You mean the class that Lincoln Riley had sitting in the top 3 or 4?
It is like the casual fan can't grasp the disparity between the top 5 and the top 10 in recruiting. OU has the 8th best class.
Take Texas, as an example, the highest ranked recruit signed by OU would be the 6th ranked recruit in Texas's class.
OSU is the 4th best class -- OU's top recruit would rank 8th in OSU's class.
Georgia is 3rd -- OU's top recruit would rank 11th in Georgia's class.
Alabama is 2nd -- OU's top recruit would rank 16th in Bama's class.
Texas AM is 1st -- OU's top recruit would rank 18th in TAM's class.
So yes -- OU may be just fine in the Big 12, but if you think you are going to compete for a national title without bringing in elite talent, as in 5 star game changers -- you are kidding yourself. I've tried telling Michigan fans this for years. We bring in top 10 classes too. We get lapped by OSU. We finally beat them and it is like Christmas as a kid. With Riley locking down Cali on OU - he is making OU grab ankles yet again. And if the Texas schools start putting kids on the payroll, like they are doing now -- it will only get tougher and tougher to pull recruits out of there.