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Tony Goodwin, touted as one of the top defenders in the nation, will transfer to Findlay Prep (Henderson, Nev.), coach Andy Johnson announced on Twitter.

Goodwin, a 6-5 small forward in the Class of 2018, had previously played in Maryland and also played for the Belmont Shore AAU program.

He joins Gary Trent Jr., the top shooting guard in the Class of 2017 who announced his transfer to Findlay in mid-July.

Chase Scanlan, who scored 104 goals this spring for Gowanda/Silver Creek lacrosse team, is transferring to IMG Academy (Bradenton, Fla.), as first reported by the Dunkirk Observer.

His high school program is a combined program from two small schools in Western New York.

Scanlan, a Syracuse commit in the Class of 2018, had 106 points last spring, including scoring 14 goals in a game in May. He was New York’s leading scorer.

According to the New York Sportswriters Association, Connor Fields of Bishop-Timon St. Jude holds the Western New York record with 129 goals in 2013 as a junior. He also had 108 in his senior season.

IMG acknowledged Scanlan’s transfer before the Federation of International Lacrosse (FIL) U19 Men’s Lacrosse World Championships. Scanlan played for the Iroquois team. IMG coach Mark Burnam was an assistant on that team.

Jordon Adell, a Louisville commit, won the Home Run Derby at the Area Code Games on Monday night, blasting a total of 40 home runs in the three rounds.

He also hit the longest homer of the event, measured at 448 feet.

Adell, from Ballard High (Louisville), is playing for the Chicago White Sox team at the games, which features many of the top baseball prospects in the nation and is attended by hundreds of scouts.

“I am always confident in my ability,” he said. “But I approach this event to go and have fun and that’s what I did.”

Adell outlasted Royce Lewis from JSerra High in California in the final 14-13.

As the second hitter in the round, Adell knew what he had to do when he walked up to the plate. Once he tied the score, he knew the next one was going over the fence.

“A power hitter knows when it leaves the bat — the feel, the sound, my body position at impact,” he said. “I felt all of those things on my 14th home run.”

In Round 2, he downed Shane Baz from Concordia Lutheran (Tomball, Texas). Baz had reached the second round with 18 home runs in the opening round most, for any player in any round at the event.

Adell said he wasn’t concerned that trying to hit home run would interfere with his approach at the plate during games.

“I have been making adjustments all summer,” he said. “I am really comfortable at the plate and with my swing …  The home run derby was just another day of on-field batting practice for me.”

The Area Code Games have eight teams in the upperclass division and each team selected one player to participate. That led to the eight-player bracket.

Adell committed to the Louisville as a freshman in the spring of 2014 and has been a star for Ballard. He was named Seventh Region Player of the Year by the Kentucky coaches. He batted .449 with 11 home runs, 44 RBIs, 10 doubles, 44 runs and 25 walks. On the mound, he was 1-0 with a 1.55 ERA and struck out 56 batters in 31 2/3 innings.

“When Jordon comes to the plate he has such a good presence in the box,” Ballard head coach David Trager recently told Gannett partner The Courier-Journal.  “He’s learning to be a good all around hitter, not a guy who just hits for power. He hits for great average in a consistent basis this year. With him, when he sees the ball well and he gets the barrel on it, it goes far. He got a hold of a few today and a couple were lucky enough to go out.”

Jordon Adell, a Louisville commit, won the Home Run Derby at the Area Code Games on Monday night, blasting a total of 40 home runs in the three rounds.

He also hit the longest homer of the event, measured at 448 feet.

Adell, from Ballard High (Louisville), is playing for the Chicago White Sox team at the games, which features many of the top baseball prospects in the nation and is attended by hundreds of scouts.

“I am always confident in my ability,” he said. “But I approach this event to go and have fun and that’s what I did.”

Adell outlasted Royce Lewis from JSerra High in California in the final 14-13.

