UCLA prospects in both the 2025 and 2026 classes made moves in the latest update of the 247Sports, while the most mind-blowing is the fact that California is responsible for five of the top six prospects in the class of 2026...
Tracy Pierson
UCLA prospects in both the 2025 and 2026 classes made moves in the latest update of the 247Sports prospect rankings.
2025 Prospect Rankings
In the 2025 rankings, UCLA's two highest-ranked targets remained the same. Koa Peat, the 6-7 power forward from Perry (Ariz.) remained a five-star prospect and ranked at No. 5 nationally.
The 6-3 combo guard Brayden Burries from Eastvale (Calif.) Roosevelt also maintained at No.12, but now that the five-star designation goes deeper in the ranking, Burries has gained that fifth star.
Chris Cenac, the 6-10 power forward from Branson (Missouri) Link Academy, who blew up at the recent NBA Players Camp, jumped from No. 47 to No. 15 and earned that fifth star.
The 7-0 center Xavion Staton, from Las Vegas (Nev.) Sierra Vista, actually slipped in the rankings, from No. 20 to No. 23.
Niko Bundalo, the 6-11 power forward Hudson (Ohio) Western Reserve Academy, moved up from No. 30 to 25.
Tounde Yessoufou, the 6-5 small forward from Santa Maria (Calif.) St. Joseph, has been looking improved all spring, and made an appropriate upward move to No. 29 from 37.
Nikolas Khamenia, the 6-7 power forward from Studio City (Calif.) Harvard Westlake also moved up as a result of his good recent performances to No. 29 from No. 38.
One of UCLA's top targets, however, Dwayne Aristode, the 6-7 small forward from Wolfeboro (New Hampshire) Brewster Academy, fell from No. 22 to 32.
UCLA's newest prospect, Davis Fogle, the 6-7 small forward from Chandler (Ariz.) A Z Compass Prep, parlayed some greatly improved performances to make one of the biggest moves in the updated rankings, from No. 73 to No. 33.
2026 Rankings
The most mind-blowing aspect of 247Sports' updated 2026 prospect rankings is that five of the top six prospects nationally are from California.
2026 Prospect Rankings
And what's also pretty crazy, is that since they're so elite, their recruitments are going to be circuses, and mostly based on NIL -- and I'm talking outrageous NIL amounts. And that means UCLA ultimately might take itself out of the running for some of them, at least, and opt to go the less-circusy and more-reliable transfer portal route. Just so you all know, just about any five-star prospect that is top 10 in the nation, besides costing you a bank-vault worth of NIL, usually has an insular entourage around him that are looking for a payday themselves, that demand a certain amount of playing time and shots per game, who also commonly establish that their guy is absolutely one-and-done and will only be at school for seven months, and will be breathing down any coach's neck throughout the season, and probably expecting their player to receiver their NIL without fulfilling their NIL obligations, which is against NCAA rules. Among other things. That's what the new circus is when I say "circus."
Regardless, when it comes to the updated 2026 rankings...
Tyran Stokes, the 6-7 forward from Napa (Calif.) Prolific Prep, took over the No. 1 spot, moving up from No. 2.
He supplanted previous No. 1, 6-4 point guard Brandon McCoy from Bellflower (Calif.) St. John Bosco, who moved down to No. 2.
Holding at No. 4 is Alijah Arenas, from Chatsworth (Calif.) and at No. 5, point guard Jason Crowe Jr. from Lynwood (Calif.).
Tajh Ariza, the 6-6 small forward from Westchester (Calif.), and the son of former UCLA player Trevor Ariza, is now at No. 6, up from No. 10.
Ikenna Alozie, the 6-3 guard fromGlendale (Ariz.) Dream City Christian, dropped one spot to No. 10.
Cameron Holmes, the 6-5 shooting guard out of Goodyear (Ariz.) Millennium, had a bump up two spots to No. 12.
Dean Rueckert, the 6-6 wing fromProvo (Utah) Timpview, edged up a spot to No. 27.
Cameron Williams, the 6-7 forward from Phoenix (Ariz.) St. Mary's was unranked and now finds himself at No. 34.
A 2026 prospect UCLA has its eye on is Miikka Muurrinen, the 6-9 power forward Bel Aire (Kans.) Sunrise Christian. He jumped from No. 63 to No. 44.
Anthony Felesi, the 6-5 shooting guard from Hurricane (Utah) Utah Prep, another 2026 prospect UCLA is watching, fell to No. 73 from 66.
