Posted by buddhagamer on 7/23/2016 6:42:00 PM (view original):
The recruit will continue to consider the leading team right up to the very end of recruiting. As long as the trailing team is on the consideration list and has offered a schollie and is not also restricted in signing him, he will sign with the next school down on his consideration list.
this is one possible scenario. when a school signs 6, and there is no spot, there is a hit to the considering credit of all remaining players. so if the gap between the credit of the two schools is big enough, it will go like you say, but that is not guaranteed.
there might even be an over-time effect where the guy steadily reduces credit, but that might be something else, i can't remember anymore.