At the end of a summer highlighted by a rapid influx of commitments for Syracuse, the Class of 2015 finally received some numerical recognition for one of its biggest classes in recent memory.

On Monday, Scout.com revised its recruiting rankings and the Orange jumped from No. 45 to No. 28. Ten of its two-star commits were upgraded to three stars as SU earned its best Scout ranking since the system’s introduction in 2002.

“I’m very pleased and proud of this staff, I think we have a great group of men,” head coach Scott Shafer said at SU media day. “Good fathers and good husbands, and diligent in their work ethic in both the recruiting and football.”

The Orange now has 20 three-star recruits, which is four more than the Class of 2014, which also broke a program record. Only three times since 2002 has Syracuse locked up a Top-50 rank. SU has the fifth-most commits in the country, and has the fifth-ranked recruiting class in the Atlantic Coast Conference, ahead of nine programs, including Duke, Virginia and Louisville.

The Orange picked up its 23rd commitment on July 15. On that date in 2013, Syracuse only had eight commitments for its Class of 2014.

“I’m pleased with where we are, but we have to get to February to finish our recruiting,” Shafer said. “I feel like we’re in a good position for targeting the last couple scholarships that we’re looking at.”