As the second hitter in the round, Adell knew what he had to do when he walked up to the plate. Once he tied the score, he knew the next one was going over the fence.

“A power hitter knows when it leaves the bat — the feel, the sound, my body position at impact,” he said. “I felt all of those things on my 14th home run.”

In Round 2, he downed Shane Baz from Concordia Lutheran (Tomball, Texas). Baz had reached the second round with 18 home runs in the opening round most, for any player in any round at the event.

Adell said he wasn’t concerned that trying to hit home run would interfere with his approach at the plate during games.

“I have been making adjustments all summer,” he said. “I am really comfortable at the plate and with my swing … The home run derby was just another day of on-field batting practice for me.”

The Area Code Games have eight teams in the upperclass division and each team selected one player to participate. That led to the eight-player bracket.

Adell committed to the Louisville as a freshman in the spring of 2014 and has been a star for Ballard. He was named Seventh Region Player of the Year by the Kentucky coaches. He batted .449 with 11 home runs, 44 RBIs, 10 doubles, 44 runs and 25 walks. On the mound, he was 1-0 with a 1.55 ERA and struck out 56 batters in 31 2/3 innings.

“When Jordon comes to the plate he has such a good presence in the box,” Ballard head coach David Trager recently said. “He’s learning to be a good all around hitter, not a guy who just hits for power. He hits for great average in a consistent basis this year. With him, when he sees the ball well and he gets the barrel on it, it goes far. He got a hold of a few today and a couple were lucky enough to go out.”

Jalek Felton, nephew of NBA star Raymond Felton, has already decided to follow in his uncle’s footsteps with his college decision. He, like Raymond, will attend North Carolina, and he appears perfectly capable of having a similar impact on the program.

As the above video from CourtsideFilms.com show, Felton is an able scorer, great leaper, and an electric player with the ball in his hands.

Felton, who averaged 24.1 points, 5.4 assists and 5.5 rebounds last season as a junior at Mullins (S.C.) High, will stay in South Carolina but play his senior season at Gray Collegiate Academy in Columbia.

Wendell Carter during the Nike Elite Youth Basketball League in Lexington,Ky. (Photo: Mike Weaver/For the Courier-Journal)

Welcome to another edition of the Sneaker Wars.

Nike again will be putting on an event in The Bahamas on the weekend as Under Armour’s Elite 24 in Brooklyn, according to a report in The Tribune in The Bahamas.

What was described as The Bahamas edition of the Nike EYBL Camp is scheduled for Aug. 20 at Kendal Isaacs Gymnasium in Nassau. The game will feature 12 top high school players against a team from the Bahamas and include a brief training camp in the two days beforehand.

Last week, Under Armour announced Elite 24’s return to Brooklyn Park Pier and plans for ESPNU to televise the game on Aug. 20, featuring 24 of the top players. Elite 24 has not announced rosters, although names of some players invited have come out in media reports.

Last year, the Nike EYBL Select Team downed the Bahamas Select Team by 125-65. The EYBL team was coached by Gary Payton and included Harry Giles, Jayson Tatum, Malik Monk, Miles Bridges, Gary Trent Jr., Jonathan Isaac and De’Aaron Fox among others.

“It’s a paid-for vacation,” Nick Blatchford,Under Armour director of grassroots and college basketball, said last year when the game was announced. “That seems to be a pretty fair interpretation. The fact that they’re putting something together, kind of last-minute, tells me they’re trying to play defense.”

Where this gets interesting is the status of DeAndre Ayton, the No. 1 player in the Class of 2017 who is from The Bahamas. Ayton, who plays for Hillcrest Prep in Phoenix, played in Elite 24 last year. But he also ran with Cal Supreme on the Nike EYBL circuit this summer, making it more likely he attends the Nike event.

However,Brittany Connerly, who is an academic adviser and director of media and educational relations for Hillcrest Prep, said Ayton is not planning to play in either event because it conflicts with the start of school.

