Thanks for indirectly helping to make a point that others have wrongly not understood, seen, etc.
8 of the top 20 RB's in the nation are Pac 12 Running Backs.
That is exactly why WSU could have a class full of nothing but a mix of 8,9,10,11 3 stars, 5,6,7 4 stars, 2,3,4 5 stars, and they could still theoretically end up with the 7,8,9,10,11 ranked recruiting class in Pac 12, with the 18th ranked recruiting class in the nation, with the 14,15,16,17th ranked RB in nation, behind 4,5,6,7 other Pac 12 RB's.
8 Pac 12 RB's in the top 20 RB's in nation show how that's possible.
This, thats exactly why Pac 12 recruiting class ranking of WSU being ranked 9th, 10th, 11th in the Pac 12 means ABSOLUTLY NOTHING, and why WSU's recruiting classes of 1,2 2 stars, 1,2 NR's, 1,or 2,or 3, Four Stars, the rest 3 stars, that are ranked about 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th in Pac 12, are, is a LOT better, then the ranking given them, and would be, could be, should be ranked higher(say about 3rd,4th,5th,6th,etc, in a conference, if they were in ACC conference, instead of Pac 12 conference, or if this years team, recruiting class, recruiting classes had been in the BCS, Power 6 Big East Conference, back in the day.
The Pac 12 is such a recruiting JUGGERNAUT, that even good, great, awesome recruiting classes can be ranked lower, bottom, close to last in the Pac 12.
And thats why in the SEC, Pac 12, Conference Recruiting Class Rankings can, probably should mean absolutly nothing, if a team in the Sec, Pac 12, has a recruiting class ranked bottom of SEC, Pac 12, but that is ranked at least 50th+ an or better, higher in nation.
Now if recruiting class is ranked 90th in nation, and last in SEC, Pac 12, then in that type of situation, then having a team in a conference recruiting class that low ranked in conference in SEC, Pac 12, would mean something.
But a 35th to 55th ranked recruiting class in nation that is ranked near bottom of SEC, Pac 12, can mean, should mean absolutly nothing.
And not only the top 20 National RB rankings have proved this, but Leach has proved this over his tenure at WSU.
