The annual 247 Talent Composite rankings are out, and they have the Florida Gators ranked 12th in 2025. The Composite is simply a strict data-based ranking of the star rating each player on the roster had coming out of high school.
It's not a perfect metric, but it is a decent indicator of which teams have strong rosters and which teams are going to need to punch above their weight to have a strong season.
With that in mind, here are two truths and a lie that the rankings reveal about the Gators.
Truth - This is the strongest roster Billy Napier has had in Gainesville
One of the narratives that has surrounded Billy Napier is that he inherited a dumpster fire from Dan Mullen that he has had to salvage. That narrative only has a hint of truth to it, as Florida still had top 15 rosters in 2022 and 2023.
Florida is ranked 12th this year, which ties what they were ranked last year, but this year's group just seems to pass the eye test better and has higher upside players and key impact positions.
Truth - Florida's schedule is hard
If one goes strictly by roster rankings, there are four teams on Florida's schedule with better rosters than the Gators (Georgia, Texas, LSU, and Texas A&M).
Then of teams, Florida is ahead, Miami is 15th, Tennessee is 16th, and even FSU is 19th.
So when people say Florida has a tough schedule, they mean it.
Lie - Florida has a championship-contending roster
As we have gone through our "Confidence Meter" series, we only picked three losses for the Gators, with the Texas A&M game being at a 50% toss-up.
If Florida wins the A&M game and goes 9-3 with the aforementioned schedule, they should make it into the playoffs.
But there is a difference and a gap in making the playoffs as a 10-seed and actually winning a title. Earlier this month, we highlighted what we felt the floor and ceiling were for the Gators, and we said that Florida's ceiling was making the semifinals of the playoffs.
Because if one wants to dismiss these 247 rankings as Madden-like rankings that mean nothing in real life, know that since 2015, when 247 started the Composite, that only two teams (Michigan and the Fighting Connor Stalions in 2023, and Clemson in 2016, who were still 9th that year) entered the season with a roster outside of the top six and still went on to win the national title.
Florida can have a strong and productive season, but unless DJ Lagway turns into Cam Newton, they just aren't strong enough to win a title.