Wendell Carter (Pace Academy, Atlanta) is expected to play in the Nike event, along with point guard Trae Young (Norman North, Okla.), Kevin Knox (Tampa Catholic) and a returning Trent. Mohamed Bamba and Washington commit Michael Porter Jr. also could attend.

The Super 25 Preseason football teams have been unveiled.

Click through the gallery below to see the 25 teams in pictures.

For more on each team, including schedules and key players, click here.

Simone Biles competes during the team finals at the Rio Olympics (Photo; Robert Hanashiro, USA TODAY Sports)

As might be expected, Olympic gymnastics star Simone Biles was a superstar recruit.

Her final choices: UCLA or Alabama.

That, of course, called for an unofficial campus visit to Tuscaloosa. Biles and her parents visited campus in the fall of 2013 and took in the Alabama-Tennessee football game. That included getting to see the view from the field.

Alabama won 45-10, and led 35-0 at halftime.

“From a recruiting standpoint, to have her come in and watch a home football game and be on the field, see it all, it doesn’t get any better than that for us,” former Alabama coach Sarah Patterson told AL.com. “It was an amazing opportunity.”

MORE: Biles ready to put on a show in Rio

Biles, a Texan, would choose UCLA because she liked the idea of Los Angeles, Patterson said.

She would never compete for UCLA, though. She smartly turned pro after winning her second consecutive individual all-around world championship in 2014, given the prospect of endorsement deals.

She entered the Rio Olympics having won 10 individual world golds and 14 overall. She won her first Olympic medal Tuesday with the Final Five in the team competition and is the favorite for four more individual golds, beginning with Thursday’s all-around.

“We had a chance to meet her and her family and it was awesome,” Patterson said. “Shortly after that, she went pro.”

RaKavius Chambers is 6-3, 275 pounds and one of the top center recruits in the Class of 2017.

Before he heads to Duke, Chambers will anchor the Opelika (Ala.) High Bulldogs and continue to sing in the school choir.

As part of its series previewing the high school football teams in its area, the Opelika Auburn News has been doing video features.

We share the one above with you so you can watch Chambers’ dance moves — pretty good for a big guy — and then his rendition of lip syncing to a song from “Hamilton: An American Musical.”

The whole video is fun, but Chambers becomes the star of the show around the three-minute mark.

Oak Hill forward Billy Preston (Photo: Christopher Hanewinckel, USA TODAY Sports)

A day after reports surfaced that the Nike EYBL again will be running an event at the same time as Under Armour’s Elite 24 in Brooklyn, Under Armour released the rosters for the Aug. 20 game.

The team teams — Team “Clutch” and Team “Drive”— will play at 7:30 p.m. ET on ESPNU. The team names are derived from new Under Armour footwear, ClutchFit Drive 3, Under Armour said.

MORE: Sneaker Wars Redux, Nike vs. Under Armour

Team “Clutch” features two players ranked in the top 10 by the 247Sports Composite for the Class of 2017 in Billy Preston (Advanced Prep, Dallas) and Kevin Knox (Tampa, Fla., Catholic) along with Top 20 players Austin Wiley — from Spain Park, Ala., who has yet to announce his high school plans — and Nick Richards (St. Patrick, N.Y.). North Carolina commit Jalek Felton is also scheduled to play for Clutch.

Team “Drive” is led by the nation’s top point guard and No. 5 overall recruit, Trevon Duval (Advanced Prep), and top-10 players Brandon McCoy (Cathedral Catholic, San Diego) and Hamidou Diallo (Putnam Science). Zion Williamson (Spartanburg, S.C., Day), who many consider the top player in the Class of 2018, and top 10 juniors Javonte Smart (Scotlandville Magnet, Baton Rouge), Naz Reid (Roselle Catholic, N.J.) and Silvo de Sousa (Montverde Academy, Fla.) also are on Drive.

