The first thing that has already been pointed out numerous times is that CS has, while at Texas and Louisville, taken his time with recruiting. Where we rank now is relatively meaningless (as all the big name pundits learned last year).
This will be a smaller class so the overall class ranking may suffer a bit but come Feb, do me a favor and sort the class ranking by stars. We are hoping for a smaller class with lots of quality.
If Texas has all the pieces come together and we win 9-10 games, we will be in play for elite recruits such as Marvin Wilson, Dylan Haines and would be in better position to flip JK Dobbins (which many feel is likely) and could even sway Okudah back our way.
Even with a more pedestrian season, winning 7-8 games, we are already in good position to add some quality recruits - Baron Browning, Walker Little, Anthony Hines, Omar Manning, Kary Vincent, Taquon Graham, Levi Jones.
It seems more and more likely that we lose a few commits (Xavier Newman - 3 star OL who is getting crowded out by the 2 baylor OL we added and Major Tennison who Alabama came calling) but we are looking to add a handful of elite recruits. Give it time and it will come together. Just remember to sort by stars when this is all said and done.