Gator Country

Florida's Jelani Jenkins and Co. make a stop during the Gators' 14-6 win against LSU at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium on Saturday. / Gator Country photo by Wes Hall

Fresh off a 14-6 upset victory against LSU, the Florida Gators football team moved up six spots to No. 4 in the latest Associated Press Top 25 poll.

It’s the first time since the 2010 preseason poll that the Gators are in the top 5. They were No. 4 in that poll.

Florida improved to 5-0 overall and 4-0 in Southeastern Conference play. The Gators rallied from a halftime deficit to win for the third time this season.

LSU dropped from No. 4 to No. 9 after its streak of 18 consecutive regular season wins came to an end. Defending BCS Alabama retained the top spot in the poll followed by Oregon at No. 2 and South Carolina is No. 3.

The SEC owns three of the top 4 spots and Florida becomes the fifth different SEC team to be ranked among the top 5 this season. Georgia and LSU were the others.

Other SEC teams in the current Top 25 are No. 14 Georgia, No. 19 Mississippi State and No. 22 Texas A&M.

Here’s a link to the complete AP Top 25 poll: http://collegefootball.ap.org/poll

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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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