The player rosters for the Elite 24 game are:

TEAM “CLUTCH”        Class        Position    Hometown

Jalek Felton            2017        Guard        Mullins, SC

Jahvon Quinerly        2018        Guard        Hackensack, NJ

Devon Dotson            2018        Guard        Matthews, NC

Josh Anderson        2017        Guard        Baton Rouge, LA

MJ Walker            2017        Guard        Riverdale, GA

Billy Preston            2017        Forward    Los Angeles, CA

Gerald Liddell            2018        Forward    Cibolo, TX

Kevin Knox            2017        Forward    Riverview, FL

Sid Wilson            2018        Forward    Bronx, NY

Nick Richards            2017        Forward    Brooklyn, NY

Austin Wiley            2017        Center        Hoover, AL

Bol Bol                2018        Center        Olathe, KS

TEAM “DRIVE”        Class        Position    Hometown

Trevon Duval            2017        Guard        New Castle, DE

Javonte Smart            2018        Guard        Baton Rouge, LA

Hamidou Diallo        2017        Guard        Queens, NY

Nickeil Alexander-Walker    2017        Guard        Toronto, ON

Louis King            2018        Forward    Columbus, NJ

Khavon Moore            2018        Forward    Macon, GA

Jaylen Hoard            2018        Forward    Carnon, France

Nazreon Reid            2018        Forward    Neptune, NJ

Silvio De Souza        2018        Forward    Luonda, Angola

Zion Williamson        2018        Forward    Spartanburg, SC

Brandon McCoy        2017        Center        San Diego, CA

Moses Brown            2018        Center        Queens, NY

The first no-hitter in the 30-year history of the prestigious Area Code Games happened Wednesday, according to Baseball America.

A trio of Southern California pitchers — Matthew Sauer, Sam Glick and Zachary Pettway — combined for 11 strikeouts in seven innings for the Milwaukee Brewers team in an 8-0 victory against the Chicago White Sox.

Sauer, a righthander from Righetti in Santa Maria, Calif., went three innings. Glick, a lefthander from El Toro, threw two innings, and Pettway, a righthander for Long Beach High, threw the final two.

The tournament for the upperclassmen wrapped up Wednesday.

Look for upcoming coverage on the event’s top performers.

St. John Bosco’s captains head to the middle of the field before 2015 game against Centennial  (Photo: Kelvin Kuo, USA TODAY Sports)

Three California teams sit atop the Super 25 Preseason Football Computer rankings, led by St. John Bosco (Bellflower).

Bosco finished No. 4 in the computer rankings at the end of last season after a 13-1 record and three consecutive Trinity League titles.

The Braves return their entire defensive line, are strong in the secondary and have an offensive line anchored by the nation’s No. 1 guard recruit, Ohio State commit Wyatt Davis. Re-al Mitchell takess over at quarterback.

COMPUTER: Full Super 25 rankings, searchable by state

De La Salle (Concord, Calif.) is No. 2 in the preseason, according to the computer, despite a loss of talent on both sides of the ball. Centennial (Corona), led by reigning American Family Insurance ALL-USA Coach of the Year, Matt Logan is No. 3. Centennial should get a boost with the addition of elite wide receiver Tyjon Lindsey from Bishop Gorman (Las Vegas).

EXPERT RANKINGS: Meet the Preseason Super 25

The Super 25 Computer rankings are provided by Ken Massey. Because some of the data is based on past performances, the computer will be more accurate as the season progresses. Generally, once a team plays three games, the computer can better slot how it stacks up against teams nationally. The ratings are designed to reward teams for their performance, and objectively quantify those performances. Strength of schedule is built into the model. The model also corrects for home field advantage. Teams lose less for a loss on the road and gain more for a win on the road. Margin of victory is also factored in.

LOOKBACK: Final Super 25 Computer rankings for 2015

Katy (Texas), which was ranked No. 1 last season by the computer, is at No. 4 in the preseason.

