2026 Gators Recruiting Thread

People blame the media. But the real culprit is us. We only trust media that tells us what we want to hear. It's biased when we don't like it. Certainly true for sports homers.

 

Mundus vult decipi, ergo decipiatur.

 

As it applies to sports I can agree with your take.

 

Its always biased.

 

Every roster has to make financial decisions as the rister starts to fill. All teams prioritize certain podi of need and it's constantly changing.

 

Kruel and Ford = a bunch of TFL.

 

Get back to me when the probability is greater than 90%. Until then one is just spitting in the wind to see if anyone is listening.

 

I like where our class is at this point. Early July, 15 commits, 15-16ish rating on most services, average 247 composite player rating of 91.00 and most of the teams ahead of us have 20+ commits. We are also rated #1 or top 2-3 on several blue chippers set to announce soon.

I think there’s a good chance we’ll be in the top ten by the start of fall camp.

 

I'm not even sure that we will be in the top 10 even if we finish strong, but there will be a jumble of 13 teams that will have that top talent spread among them and there won't be as strong of a case for 3 to 5 teams to be way ahead of the others. We are kind of seeing that parity shift with NIL, where there are some with a lot more money to spend, but some others will pile a lot of cash to one particular player that doesn't allow Bama, Georgia, and OSU (and now TX and Oregon) to run away with a roster stacked up and down with top 100 players. Top evaluation for key depth is going to be prized for all teams moving ahead just like it always has been for those not in the top 5 of recruiting.

 

I get your point and basically agree. Top ten is a historical feel good breakpoint but there’s definitely more parity now and finishing in the top 12-13 teams is the deal, for sure, with the compression at the top. We’ll be there for sure, IMHO.