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The top teams: Boise State, BYU, Marshall, Cincinnati, East Carolina, San Diego State, Houston, UConn, UCF, and USF.

Mid-majors rarely sign elite recruits. If we counted all the teams in all five non-power conferences (the American, Conference USA, the MAC, the Mountain West, and the Sun Belt, plus independents besides Notre Dame), that 1.6 percent blue-chip rate would shrink to near zero. In the 2014 class, only three teams in those five conferences signed four-stars, and only one each (Boise State, Marshall, and UCF).

Fans of these teams sometimes say that recruiting services ignore their players and that they are as good as any. One could point to counter-examples like Utah and TCU, which dominated the second circuit for years before joining BCS conferences and tanking.

blackoutpony wrote:2 month old article that I believe was posted, I dont know, 2 months ago.

East Coast Mustang wrote:BOP- It's like FTHP/B12Mustang understood our advice and decided to do the exact opposite

Big12Mustang wrote:

East Coast Mustang wrote:BOP- It's like FTHP/B12Mustang understood our advice and decided to do the exact opposite

I did not know that this exact article was posted several months ago. I thought it was interesting and decided to share with everyone here.

fifty wrote:It seems to me that USF seems to have great recruiting and not so great coaching. Maybe we should try to hire one or two of their recruiting guys. I guess that would make too much sense to have recruiting strength in FL (or CA or TX for that matter).