Gator Country

Florida Gators football coach Will Muschamp is interviewed by ESPN's Jenn Brown after Saturday's 14-7 win against Missouri at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium. / Gator Country photo by Jon Parady

The Florida Gators' 14-7 home win against Missouri was enough for pollsters to move them up a spot to No. 7 in both the Associated Press Top 25 and the USA Today Coaches’ Poll on Sunday afternoon.

The Gators also moved up a spot to No. 6 in the BCS Standings that were announced Sunday evening. Florida peaked at No. 2 in the standings before a 17-9 loss against Georgia eight days ago in Jacksonville.

The Gators are 8-1 overall and finished SEC play with a 7-1 record. They next play Louisiana-Lafayette at 12:21 p.m. on Saturday at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium.

Despite the lone loss against Georgia, Florida has quality wins to its credit against LSU (14-6), South Carolina (44-11) and Texas A&M (20-17). After hosting the Rajin’ Cajuns, the Gators will wrap up their home schedule with Jacksonville State on Nov. 17 before traveling to Florida State on Nov. 24. Game times have yet to be determined for either game.

Alabama stays atop the BCS Standings after its 21-17 come-from-behind victory against LSU in Death Valley. The defending national champs hope to extend the SEC’s streak of BCS National Championship game appearance to seven straight seasons.

Kansas State comes in at No. 2 in the latest BCS Standings, followed by Oregon, Notre Dame and Georgia. LSU falls to No. 7. South Carolina comes in at No. 8 and Florida State is No. 10.

That’s five SEC teams in the top 8 and seven of the top-21 spots.Texas A&M is No. 15 and Mississippi State is No. 21.

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MikeCapshaw

Mike’s 15 years in the business has included more than six years of covering SEC sports and recruiting at a daily newspaper in Arkansas. He has also helped launch a newspaper, magazines, websites and even a sports talk radio show. Mike has won Florida Press Association awards for Best Sports Game Story and Best Sports Feature Story in the past two years as well as a company-wide award at his former newspaper group that includes some 60 publications, for Excellence in Sports Reporting.

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