Breaking: Top Edge Open To Joining Gators Wext Week

Members of the 2025 class will be in and out of UF’s campus these next several weeks

The Florida Gators are set to get members of the class of 2025 on their campus over the course of the next several weeks. With the majority of the 2024 class signed, the Gators don’t have but a small handful of targets they are still involved with in that cycle. So, the focus starts to shift more heavily towards the class of 2025, a class where the Gators currently hold one verbal commitment to date.

Gators to host Top100 2025 Edge Isaiah Gibson next week

While Florida will kick off the start of the ‘Contact Period’ this coming weekend with their first Junior Day of the offseason, they are going to be having prospects in town on other days and weekends. One name that has informed Swamp247 of their plans to visit on January 15 is Warner Robins (GA) Top100 edge Isaiah Gibson. Along with plans to visit Florida next Monday, he also is looking to visit Georgia this coming Saturday on January 13.

The Gators were one of Gibson’s early offers to date, as they joined the race back in April of last year. They were the fifth team to extend him an offer. Since that tender was extended, the 6-foot-5, 250-pounder’s recruitment has exploded. He currently sits at 21 offers to date, and is a Top100 prospect on 247Sports, and a Top10 edge prospect in the class of 2025.

Florida Gators’ Billy Napier Drops FSU Football Way Down In Final Coaches Poll Vote

A few head coaches around the country dropped the Seminoles significantly in their final Coaches Poll vote of the season.

Florida Head Coach Billy Napier Drops FSU Way Down In His Final Coaches Poll Ranking - Sports Illustrated Florida State Seminoles News, Analysis and More

After finishing the regular season undefeated and winning the ACC Championship Game, Florida State was ranked No. 3 in the December 3 edition of the US LBM Coaches Poll (previously the USA Today Coaches Poll). However, following the College Football Playoff (CFP) Committee’s decision to leave the Seminoles out of the final four and the blowout loss to Georgia in the Orange Bowl, the Coaches Poll moved FSU down to the No. 6 slot.

Interestingly enough, some coaches with ties to the university – both friendly and not-so-friendly – voted the Garnet and Gold three or four spots lower on the list compared to the overall ranking.

For instance, Florida head coach Billy Napier voted the Seminoles as the No. 9 best team in the country, as did former Louisiana-Monroe head coach Terry Bowden, son of FSU legendary head coach Bobby Bowden.

Additionally, former Florida State defensive coordinator and current Kentucky head coach Mark Stoops put the Seminoles at No. 10 in his rankings.

The very lowest of the rankings that FSU received was from Nevada head coach Ken Wilson. He positioned the Seminoles as the No. 12 team in the nation.

Despite losing to Alabama in the SEC Championship Game in Atlanta, the Georgia Bulldogs leaped over both Texas and Alabama to claim the No. 3 position in the final Coaches Poll rankings.

Michigan and Washington found themselves in No. 1 and No. 2, respectively, as expected.

A total of four ACC schools (five if you count Notre Dame) made the final Coaches Poll Top-25 ranking. Future ACC school SMU came in at No. 24 as well.