Ohio State and Alabama are tied for the country's highest blue-chip ratio on their rosters for the 2025 college football season.
In a yearly study conducted by CBS Sports since 2013, a blue-chip ratio equates to what percentage of a team's players are composed of five- and four-star prospects. Both the Buckeyes and the Crimson Tide have a blue-chip ratio of 89 percent, meaning that 89 percent of their rosters consist of either five- or four-star recruits. Transfers are not factored into the blue-chip ratio.
Since the 2011 season, no college team has won the national championship with less than 52 percent of its roster being composed of blue-chip athletes (2016 Clemson was the lowest percentage champion at 52).