??? I think we will always lose more than we win when it comes to recruiting against UW, so long as their program is not a mess. There’s a reason they’ve consistently had top 20-15 recruiting classes the last 7-8 years. Seattle is an amazing city and UW is a great school. No shame in losing this battle. We were never in it with Kaho.
The problem with those rankings is they depend on the number you sign, as well as the quality of the recruits, measured in star rankings. So since we are signing a smaller class (because of returning missionaries) we generally won’t challenge for those higher numbers. The average star rating usually puts us somewhere in the middle of the pack (or PAC, if you will).
For example we are currently ranked 80th, with a numerical rating of 131.21, but with an average rating per recruit of 86.23. BYU is 68th, with a numerical rating of 147.92, but a per recruit rating of 81.96.
Their top targets that signed elsewhere. Maybe they pick up a LB’r from USC, but considering who they are getting committs from that were previously unheard of leads me to believe that they have missed out on a few kids. Plus the targets that are considering Utah have a ranking below that 86 average. Unless they somehow sign Sewell, Irvins, Hufunga, Olave, Enis, and Williams…