Every head coach in the Bowl Subdivision spends national signing day crowing about how his team got better. As if it's somehow possible to add another two dozen or so prospects into your program and get worse.
All platitudes aside, there are varying grades of success on signing day. Those FBS programs in annual contention for national championships battle for five-star talent. Others are known more for digging deep to find undiscovered and overlooked diamonds in the rough.
There is a second signing date in February, so several teams may continue to add commitments across the next two months — especially those programs led by a new coaching staff.