Let’s pretend for a second that South Carolina just had a monster day on the recruiting trail by adding commitments from these five prospects.

Four-star defensive end Myles Murphy, 4-star defensive tackle Tonka Hemingway, 4-star defensive tackle Alex Huntley, 4-star running back Tank Bigsby and 3-star wide receiver Dominick Hill would make for one heck of a haul for South Carolina coach Will Muschamp and his 2020 recruiting class.

All five have received Crystal Ball predictions to South Carolina from this author, during the 2019 calendar year. The picks for Hemingway and Huntley were both logged on Jan. 2, followed by Bigsby (Jan. 26), Murphy (Feb. 3) and Hill (May 19).

South Carolina’s class, which is currently ranked No. 14 in the country, according to the 247Sports composite, lists a team score of 160.78 points. Adding those five recruits into the fold would vault the Gamecocks team score to 229.71.

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That figure would be good enough to push the class all the way up to the No. 4-ranked group in the country, if it all unfolded today (June 4, 2019).

That pretend-for-a-second-13-man class would have enough points to be ranked 25th in the team composite rankings for the 2019 recruiting cycle. In 2018, the 229.71-point total would be two spots higher at No. 23 overall.

South Carolina’s actual 8-man class already packs a serious punch with an average prospect rating of 91.91. Texas, which has a class that's ranked No. 23 in the 2020 cycle, lists an average rating of 93.48.

Six other teams have an average player rating that’s higher than South Carolina in 2020: Clemson (95.01), Georgia (94.10), Ohio State (94.00), LSU (93.22), Alabama (92.50) and Notre Dame (92.10).

Four of those five prospects with Crystal Ball predictions to South Carolina (Hemingway, Huntly, Murphy and Bigsby) carry grades that are higher than the Gamecocks class average.

Assuming all five of these recruits eventually hop on board, you’ll be looking at a class that is – pound-for-pound – among the best in the country. Then again, it already is, and Muschamp & Co. haven’t even hit double-digits yet.

Plus, the South Carolina Gamecocks are squarely in the mix with several other highly-rated class of 2020 prospects, including 5-star defensive ends Jordan Burch, Desmond Evans and Reggie Grimes, 4-star safety Ja’Qurious Conley, 4-star wide receiver Deajaun McDougle, 4-star wide receiver Ze'Vian Capers, 4-star offensive tackle Joshua Braun and 4-star linebackers Desmond Tisdol and Len'Neth Whitehead.