Just took over no prestige D1 team. Recruiting period 2 starts today. Trying to fill 3 of 4 holes with recruits currently listed as Moderate to D2 teams. How would you divided the 100 attention points to get the hook in on these guys before they sign w the D2 squads? Currently have our top two targets at 70 and 30 points. Not sure if there's enough time to get the points up to give us a chance. Better to just go after one?

This is some general advice coming from someone who literally has not coached D1 in 3.0 but plans to soon...

Check out the status of those D2 squads. How many openings do they have? How many (if any) have they already filled? Are there other human coaches on the recruits with schollies that are already at very low (gives you a sense of how much effort they've put in)? Check out other recruits you've scouted...are they on those kids? Do they have schollies in them / are they battling for anyone else?

The answers to those questions should help you figure out how much you need to invest per recruit. For example, if they've got 4 openings, have already filled 2 and you see another recruit they're on at moderate with a scholarship in a clear battle, you know they A) don't have a heck of a lot of AP left and B) may not be able to handle a battle with you if their reserve cash is being saved to win that other recruit.

Depending on preferences, how much AP you'll need to unlock scholarships will vary...I'm looking at cubcub or shoe to recite exact #'s. You could definitely fight three D2 programs but it comes with some risk depending on the answer to the above questions. I'd see if you can locate any recruits with D1 schools on them at "high" or "very high" where the school hasn't offered a scholarship. There can be some really good recruits that have been "locked up" by elite schools as backup options. As soon as those schools sign their targets and that backup option becomes available, you can pounce late on a considerably talented player. Also don't be afraid to take a couple walk-ons and tank for a season...that will give you more AP and more recruiting money for a full session of recruiting next year.

Super helpful. Never thought to look for the recruits with teams at High, but no offers yet.

You can usually disregard all the players with Eop1 and Early signers with d2 teams on them. They will sign immediately.

I'd recommend targeting two players that are late signers. You could get very unlucky and they sign right away but hopefully you can get a couple cycles without signing so you can unlock actions. But I wouldn't spread your APs out any more or else the players will sign before you can unlock stuff.

It's a slow process rebuilding at D1 so try not to get too greedy. I'd also consider cutting as many guys as you can this season and bank the walkons for recruiting next season - especially those Frosh like Shea, Carter and Johnson. I can't see their potentials but you can likely sign much better pretty easily.