I'm at a D2 school. Our conference prestige is A- and the next highest in D2 Rupp is B. I've done some scouting and have a decent number of recruits that want a strong conference. However, for all of these recruits the analysis says "neutral." I would have figured the top conference and one that's in the A-range would count as a strong conference. Does anyone know if there's a threshold that needs to be reached where the analysis goes above neutral to 'good' or 'very good?' At first I thought it was D1 projected recruits not giving props to a D2 school, but I'm seeing the same trend with D2 projected recruits. Any thoughts?

Posted by darnoc29099 on 9/5/2016 9:10:00 PM (view original):
I'm at a D2 school. Our conference prestige is A- and the next highest in D2 Rupp is B. I've done some scouting and have a decent number of recruits that want a strong conference. However, for all of these recruits the analysis says "neutral." I would have figured the top conference and one that's in the A-range would count as a strong conference. Does anyone know if there's a threshold that needs to be reached where the analysis goes above neutral to 'good' or 'very good?' At first I thought it was D1 projected recruits not giving props to a D2 school, but I'm seeing the same trend with D2 projected recruits. Any thoughts?

Just spitballing here but I wonder if conf strength isn't adjusted until mid season. So what's the RPI of the conf during the season vs total prestige.

If that's the case then I don't like it. It should be based upon prestige and postseason success and postseason bids. But its weird you're at neutral.

So I sent in a ticket about Team Success and Conf Strength to understand how it worked. In beta I made 2nd round in NT two seasons in a row and I'm at A- prestige but still neutral on team success. So I thought that was a little weird.

Here's what they told me

"We've reviewed both success and conference preferences. We've found that success is in a pretty good place but the display of strong conference preference was a bit off at the lower levels - we've made adjustments and that will be released soon.

Success is based on your last four seasons. Conference is based on the average prestige of each team in the conference."

I then asked if Conf strength was different per division since a top conf in D3 is probably B+ and bottom is C- while in D1 it's A and D. They confirmed that it's "Based upon division and the ranges within".

Well there we go! I'd be great if people would post their last 4 year history and what their preference status is so we can get an idea of what that looks like.

Jeez....you must be the golden child. I sent a ticket as well and all I got was "Thanks for the note. We've evaluated this and have made some adjustments to this display - it will be released soon."

On a similar note, I was surprised to see my C+ prestige with Mercer (D1) qualifies as a "successful program," and hurts me when recruiting guys that want a rebuild.

Posted by darnoc29099 on 9/9/2016 8:56:00 PM (view original):
Jeez....you must be the golden child. I sent a ticket as well and all I got was "Thanks for the note. We've evaluated this and have made some adjustments to this display - it will be released soon."

You don't wanna know what I had to do to get an answer. WINK

In Wooden, Rupp, and Knight it looks like the conf preference is working, as I have "very goods" for the players that want strong conferences.