Out of the top 100 recruits, there are 15 that are being recruited by teams that you would normally not see in the current game. I think that as coaches realize that this is possible, long distance recruiting may become even more prevalent.
I believe this is related to the fact that preferences have more weight, especially the far from home preference, plus the fact that Attention Points have no cost associated with them, and they seem to have a decent amount of strength. In addition, since there is a 20 Home Visit limit per team on a recruit, far away teams know that they cannot be outspent, though it does take up a significant part of their budget.
This change adds a nice wrinkle to the game that has been missing.
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State Team
NY Stanford, Oklahoma
OR Minnesota, Kansas State
NY Minnesota, Oklahoma
CA Texas Arlington
WA Navy
SC Oklahoma
NJ Illinois
NM Montana
MA South Carolina State
MN Ohio State
CA Minnesota
OH Rutgers
TX Iowa St
WI Georgetown
WY Northeastern