The early signing period has come and gone. Now, so has National Signing Day. The traditional signing period carries on through March, but most have wrapped up their 2018 recruiting classes.
I evaluated the classes on an absolute scale: What was the best-case scenario for each team given its circumstances, and how close did it come to achieving that outcome?
This was, after all, a recruiting cycle unlike any the conference has seen — ever — because of the combination of multiple signing periods and five coaching changes.
Arizona’s best-case, with a late-December firing, and Utah’s best-case, with the same head coach in place for 13 years, aren’t equivalent.