247Sports Picks Top 2026 Recruiting Games, Led by Sept. 19 Kiffin Return to Ole Miss
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Updated · 247Sports · Aug 27
247Sports Picks Top 2026 Recruiting Games, Led by Sept. 19 Kiffin Return to Ole Miss
2 articles · Updated · 247Sports · Aug 27
Summary
247Sports named the top college football recruiting games for the 2026 cycle, spotlighting matchups expected to draw heavy prospect traffic across the regular season.
Sept. 19 at Ole Miss stands out as the marquee stop because LSU coach Lane Kiffin returns just nine months after leaving the Rebels during the College Football Playoff for the Tigers job.
Recruits are already reshaping visit plans around that game, which 247Sports expects to produce one of the fall's most charged atmospheres.
The list stretches coast to coast and covers nearly every week on the calendar, beginning Sept. 5 in Baton Rouge.