Bishop Gorman, the two-time Super 25 champion in the expert rankings is No. 5.

Colerain (Cincinnati) is No. 6, followed by St. Edward (Lakewood, Ohio) at No. 7. They are among four Ohio teams in the Super 25, according to the computer.

SUPER 25 COMPUTER RANKINGS: Who’s the top team in each state

Two more California schools – Mater Dei (Santa Ana) and Bishop Amat (LaPuente) comes in a Nos. 8 and 9, respectively.

DeMatha Catholic (Hyattsville, Md.) rounds out the Top 10.

In all, 10 states are represented in the Super 25, with California leading the way with six teams, followed by four from Ohio and two each from Texas, Florida, Kentucky, New jersey, Maryland and Georgia.

Grayson is the top team in Georgia. (Photo: Rick Crain, Grayson Football).

With football season mere weeks away, here is a look at the top teams in each state according to the Super 25 Computer rankings.

MORE: St. John Bosco (Calif.) ranked No. 1 in Super 25 Preseason Computer rankings

The Super 25 Computer rankings are provided by Ken Massey. Because some of the data is based on past performances, the computer will be more accurate as the season progresses. Generally, once a team plays three games, the computer can better slot how it stacks up against teams nationally.

The ratings are designed to reward teams for their performance, and objectively quantify those performances. Strength of schedule is built into the model. The model also corrects for home field advantage. Teams lose less for a loss on the road and gain more for a win on the road. Margin of victory is also factored in.

Alabama: Hoover

Alaska: Soldotna

Arizona: Centennial (Peoria)

Arkansas: Fayetteville

California: St. John Bosco (Bellflower)

Colorado: Valor Christian (Highlands Ranch)

Connecticut: Darien

Delaware: Wilmington Salesianum

District of Columbia: Gonzaga College Prep

Florida: IMG Academy (Bradenton)

Georgia: Grayson (Loganville)

Hawaii: Kahuku

Idaho: Rocky Mountain (Meridian)

Illinois: Loyola Academy (Wilmette)

Indiana: Center Grove (Greenwood)

Iowa: Dowling (West Des Moines)

Kansas: Mill Valley (Shawnee)

Kentucky: Trinity (Louisville)

Louisiana: Archbishop Rummel (Metairie)

Maine: Thornton Academy (Saco)

Maryland: DeMatha (Hyattsville)

Massachusetts: Xaverian Brothers (Westwood)

Michigan: Lowell

Minnesota: Becker

Mississippi: Starkville

Missouri: Christian Brothers (St. Louis)

Montana: Beaverhead County (Dillon)

Nebraska: Aquinas (David City)

Nevada: Bishop Gorman (Las Vegas)

New Hampshire: Newport

New Jersey: Don Bosco Prep (Ramsey)

New Mexico: Cleveland (Rio Rancho)

New York: Chenango Forks Central (Binghamton)

North Carolina: Mallard Creek (Charlotte)

North Dakota: Park River

Ohio: Colerain (Cincinnati)

Oklahoma: Jenks

Oregon: Portland Jesuit

Pennsylvania: Imhotep Charter (Philadelphia)

Rhode Island: Bishop Hendricken (Warwick)

South Carolina: Northwestern (Rock Hill)

South Dakota: Madison

Tennessee: Brentwood Academy 

Texas: Katy

Utah: Lone Peak (Highland)

Vermont: Rutland

Virginia: Highland Springs

Washington: Eastside Catholic (Bellevue)

West Virginia: Wheeling Park

Wisconsin: Homestead (Mequon)

Wyoming: Sheridan

A day before what is expected to be his final game, Alex Rodriguez used Throwback Thursday on Twitter to post a photo from his days at Westminster Christian in Miami.

ARod was the American Family Insurance ALL-USA Baseball Player of the Year in 1993 as a senior and then was selected with the No. 1 overall pick in the draft by the Seattle Mariners.

