See above.
I'm pretty sure that they recruited as well as possible given the state of the program. Having a Rivals Top 30 class after the last few years is pretty amazing, especially when you look at programs that they allegedly out recruited this year.
Furthermore, they are now dealing with very strict academic standards given the new campus academic requirements that will be implemented over the course of the next few years.
From a related article:
"50 to 62 percent of current football players were admitted with GPAs below 3.0. That’s in contrast to head coach Sonny Dykes’ most recent recruiting class, 77 percent of whom had GPAs of 3.0 or higher."