It doesn’t take longer than a quick scroll through 247Sports’ Composite Team Rankings to see that Florida State is gaining an edge on the recruiting trail compared to in-state rivals Florida and Miami.

The Seminoles are exiting June with the No. 10 overall class in 2019.

Miami stands at No. 15.

You have to scroll down a little bit further to find Florida (after Duke, Iowa State and Northwestern) at No. 35.

But a closer look at the head-to-head battles between the Big Three reveals what looks to be widening gap. FSU, in its first full cycle under coach Willie Taggart, is not only regularly beating its in-state rivals for coveted recruits locally, but it’s also securing pledges from players with more appeal on a national level.

To narrow down our data and account for new coaching staffs at Florida and FSU, we limited our research to Class of 2019 recruits who committed to their respective schools on January 1st or later this calendar year. We used the 247Sports database of listed offers (there is admittedly a margin for error when determining whether an offer was ‘committable’ or if an offer was made by a previous staff, but we stuck with just the listed offers for the sake of consistency) to gauge which commits were being pursue by FSU, Florida and Miami.

Here’s what we found...

Miami

Miami Commits since 2018 (14) Listed FSU Offer? Listed Florida Offer? OL Kingsley Eguakun No No TE Larry Hodges No No DL Cameron Williams Yes Yes WR Jeremiah Payton No Yes LB Samuel Brooks No Yes LB Anthony Solomon Yes Yes OL Michael Tarquin Yes Yes LB Avery Huff Yes No S Keontra Smith No Yes ATH Damarius Good No No CB Jarvis Brownlee No No DE Jahfari Harvey No No CB Te'Cory Couch No No DE Jason Munoz No No

Class of 2019 commits this year: 14

Class of 2019 commits this year with a listed offer from FSU: 4 (28.57%)

Class of 2019 commits this year with a listed offer from Florida: 6 (42.85%)

Class of 2019 commits this year with a listed offer from both schools: 3 (21.42%)

Florida

Florida Commits since 2018 (7) Lister Miami Offer? Listed FSU Offer? LB Jammal Abrams No No WR Dionte Marks No Yes OL Ethan White No No QB Jalon Jones No No LB Tyron Hopper Yes No DT Jaelin Humphries Yes No OL Riley Simonds No No

Class of 2019 commits this year: 7

Class of 2019 commits this year with a listed offer from FSU: 1 (14.28%)

Class of 2019 commits this year with a listed offer from Miami: 2 (28.57%)

Class of 2019 commits this year with a listed offer from both schools: 0 (0.00%)

Florida State

FSU Commits since 2018 (9) Listed UF Offer? Listed UM Offer? CB Travis Jay No Yes QB Sam Howell Yes Yes LB Jaleel McRae Yes No OL Dontae Lucas Yes Yes WR Maurice Goolsby Yes Yes CB Renardo Green Yes Yes DL Derick Hunter Yes Yes DL Curtis Fann Yes No DL Derrick McLendon Yes No

Class of 2019 commits this year: 9

Class of 2019 commits this year with a listed offer from Florida: 8 (88.8%)

Class of 2019 commits this year with a listed offer from Miami: 6 (66.66%)

Class of 2019 commits this year with a listed offer from both schools: 5 (55.55%)

There are eight prospects who’ve committed this year that all three of the Big Three have offered: QB Sam Howell (FSU), OL Dontae Lucas (FSU), WR Maurice Goolsby (FSU), CB Renardo Green (FSU), DL Derick Hunter (FSU), DL Cameron Williams (Miami), LB Anthony Solomon (Miami) and OL Michael Tarquin (Miami). FSU has secured pledges from five of those eight, Miami has secured pledges from three of those eight and Florida has secured zero pledges from a recruit who claimed an offer from both FSU and Miami.

The caliber of recruit FSU has landed this year has also been better when considering factors like composite rating or scholarship offers:

The average scholarship claimed by each commit:

--FSU: 21.5

--Miami: 19.14

--Florida: 15.42

The average Power Five scholarship claimed by each commit:

--FSU: 17.33

--Miami: 13.21

--Florida: 12.714

The average Composite grade per commit:

--FSU: 0.9196

--Miami: 0.8918

--Florida: 0.8864

It’s important to remember that we’re just entering July; each team’s respective class will undergo change in the next several months and rankings will change after the summer evaluation period. But in terms of winning head-to-head battles, FSU’s staff has clearly edged out Miami and Florida by various margins at this stage in the recruiting process.