Rodriguez attended Columbus High in Miami as a freshman before transferring to a private school.

As a junior, ARod hit .477 and his team went 33-2 and finished with the No. 1 ranking in the Super 25.

“By his junior year, I was predicting big-league success for him and first-round draft status before most people did,” legendary Westminster coach Rich Hofman told Sports Illustrated in 2010. Hofman was named the ALL-USA Baseball Coach of the Year in 1992.

As a senior at Westminster, he hit .505 with nine home runs, 36 RBI and 35 stolen bases on a 28-5 team as a constant barrage of scouts watched his every move.

“He didn’t have a huge power display, but his swing was so clean and looked good,” Hofman said.

In his three years, Westminster went 86-13-1.

According to the Associated Press, Hofman and Rodriguez remained close for years after ARod left high school but the relationship frayed when Rodriguez admitted in 2009 that he had used PEDs while with the Texas Rangers.

Hofman has said he does not believe ARod used steroids in high school, despite Rodriguez putting on weight between the summer before his sophomore year when he arrived at Westminster and the winter of his junior year.

Alex Rodriguez when he played for Westminster Christian in Miami. (Photo: David Bergman, Miami Herald via AP)

Defensive lineman Tyler Dunning (2). is among the leaders on defense for No. 1 St. Thomas Aquinas (Photo: Steve Mitchell, USA TODAY Sports)

Season openers include a pair of top 5 matchups and a top-10 matchup.

SUPER 25: Previews for all ranked teams
POLL: Which season opener are you most looking forward to?
SUPER 25 COMPUTER: Three Calif. teams up top | Who’s best in each state?
GALLERY: Super 25 Preseason football rankings in photos

Here is the rundown (note that preseason/kickoff classic games are not included):

Aug. 19
No. 11 McGill-Toolen (Mobile), vs. Spanish Fort (Ala.) at Lipscomb Field (Mobile)
No. 13 Mallard Creek (Charlotte, N.C.), at Dillon (S.C.)
No. 15 DeSoto (Texas), vs. Horn (Mesquite, Texas)
No. 19 Trinity (Louisville), vs. Ensworth (Nashville)
No. 19 Warren Central (Indianapolis), at Center Grove (Greenwood, Ind.)
No. 23 Chandler (Ariz.), at Red Mountain (Mesa, Ariz.)

Aug. 20
No. 22 Petal (Miss.), at Hattiesburg (Miss.)
No. 25 Fort Dorchester (North Charleston, S.C.), vs. Sandy Creek (Tyrone, Ga.) at Erk Russell Classic in Statesboro, Ga.

Aug. 26
No. 1 St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) at No. 8 Booker T. Washington (Miami)
No. 9 DeMatha Catholic (Hyattsville, Md.), at Oscar Smith (Chesapeake, Va.)
No. 10 Lake Travis (Austin, Texas), vs. Converse (Judson, Texas)
No. 12 Katy (Texas), at Westlake (Austin, Texas)
No. 18 Allen (Texas), vs. Hoover (Ala.) at Tom Landry Classic in Allen, Texas

Aug. 27
No. 3 Bishop Gorman (Las Vegas) at No. 5 Cedar Hill (Texas)
No. 4 IMG Academy (Bradenton, Fla.) at No. 2 Grayson (Loganville, Ga.)
No. 6 American Heritage (Plantation, Fla.) at Colquitt County (Moultrie, Ga.)
No. 7 Colerain (Cincinnati), vs. No. 19 Warren Central (Indianapolis)
No. 20 St. John Bosco (Bellflower, Calif.), vs. St. Xavier (Cincinnati) at Skyline Crosstown Showdown in Cincinnati
No. 17 Central Catholic (Pittsburgh), vs. St. John’s (Washington, D.C.) at

Aug. 28
No. 14 Mater Dei (Santa Ana, Calif.), vs. Bishop Amat (La Puente, Calif.)

