If you compare RE 1.0 to RE 2.0, the recruiting geography strategy hasn't changed that much. What may have changed is the number of early offers in Southern states as historically, Florida kids have been late to commit. Also, we know schools throw out more offers than they did in the past and kids publicize offers more easily with Twitter. (And, Rivals typically didn't list FCS and some lower FBS offers in the past which made some past UConn recruits look like they didn't have any other offers. By the way, a Northeastern recruit is more likely to have FCS offers as there are a lot of FCS schools in the Northeast relative to other states. In NE/NY/PA there are 27 FCS schools. In the four big recruiting states there are 4 in California, 4 in Florida, 3 in Georgia, and 8 in Texas.)
Here are the recruits for RE 1.0 from 2004 to 2009 vs recruits for RE 2.0 in 2018 and 2019 by state and I threw in 2 years of Diaco as well (some states with a small number of recruits not listed and 2019 was a small recruiting class):
RE 1.0: CT 3.7, FL 3.5, PA 3.2, NJ 2.2, DC/MD 1.8, GA 1.7, MA 1.7, NY 1.7, VA 1.0, Canada 0.7, NH 0.7, Texas 0.7
RE 2.0: CT 3.0, FL 3.0, TX 2.5, Canada 2.0, DC/MD 2.0, GA 1.5, PA 1.5, MA 1.0, NY 1.0, NJ 0.5.
Diaco 2015/2016: NJ 4.5, CT 2.5, FL 2.0, MA 2.0, NY 1.5, PA 1.5, DC/MD 1.0, TX 0.5, VA 0.5
Given there is year to year volatility, the two RE groups look similar, but you could say we are doing more in Texas and less in NJ and PA. But, CT, FL, GA, and MD look pretty steady. I think the issue with PA is the smaller number of recruits. In 2005/2006, PA averaged ~47 current P5 recruits/year, but only ~33 recruits/year in 2018/2019.
Clearly, Diaco changed the recruiting geography: Heavier in NJ, lighter in FL, and nothing in GA or Canada.
