Posted by: Chris Vannini on February 5, 2013

Since hiring Mark Stoops, Kentucky has said it is making a bigger commitment to football.

As a result, Kentucky is bringing in perhaps its best recruiting class, in terms of rankings, despite a coaching transition.

"Kentucky up to No. 33 in Rivals.com's football recruiting class rankings. Would be UK's highest in 12 years of the rankings," Kyle Tucker of the Courier-Journal tweeted.

With that class set to sign Wednesday, the school released a hype video for Signing Day. If the Wildcats are still looking to add some players to the class, this might put them over the top. It even made me want to suit up for Stoops.

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Chris Vannini is the lead writer for CoachingSearch.com and has covered Michigan State sports for The State News, The Oakland Press and MLive.com. He writes a weekly column for the Detroit Free Press on behalf of SB Nation. Vannini lives in Big Ten country, so his foot speed is far from SEC caliber, but his pulse on coaches is hard to match. Be sure to follow @CoachingBuzz on twitter and send your feedback to chris@coachingsearch.com