Sept. 2
No. 16 John Curtis (River Ridge, La.) vs. Landry Walker (New Orleans) in Kenner, La.
No. 24 Don Bosco Prep (Ramsey, N.J.), at No. 6 American Heritage (Plantation, Fla.)

Pittsburgh Pirates honor Luke Blanock on the video board at PNC Park (Photo: USA TODAY Sports)

The Pittsburgh Pirates honored Luke Blanock, the Western Pennsylvania high school athlete who was battling terminal cancer, in April 2015 by letting him throw out the ceremonial first pitch at PNC Park.

When Blanock married his girlfriend last February, the couple visited the Pirates for spring training in Bradenton, Fla., on their honeymoon.

Blanock, who graduated from Canon McMillian (Canonsburg, Pa.) in April after playing basketball and baseball at the school, died Sunday at age 19.

As the photo above shows, the Pirates honored Blanock’s memory before a game against the San Diego Padres.

Autopsy results for a South Carolina high school football player who died after collapsing at practice were inconclusive, the Lexington County coroner said, according to The State newspaper.

Lewis Simpkins, a 14-year-old sophomore on the River Bluff football team, was pronounced dead upon arrival at the hospital, coroner Margaret Fisher said.

MORE: Community shows support for Lewis Simpkins

Fisher said additional studies will be done over the next few days in an effort to identify the cause of death and the investigation is continuing. Fisher said the teen had no prior medical problems that his family was aware of.

Simpkins dropped to the ground during drills Wednesday evening. Two athletic trainers and a coach immediately began CPR and started using a defibrillator on the boy. Paramedics then transported the student to the hospital.

According to the annual report from the National Center for Catastrophic Injury Research at the University of North Carolina, there were seven high school/middle school player deaths from indirect causes during football-related activities or physical exertion in 2015 and 21 in the last three years.

Micah Awodiran (Photo: USA TODAY Sports)

Micah Awodiran, a linebacker for Marist (Chicago) who is ranked as the No. 10 recruit in Illinois by 247Sports.com, has committed to Yale, he told the website.

Awodiran, who had 26 reported offers, selected the Ivy League school over Duke, Vanderbilt and Illinois.

Ranked as the No. 27 outside linebacker in the nation, he said he felt Yale was the right place after two visits to the New Haven, Conn., campus.

“Just overall what they have academically and athletically what they can do there it felt like the best place I can be successful for the next four years,” Awodiran told 247Sports. “Definitely just the comfort level there overall being around the coaches and players. That comfort level that I found there are the main aspects that led to the decision.”

Alabama, led by Nick Saban, and Ohio State are tied atop the team recruiting rankings
(Photo: Marvin Gentry, USA TODAY Sports)

The season is approaching and many of the top college football programs have had a very good summer on the recruiting trail.

While that success includes commitments beyond the Class of 2017, here are the latest USA TODAY High School Sports’ Composite Team Football Recruiting Rankings for players who will sign next year.

The composite represents an average of the rankings by the four major recruiting services: 247Sports, ESPN, Rivals and Scout. ESPN’s current rankings include the Top 25 so schools not listed were awarded a 25 for average purposes.

The biggest changes since out last update (view the previous rankings here):

• Ohio State and Alabama are now tied after Ohio State had the lead. The reason is because Alabama is now No. 1 in the Scout.com team rankings after having been No. 2 in early summer.
• LSU has gone from No. 17 to No. 5 and now to No. 3. A big reason for latest move: the commitment this week of five-star athlete JaCoby Stevens from Tennessee and four-star safety Grant Delpit from IMG Academy (Bradenton, Fla.).
• Among SEC schools, Tennessee moves from No. 24 to No. 9 with its 23 commitments. Auburn moves from No. 23 to No. 15.
• Penn State moves from No. 30 to No. 20 among Big Ten schools.