Three big college football recruiting 'winners' that helped their cases in the month of July

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A quick glance at your calendar (if you still have one of those hanging around) will inform you that we have now entered the month of August, which means college football is exactly four weeks away.

It's an exciting time to be a fan, as fall camp starts to ramp up and practice reports will have every fanbase believing this is the year their team wins it all, but there's plenty of action off the field to be locked in on too, namely recruiting.

Nowadays, most of the top-end talent in the current recruiting class has already committed to their program of choice by mid summer, but that doesn't mean we still didn't see some July fireworks on the recruiting trail.

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Here are three college football programs that picked up big wins in the class of 2027 this past month.

Miami Hurricanes running back Mark Fletcher Jr. (4) rushes for a touchdown against the Indiana Hoosiers in the second half during the College Football Playoff National Championship game at Hard Rock Stadium on Jan. 19, 2026. (Nathan Ray Seebeck/Imagn Images)

After a blistering June on the recruiting trail, Mario Cristobal and company seemed like they might have taken the month of July off for a little vacation.

Who could blame them? After all, they were sitting comfortably within the top five of most recruiting industry rankings and their class was nearly full with 20 commits.

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