First off, I’m glad the Utes landed on their feet. That’s a longer post for another time. Second, let’s finish up our last athletic seasons in the Pac-12 and get our student-athletes some more conference championships before 2024.
I did some number crunching and compiled a list of 247s recruiting rankings over the last 5 classes from 2019-2023. Including all the new and future Big 12 football teams in 2024 the Utes rank 1st overall out of 16. This is for class rankings only. I didn’t include transfers because often times they are 1-2 year solution. Here’s the breakdown:
Ranking, Team, Average rating
1. Utah, 32.2
2. TCU, 34.6
3. Oklahoma State, 38
4. Baylor, 39.4
5. West Virginia, 42.2
6. Colorado, 44
7. Iowa State, 46.4
8. Arizona State, 50.6
9. Arizona, 51
9. Texas Tech, 51
11. Kansas State, 53.4
12. Cincinnati, 54
13. Central Florida, 59
14. Houston, 67.8
15. BYU, 72
16. Kansas, 75.4
I see a lot of angst about certain twitter fans tanking Ute fan reputation and how we’ll “run” this conference when we join. I don’t care much for that stuff either but if recruiting really does matter, and I’m sure we all agree it matters a lot, then Utah football should expect to go into 2024 on every other team’s radars. And who knows what can happen between now and next year. Roster turnover, coaching staff changes, etc…
But that’s a discussion that can wait for next year. We got Florida coming to Salt Lake City this month!
Mississippi Valley State @ 
Utah .
