247Sports.com lists the top Top 15 programs in terms of future success for the next five years.

Nick Saban has four consecutive top-ranked recruiting classes. The future is bright at Alabama.

1. Florida State - The Seminoles aren’t backloading talent on top of talent like 2001 Miami. But it’s damn close. You know the future is bright when the third-string freshmen have more upside than the experienced starters. FSU is loaded at wide receiver, running back, quarterback, offensive line, defensive line, linebacker, defensive back and tight end for years to come. And it’s not slowing down. They are about to add an elite top five level class after bringing in one of the best hauls last year. Jameis Winston leading FSU to a National Title last season is the biggest reason for the return to greatness in Tallahassee. There’s more to come in the years ahead. Arguably they have the easiest path to the playoffs combined by the biggest future talent separation from the top to the rest of its league. It positions the Seminoles for major league success.

2. Alabama - Back-to-back-to-back-to-back No. 1 recruiting classes. Elite talent at every single position. The only thing holding them back from being No. 1 is they play in by far the toughest division in football: the SEC West. As long as Nick Saban, who has the ideal process of 1/3 talent acquisition, 1/3 personnel use and 1/3 player development at the highest level, is running the show it’s the unrealistic expectation of championship or bust in Tuscaloosa. One thing though: he can make it realistic. No program in the country has everyone involved more on the same page for what it takes to win it all. Saban has dominated college football to such a level that now he’s going to take Lane Kiffin calling the plays as his next challenge and prove his few doubters wrong yet again.

3. Texas A&M - The Aggies are dominating recruiting in the rich state of Texas for the first time ever. The reasons are endless. Wide open offense. SEC. Head coach that players love. Staff with major instate ties. The Aggies already have one of the nation’s elite offensive machines. No one has a threesome of Kenny Hill, Kyle Allen and Kyler Murray at quarterback. Plus the biggest key is their defensive line recruiting. Add it up and it’s a recipe for possible success that hasn’t happened in College Station.

4. USC - The Trojans won 10 games last year with 58 guys on scholarship. In two years they’ll be back to the allotted 85. Watch out. They are about to potentially sign a top three national class, 90-percent of it coming from the Los Angeles area led by mega recruiter Tee Martin. While on probation, the rest of the PAC-12 - namely Oregon, Washington and UCLA - benefitted from cherry picking soCal talent that normally would go to USC. Those kids are now flocking to the Trojans and will for years to come. Steve Sarkisian not only appeased the alums and big money people by staying with a pro-style offense, but more importantly he’s amped up the tempo so all of that talent will get more touches. USC has a dozen true freshmen in its two-deep. The rest of the PAC-12 needs to get them now, because it’s going to be very hard to contend with them in the years ahead when they are at their full allotment. Think Miami in the late 90s when they got off of probation.

5. Ohio State - They’ve been recruiting on a high level since Urban Meyer took over. They run a wide open spread option scheme that’s appealing to national dual-threat quarterbacks, wide receivers, local run blockers and stud backs. Urban Meyer is one of the game’s best. His plan is as good as it gets. Look for the Buckeyes to win seven of the next 10 league titles and be a regular fixture in the final four.

6. Auburn - Combine tempo offense plus dual-threat quarterbacks with elite defensive line recruiting. It’s a formula orchestrated by Gus Malzahn and Rodney Garner that will keep the Tigers knocking on the title door. One interesting trend is their quarterback recruiting. Malzahn has helped Auburn win big with dual-threats Cam Newton and Nick Marshall. On deck will be more pro-style options with Jeremy Johnson, Sean White, Tyler Queen and eventually Jake Bentley. It appears Auburn is transitioning from tempo run to tempo pass. Will the same results follow them?

7. Georgia - Todd Gurley and Keith Marshall will soon be replaced by Nick Chubb and Sony Michel. Look out. The Dawgs can (and often do) get everything they need to win big instate in the fourth best state for talent in the nation. There’s everything you need to win big and stay there. Eventually they will break through, right?

8. Tennessee - This is the program that’s on the deck to return to national prominence. They’ve recruited too well since Butch Jones (and Tommy Thigpen) arrived not to. Especially at wide receiver (like usual), running back and defensive tackle. The key will be if Joshua Dobbs or more so, Quinten Dormandy, is the guy at quarterback. If so, it’s set up for them to win the SEC East in year four of the Butch Jones era (in 2016) and have potential sustained success beyond.

