Despite beating Tennessee and starting with a 1-0 record in SEC play, the Gators dropped one spot in both the USA Today Coaches and AP Top-25 Polls on Sunday to No. 19 and No. 20, respectively.
A couple of factors likely played into Florida dropping in both polls. First, Tennessee is not a very good football team and the Gators won in pretty sloppy fashion on Saturday. Second, Florida will now be without starting quarterback Jeff Driskel and with that loss comes uncertainty. Tyler Murphy played well in his place but will need to continue to get better as teams begin to gameplan for him and will start to watch film on Murphy.
As I will tell you every week, don’t lose sleep over where the Gators are ranked this week. Florida’s schedule is a gauntlet and if the Gators keep winning games on Saturday, the number next to their name will continue getting smaller.
Coaches Poll
- Alabama (59)
- Oregon (3)
- Ohio State
- Clemson
- Stanford
- LSU
- Louisville
- Florida State
- Texas A&M
- Georgia
- Oklahoma State
- Oklahoma
- South Carolina
- UCLA
- Miami
- Northwestern
- Michigan
- Baylor
- Florida
- Washington
- Mississippi
- Notre Dame
- Fresno State
- Wisconsin
- Texas Tech
AP Top 25
- Alabama (56)
- Oregon (4)
- Clemson
- Ohio State
- Stanford
- LSU
- Louisville
- Florida State
- Georgia
- Texas A&M
- Oklahoma State
- South Carolina
- UCLA
- Oklahoma
- Miami
- Washington
- Northwestern
- Michigan
- Baylor
- Florida
- Mississippi
- Notre Dame
- Wisconsin
- Texas Tech
- Fresno State
We deserved to drop in two polls. While the refreshing prowess of Murphy was key in the win(along with our “D”) the sloppiness and turnovers will ruin our season unless corrected. My guess is the team will rise to the occasion with Murphy at the helm. Here’s to restoring the glory :) Go Gators.