Michigan vaults to #1 on Scout

Today with the commitment of Scout's 4 star DT Ondre Pipkins, Michigan vaulted into 1st place for the 2012 recruiting class rankings. Michigan was in 2nd place behind Texas by a slim margin up until today. With today's commitment we are safely in 1st place by more then 200 points. This is based on the formula Scout uses to evaluate the prospects. Ondre Pipkins was Michigan's 22nd verbal commit for the 2012 season. With a possible 4 spots left Michigan could pad their lead on other schools and end up with one of the best recruiting classes of 2012. This is a great start for the Hoke staff. And could possibly be the first recruiting victory over ohio in some years.




Rankings

#1 Michigan
#2 Texas
#3 Florida
#4 Texas A&M
#5 Florida State


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Ondre Pipkins Commits To Michigan

Earlier today, The Wolverine and the Detroit Free Press reported that Ondre Pipkins committed to Michigan. This is a key commitment because Michigan will lose a lot of depth at DT over the next two seasons.

Pipkins comes from Kansas City, Missouri and stands at 6'3" and weighs 325 lbs. Rivals has rated him as a 4 star prospect and the 19th best DT in the 2012 class.

This will be the 22nd commitment to Michigan's 2012 recruiting class, which was already ranked as #4 in the nation. Along with this, Pipkin's commitment has risen Michigan's 2012 class to #1 according to Scout and Michigan's 2012 Dt class up to #17 in the nation according to Rivals. If these defensive recruits achieve anything near the hype, Michigan could have one of the elite defenses in the country in a few years, especially with Brady Hoke and Greg Mattison at the helm.

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Michigan's 2012 Recruiting Class Ranked #2 by CBS Sports

In the first "official" rankings of the 2012 football recruiting class, Michigan has been ranked #2, even beating Florida, Florida St, and Miami (which have traditionally been considered to be recruiting powerhouses). Texas was #1

Though there is still a long time until signing day and a vast potential of new commitments and de-commitments, this is a great step in the right direction for Michigan. Obviously, Hoke and Mattison's recruiting blitz and stability in the coaching position appears to have lifted the team's ability to recruit, as Michigan was ranked #21 by Rivals for its 2011 recruiting class.

Being ranked #2 is never a guarantee for success, but I think #21 to #2 is a pretty significant step. When all is said and done Michigan may not be #1, but we are pretty likely to remain in the top 5 or top 10, which is great.

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