Top Team in the state of Washington

My cousin, who goes to Wazzu, argued the other day that his team had taken over the states top team ranking. I disagree, even though wazzu has beat the zags for the last two seasons. For one, the zags recruit better. For two the zags were without their best player. And finally, without Kyle Weaver and Derrick Low, the cougars would be in the bottom 150 of the RPI.
Now i know some of you are thinking that all this is circumstantial, but seriously last season Gonzaga had the #40 recruiting class in the nation, the cougars were not even in the top 80 per this site. Even this year on an off year for Gonzaga recruiting, the zags have a far superior class to the cougars who can only seem to bring in 3 star recruiting classes. Now the argument can be made that the Washington Huskies out recruit the Zags every year, but the huskies were #48 last year, and the track record of zags recruits who are not necessarily on the national radar(Adam Morrison, Josh Heytvelt, Derek Raivio, Blake Stepp, J.P. Batista, ect.) out weighs most Husky recruiting classes.
Josh Heytvelt. Mr. Heytvelt is, when healthy, the most athletic and versatile player the zags have ever had. Last season he outplayed Tyler Hansbrough and Brandan Wright on the way to a Zag upset. Then came mushroom-gate and the broken ankle to start the year off this year. When he finally gets healthy he will be a force to reckon with and the zags will have a far superior offense with the post game opened up. He would have ate up Aron Baynes and the close defensive battle would have been a little more one sided in the zags favor.
Finally Kyle Weaver and Derrick Low are the only decent players the Cougars have, everyone else is decent at best. Without the two stars who will be gone next year to the NBA, the cougars have no scrappy defensive player or talented playmaker in the offense. I think another 7 year winning streak will follow for the zags.
Now Washington State fans, dont read into this that i think the cougars are bad, i honestly think they will challenge for a final 4 berth this year. I just think the zags have more talent.