CBS Sports released its post-spring SEC power rankings this week, and the Florida Gators come in at No. 6 overall in a deep and competitive Southeastern Conference entering the 2025 season.
Florida football’s placement in the top half of the league reflects growing confidence in head coach Billy Napier’s program, especially with quarterback DJ Lagway’s emergence as one of the most talented quarterbacks in the country.
With a roster full of returning experience, blue-chip talent and the SEC’s most exciting young quarterback, the Gators can be a legitimate contender in the conference this season.
As always, the gauntlet that is the SEC will test that theory. But if Napier and Lagway deliver, Florida’s climb may only just be beginning.
CBS Sports writer Will Backus compiled the rankings together and this is everything he said about the Gators.
What CBS Sports said about the Gators
“Quarterback DJ Lagway should be a Heisman Trophy contender. He’s got all the tools to consistently produce highlight-worthy plays. Though the Gators have to replace leading receivers Chimere Dike and Elijhah Badger, shifty slot Eugene Wilson III and UCLA transfer J. Michael Sturdivant are more than capable of recouping the lost production. It also helps that Florida has one of the SEC’s most battle-tested rosters after convincing veterans like center Jake Slaughter, edge rusher Tyreak Sapp and defensive lineman Caleb Banks, among others, to eschew the draft and return for another year in Gainesville. Could be a big 2025 for Billy Napier.”
Who’s ahead of the Gators in the SEC rankings?
In the rankings compiled by Backus, the Texas Longhorns take the top spot. The LSU Tigers, Georgia Bulldogs, Alabama Crimson Tide and Ole Miss Rebels round out the top five, just ahead of the Gators.
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