Shoot your shot, predict where our 2023 class will land

I believe this also but the talent gap between there and the top handful of teams will be enormous. Ny6 would be the ceiling unless we caught lightning in a bottle once in a while. The top few teams have really distanced themselves like no other time I college football.

 

Between 8 and 15.

 

I think we can sign the #1 class if we sign the best players in December... If not then we might slip down to # 2...

 

For no specific reason 8 seems to come to mind.

 

Not true that we must have a top 5 class. That is an arbitrary #, not based off of coaching evaluations or team needs. A top 10 class that meets team needs and BN's criteria will be able to compete against anyone. I strongly agree with the rest of your post!
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Not knowing where UF stood with NIL $$$, I would not have guessed top 10 when this thread started.
Today, I cannot imagine BN not having an impact on boosters and companies around the state. The guy is detail oriented and smart enough to understand the new game. The recruits (and current players) are thrilled with the teaching that is happening.

I will throw out #6.

 

HATE the teeth gnashing over an arbitrary "ranking". Virtually no one could discern the #5 class from the #10 class just by looking at the signees. The senseless movement up and down the rankings for individual players, the "bumps" for certain schools, ignoring performances by others.....it's the most inexact science I can think of. Sign high quality players, achieve class balance, meet needs, and let the "rankings" fall where they may.

 

Well, the 5 mil we already know of should get us a dozen or so top 300 kids unless some unforeseen money comes from weird schools and the bidding goes up.

 

Well 5 million might not even get you a top qb now as UT's QB cost 8 million...

 

Except there's a pretty strong relationship between these seemingly arbitrary rankings and on-field performance. I agree there's not much point to getting worked up over the difference between, say, the #5 class and the #8 class, but it's not a coincidence that Georgia and Alabama dominate both the recruiting rankings and the SEC championship. When's the last time a team with genuinely bad recruiting rankings won a national championship?

 

Top 5
Texas AM
Miami
Osu
Bama
Uga

 

Ew, Miami.

 

Oregon has money too.

 

I think we get in the top 10 in 2023. We’ve got lots of upgrades to our facilities and a hard working coach. Now if AR is all that..and I think he is…I’m betting we have a top 5 class this year!

 

NIL leveled the playing field for schools who want the top athletes. (see Jackson State)

There are dozens of schools with alum that are willing to spend big money to ensure they get a few of the best athletes. But there are probably only 6-8 that will do whatever it takes to get as many as possible.

It seems we are taking a more structured approach but want to be one of those 6-8. I think we'll see significant growth with the Gator Collective in the next six months.

Subsequently, we'll have a top five class.

 

I sure hope so, I’m worried too 20 could be where we end up financially. Nape talking about getting nil on the rostered players as first priority is probably why we haven’t spent big elsewhere just yet.

 

Texas Tech has the 2nd ranked class.
They have 19 commitments....crazy