranking for a couple of these players is just a little too convenient.

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