West Virginia Recuriting

[JayD]

Anyone want to tell me why there are only 6-8 recruits interested in West Virginia when you start a dynasty? Is there something going on with the school I am unaware of? I mean, not even 1 star recruits

[DavisAC12]

Quote: Originally Posted by JayD

Anyone want to tell me why there are only 6-8 recruits interested in West Virginia when you start a dynasty? Is there something going on with the school I am unaware of? I mean, not even 1 star recruits

Their pipelines are absolutely awful. One of the worst in the game honestly…

It doesn’t make sense but sadly that’s how the game is set up.

Edit: Here’s 2 handy guides from Reddit and in the comments he and some others talk about West Virginia, Iowa, etc. - they suggest picking the biggest major pipeline closest to WVU and begin building it up.

https://www.reddit.com/r/NCAAFBseries/s/GahELSc9G6

https://www.reddit.com/r/NCAAFBseries/s/p4pICfKKT2

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[dylanrocks83]

Quote: Originally Posted by JayD

Anyone want to tell me why there are only 6-8 recruits interested in West Virginia when you start a dynasty? Is there something going on with the school I am unaware of? I mean, not even 1 star recruits

Have you ever lived in West Virginia? I grew up there. Can't say I'm surprised no one's interested. j/k

This is strange and shouldn't be the case. But this game has a lot of bugs and issues.

[DavisAC12]

Adversely, teams like New Mexico State due to their closeness to Texas, Arizona and California have pretty solid recruiting in game despite New Mexico being rated the worst state to find players in game.


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[dylanrocks83]

Quote: Originally Posted by DavisAC12

Adversely, teams like New Mexico State due to their closeness to Texas, Arizona and California have pretty solid recruiting in game despite New Mexico being rated the worst state to find players in game. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

The state of West Virginia is surrounded by solid recruiting pipelines: Virginia, DC, Pennsylvania, Ohio. We in southern West Virginia like to call WVU "The University of Pennsylvania at Morgantown" due to the high percentage of PA recruits on their rosters.

[sherrane]

Quote: Originally Posted by JayD

Anyone want to tell me why there are only 6-8 recruits interested in West Virginia when you start a dynasty? Is there something going on with the school I am unaware of? I mean, not even 1 star recruits

There is nothing with the school that I am aware of. It might have to do with the recruiting pipelines. They have (competition[tier]):
1: Tier 3 Tidewater (Clemson, Alabama [tier 5], VT, Oklahoma [4], Wake, Virginia, Pitt [3])

2: Tier 2 Ohio (Ohio State [5], Michigan State [3])

3: Tier 2 Pennsylvania (Penn State [5], Wisconsin [3])

4: Tier 2 West Virginia (which I believe ranks at the bottom of pipeline strength).
5: Tier 2: South Florida (Florida, Georgia, Miami, Clemson [5], UCF, Louisville, Nebraska, Maryland [3])

6: Tier 2: Central Florida (Florida State, Miami, Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Clemson [5], UCF, North Carolina, Illinois, Minnesota [3])

7: Tier 2: Metro Atlanta (Clemson, Georgia [5], Alabama, Auburn, Tennessee [4])

8: Tier 2: Southern Georgia (Auburn, Georgia [5], Georgia Tech, Florida State [3])

[JayD]

Quote: Originally Posted by DavisAC12

Their pipelines are absolutely awful. One of the worst in the game honestly… It doesn’t make sense but sadly that’s how the game is set up. Edit: Here’s 2 handy guides from Reddit and in the comments he and some others talk about West Virginia, Iowa, etc. - they suggest picking the biggest major pipeline closest to WVU and begin building it up. https://www.reddit.com/r/NCAAFBseries/s/GahELSc9G6 https://www.reddit.com/r/NCAAFBseries/s/p4pICfKKT2 Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Thats exactly what I am doing. Sorting recommended by highest pipeline

[Spartan Warrior]

I understand West Virginia isn't considered glamorous but you're geographically close to a lot of football hotbeds: Pennsylvania, Ohio, Baltimore, DC, Tidewater region of Virginia. Getting the top guys from those areas are going to be tough because you'd think they get scooped up by Michigan, Ohio State, and Penn State but even the second tier of guys from those states would be pretty good.