[GoSpartans11]

One thing I do is when recruiting in a single player dynasty is I immediately find interest in academics. If I'm an A+ in academics, I can only recruit players with low interest in academics or higher. A, I can only recruit players with very low and higher. And below A, I can recruit anyone.

Another thing I do is start online dynasties that are split up by geographic regions. This year I think I'll do 4 star teams and under west of the Mississippi River. That way instead of playing the usual Georgia, OSU's, and Florida State's, I can be in a dynasty with teams like BYU, UCLA, Texas Tech, etc. Having all users in one geographic region also obviously increases recruiting battles as well.