I agree with you. That is what made the past NCAA dynasty modes have crazy top 10 teams (N. Texas, Fresno St, etc). The recruiting mode would make like 30 5*'s and 50 4*'s with half of those prosepects being in Texas. TCU and North Texas would load up during recruiting after they went 10-2 or better during the season. TCU can go 10-2 every year and still wouldn't have a top 10 class.
The other thing that they haven't addressed yet and need to is how easy it is to get your team *'s up. You can go from 3*s to 6*s in 3 years. That's just not realistic. Maybe this new academic prestige will help slow down that process.