http://www.whatifsports.com/hd/TeamProfile/Ratings.aspx?tid=11906

If you guys want to comment on my first recruiting D1 class. I was not sure what to do, what to go for. I went for what I could get, as talented as possible.

Second, can a team like mine ever reach A prestige? If it does, will it compete on recruits with major schools? Even mid-majors?

I guess that is why people jump teams in D1, prestige won't follow and they won't be able to land 5 stars prospects.

I could get a lot of prospects while I was recruiting, but star prospects, even one star prospect did not want anything to do with IUPUI.

Thanks.

I can't see the potential but I can tell you the kid from Spain was on my D2 short list......there's almost no way you can get up to an A, a couple DEEP runs in the NT will get you to B+/A-.........places like IUPUI have a ceiling for all but the best of the best....I would consider yearly trips to the NT and an occasional 1st round win the typical best case scenario

I can't see the potentials for all of those guys, but it looks like you did pretty well for a first class at a D. i generally just look for ath, spd, and def and grab the best guys available on a ground-up rebuild.

can a team like that ever reach A prestige? no. compete for top recruits? no.

as trentonjoe said, your ceiling is probably trips to the NT most years with an occasional lucky first round win. you could reach B-ish prestige fairly easily racking up a ton of wins over bad teams. ultimately, in a near-empty conference, you'll get very little bonus money for recruiting, though...so even C level big six teams will crush you in recruiting. this is a big limiter.

Basically, teams like that are ways to get a high enough prestige to get into a good baseline prestige school.

To get an A / A+ prestige, you need a Big6 school or one of a few CUSA or A10 schools with a baseline prestige of B or better. 

Here is the baseline prestige list .. you want a B or better school to try and compete with the big boys:  BASELINE PRESTIGE