according to ranking sites. The quality of recruits has improved, evidenced in the average recruit rating, but BYU hasn’t kept up with other teams.

Utah’s recruiting has dramatically improved because of its conference affiliation, so I added BSU for a better comparison.

247 Sports composite BYU, Utah, BSU

2000 #44 #44 n/a
2001 * No data for this year
2002 #37 #97 #88
2003 #61 #75 #110
2004 #51 #61 #74
2005 #61 #57 #62
2006 #65 #56 #80
2007 #43 #62 #63
2008 #45 #61 #87
2009 #55 #46 #69
2010 #33 #42 #110
2011 #69 #38 #53
2012 #71 #38 #61
2013 #66 #47 #55
2014 #64 #66 #63
2015 #65 #45 #58
2016 #49 #37 #68
2017 #66 #33 #64
2018 #78 #33 #57
2019 #84 #42 #54
2020 #81 #29 #65
2021 #76 #33 #66