Lots of these posts cite things like our schedule and exposure as reasons.
Which is interesting because we actually get less exposure than any P5 team and less than the top 4 AAC teams. Our schedule is near P5 quality, but P5s play an actual P5 schedule.
If it comes down to those things, I can guarantee there's at least one P5 out there that has a returning QB and hole at WR who would be interested and who would beat us on all those things mentioned.
The one unique thing we have going for us is the LDS affiliation, which helps us get players we otherwise wouldn't have a shot at. (It can hurt us with some players obviously, but helps with others)