The devil is always in the details on the acceptance rates. For example, a not insignificant proportion of recruited athletes are in CALS majors (per admissions direction.) OTOH, the proportion of recruited athletes in a given class at Cornell is lower than it is at some other schools, notably LACs. But still something to consider with eyes wide open.
After doing the research momofboiler suggests I would choose the school that offers the best fit and most appealing curriculum, I think it’s too difficult to strategize based on any of the publicly known factors of acceptance rates and the like because fundamentally we just don’t know the majority of each school’s priorities.