Michigan football's 2027 class surges in national rankings

As expected, 2027 Chicago (Ill.) Mount Carmel four-star safety Tavares Harrington became Michigan football's 14 commitment to the class on Friday, not closing out the surge in pledges, but certainly putting a punctuation mark on the past two weeks.

Two weeks ago, the Wolverines were hovering near the 30th mark in most of the recruiting site team rankings, while being unranked according to ESPN. But, even before Harrington's pledge, ESPN vaulted Michigan up to No. 10, and now that he's in the fold, he's risen more in some of the other recruiting site team rankings.

The sharpest rise is on the 247Sports Composite, where Michigan is now the No. 8 team, having vaulted over Ohio State, Kentucky, and Penn State. 247Sports' proprietary rankings has the Wolverines at No. 11 overall. Rivals also has Michigan as the No. 11 team at the moment, which is where it was before Harrington's pledge -- it remains there after.

ESPN only updates its rankings sporadically.

Here is the full list of commitments, ranked by the Rivals Industry Rankings:

• Chicago (Ill.) Mount Carmel four-star WR Quentin Burrell (No. 85 overall)
• Houston (Tx.) South four-star DL Xavier Muhammad (No. 102 overall)
• Kalamazoo (Mich.) Loy Norrix four-star OT Jakari Lipsey (No. 104 overall)
• Salt Lake City (Utah) West four-star QB Kamden Lopati (No. 119 overall)
• Chicago (Ill.) Mount Carmel four-star S Tavares Harrington (No. 124 overall)
• Muskegon (Mich.) four-star EDGE Recarder Kitchen (No. 134 overall)
• Jackson (Miss.) Brandon four-star RB Tyson Robinson (No. 212 overall)
• Riverside (Calif.) Notre Dame four-star CB Darius Johnson (No. 311 overall)
• Indianapolis (Ind.) four-star EDGE Jayce Brewer (No. 361 overall)
• Gatineau (Quebec) Brook Hill three-star IOL Sidney Rouleau (No. 424 overall)
• Saline (Mich.) three-star IOL Louis Esposito (No. 601 overall)
• Orlando (Fla.) Lake Nona three-star S Charles Woodson Jr. (No. 617 overall)
• Las Vegas (Nev.) Centennial three-star S Maxwell Miles (No. 805 overall)
• Grand Rapids (Mich.) Kenowa Hills three-star ATH Lundon Hampton (No. 970 overall)

This article originally appeared on Wolverines Wire: Michigan football recruiting class jumps in rankings