9. Whoever hires Chad Morris - Give credit to the administration at Baylor and Auburn for having the wisdom, foresight and balls to hire Art Briles and Gus Malzahn. Both have been huge home runs. Morris is cut from the same cloth. He runs the same offense. If you’re an Athletic Director and want success or a fan base and you like fast offense, tons of points, winning big and putting butts in the seats, this is your guy. If you’re not into those things then opt elsewhere. Morris is a coaching legend in Texas, where he’d prefer to be, but the guys at the main jobs in that state don’t appear to be going anywhere anytime soon. That means some lucky program, likely in the Southeast, will hit the jackpot. He’s the No. 1 reason Clemson’s program went from eight wins a year and ho-hum offenses to exciting, no huddle, no mercy 11-win seasons. He’ll do the same for some lucky program soon. Think Rich Rodriguez a decade ago. Maybe even better.

10. UCLA - Football, big-time winning football, is about to return to Los Angeles and it’s not of the NFL variety. The Trojans-Bruins rivalry could have it’s most relevance since Troy Aikman and Rodney Peete shared the Sports Illustrated cover in 1988. Jim Mora is selling his pro background complimented by a spread option offense and some of the best prospects in his loaded backyard and a few nationally are signing up. He has his golden boy in five-star quarterback commit Josh Rosen to ride in the years to come. Elite talent is set in place around him.

11. Clemson - Deshaun Watson. That’s why Clemson will win in the years to come. They have the dude. They found him first. They offered first. They got the guy at the most important position. The best of the best wide receivers are continuing to line up to play there. Plus they have some of the best recruiting-oriented facilities about to go up on campus. Cutting edge developments no one else in the country will have. Recruits will eat that up. Their path to the playoffs through the ACC is easier. And the administration has shown the ability to pump major money into football’s importance at the university, both in facility upgrades (on deck) and more so paying its elite coordinators more than anyone else.

12. Miami/Florida - These programs can’t be down for long. Geography (and coaching changes) will eventually overcome that. The Gators win big when they have head coaches who run wide open offenses like they did with Steve Spurrier and Urban Meyer. It attracts the elite talent that makes Florida one of the top five gem jobs in America. Imagine a Mike Gundy or a Dan Mullen getting that gold mine. For Miami, recent years of using a pro-style offense and a 3-4 read/react defense has the local recruits in America’s most loaded hot bed jumping over one another to escape paradise and go elsewhere. Running a no huddle, no mercy uptempo offense hasn’t ever been tried by Miami, a program that resides in the backyard of the nation’s biggest speed haven. A wide open tempo offense would keep the local talent home, put up big points and put butts in seats. A novel concept. It might be the only way the “U” ever returns after a decade of being average. Guys who would run that type of system, Chad Morris or a Mario Cristobal (with all of his major south Florida recruiting ties) would be home runs. That’s if Miami’s administration is interested in being relevant again.

13. LSU - If Les Miles opts to Michigan, the buzz is LSU would then hire David Cutcliffe. He just won 10 games at a D level program at Duke last year. Imagine what he would do with A level talent. Flip that thing and win big in little to no time. Either way, it’s one of college football’s true gold mines. Elite talent where 90-percent of your roster can be instate and you can win it all at. It’s on par with Alabama where you can line up and go man on man and win big.

14. Baylor - New stadium. Wide open offense. Major instate ties. A head coach in Art Briles who specializes in getting more out of less. Baylor isn’t a fluke. Briles has slayed Goliath and they are here to stay given the university’s new commitment and most of all his personnel use. Players want to play in that offense. It’s on par to have an Oregon like run, green uniforms and all. Kids in Texas can stay home and play in that offense, wear those uniforms and score a ton.

15. Penn State - James Franklin is the guy. His staff feeds off his positive energy. They are owning the Mid-Atlantic recruiting. It’s all positive energy and relentless work ethic. The formula produced one of the all-time great coaching jobs. Those guy won nine games at Vanderbilt. Unbelievable. The staff has major ties from Virginia up to New Jersey. They are beating out the likes of Ohio State for the best of the best elite talent in that region. This year’s class is simply awesome. Next year’s will be too. Plus they are about to get their full allotment of scholarships back. If Michigan can land Jim Harbaugh or Miles, that half of the Big Ten with Meyer at Ohio State, Franklin at Penn State and what Michigan State has rolling will help vault the Big Ten back into respectability.