Random states with multiple FBS programs. We are the only

Posted on: July 8, 2018 at 19:40:05 CT

FBS program in the state and still can't competitively recruit against schools from states with multiple FBS schools.

Here's a quick sampling:

Indiana:
#5 Notre Dame
#19 Purdue
#46 Indiana
#79 Ball State
#85 Mizzou

Tennessee:
#21 Tennessee
#52 Vanderbilt
#66 Memphis
#85 Mizzou

Florida:
#11 Florida State
#14 Miami (Fl.)
#33 Florida
#64 Central Florida
#71 South Florida
#85 Mizzou

Kentucky:
#38 Kentucky
#71 Louisville
#75 Western Kentucky
#85 Mizzou

Illinois:
#35 Northwestern
#53 Illinois
#67 Northern Illinois
#85 Mizzou

Oklahoma:
#3 Oklahoma
#45 Oklahoma State
#83 Tulsa
#85 Mizzou

Ohio:
#13 Ohio State
#42 Miami (Oh.)
#47 Cincinnati
#85 Mizzou

Michigan:
#4 Michigan
#20 Michigan State
#59 Western Michigan
#77 Central Michigan
#85 Mizzou

North Carolina:
#23 North Carolina State
#29 Duke
#41 Wake Forest
#50 North Carolina
#57 East Carolina
#85 Mizzou

Iowa:
#27 Iowa State
#28 Iowa
#85 Mizzou

Pennsylvania:
#18 Penn State
#32 Pittsburgh
#36 Temple
#85 Mizzou

Virginia:
#22 Virginia Tech
#34 Virginia
#85 Mizzou
(Note: James Madison ranks ahead of us per 247)

California:
#30 California
#39 USC
#52 Stanford
#79 UCLA
#83 San Diego State
#85 Mizzou

Oregon:
#7 Oregon
#61 Oregon State
#85 Mizzou

Mississippi:
#9 Ole Miss
#16 Mississippi State
#85 Mizzou

South Carolina:
#8 Clemson
#12 South Carolina
#85 Mizzou

Arizona:
#55 Arizona State
#69 Arizona
#85 Mizzou

Louisiana:
#6 LSU
#70 Louisiana Tech
#85 Mizzou

Texas:
#2 Texas A&M
#10 Texas
#26 TCU
#37 Baylor
#44 Texas Tech
#48 SMU
#59 North Texas
#77 Texas San Antonio
#79 Houston
#79 Texas State
#85 Mizzou

Missouri is the only state within the SEC footprint to have just one FBS football program and we still can't seem to be able to recruit at a competitive level.

Any thoughts as to why?