I checked Rivals, and we are currently 37th and U of L 39th.
We actually dropped with our JUCO (Joko) commit, as he has not received his evaluation from Rivals. He’ll likely be graded a 5.6 or 5.7 Three Star on Rivals, and we’ll go back up. His current 0 Star rating lowers our average to U of L’s 2.8, which is below the average they finished last year (2.96) with the 40th ranked class for ‘20. Last year, classes that ended up with 2.8 average Star ratings ranked 45th and below after NSD.
I’m sure they are giddy about some commits: go back and look at one year old posts from June or July of last year when they got an early commit from 4 Star QB Chubba Purdy. He didn’t stick, flipping on NSD to FSU, but for months he was the Big Stick they were going to ride to the promised land.
All fan bases project greatness onto recruits . . . a slippery slope, especially months from NSD.
If a Card fan, I’m sure current recruits would make me hopeful, but they have nary a 4 Star on their list to date, are ranked 10th among ACC schools with UK still ahead, and likely to be farther ahead, soon, and frequent opponent Notre Dame way ahead, already.
Fortunately, the Coach being quoted did not say which recruiting class was going to get them to the top, just that they are “one away.”