Recruits like 5-star defensive back Keenan Allen have helped to make the Alabama Crimson Tide recruiting class the top-ranked class in the SEC heading into bowl season. (Rivals.com Photo)

With the bowl season approaching, SEC Sports Hub takes a look at the SEC football recruiting classes around the league and compares them based on the three major recruiting services.

These rankings are a compilation of the Rivals.com, Scout.com and ESPN.com football recruiting team rankings through December 21st, 2009.

The average figure you see is an average of the three national rankings for each team. Note that ESPN.com's rankings only include the Top 20 teams nationally, so several teams' averages are simply based on the Rivals.com and Scout.com rankings.