Florida dropped two spots to No. 9 in the latest Associated Press college football rankings released Sunday.
The Gators (6-1, 3-1 SEC) fell 42-28 at LSU on Saturday night.
Florida will play South Carolina (3-3, 2-2) at noon Saturday on ESPN. The contest marks the 40th meeting between Florida and South Carolina. The Gators hold the all-time series lead 27-9-3. The Gators have won three of the past four matchups against South Carolina. In their last meeting at Williams-Brice Stadium in 2017, the Gamecocks came out on top over Florida, 28-20.
The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Oct. 12, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and previous ranking:
| Record | Pts | Prv | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Alabama (30) | 6-0 | 1503 | 1 |
| 2. LSU (12) | 6-0 | 1449 | 5 |
| 3. Clemson (11) | 6-0 | 1427 | 2 |
| 4. Ohio St. (9) | 6-0 | 1404 | 3 |
| 5. Oklahoma | 6-0 | 1333 | 6 |
| 6. Wisconsin | 6-0 | 1245 | 8 |
| 7. Penn St. | 6-0 | 1129 | 10 |
| 8. Notre Dame | 5-1 | 1042 | 9 |
| 9. Florida | 6-1 | 1041 | 7 |
| 10. Georgia | 5-1 | 995 | 3 |
| 11. Auburn | 5-1 | 985 | 12 |
| 12. Oregon | 5-1 | 906 | 13 |
| 13. Utah | 5-1 | 729 | 15 |
| 14. Boise St. | 6-0 | 716 | 14 |
| 15. Texas | 4-2 | 672 | 11 |
| 16. Michigan | 5-1 | 648 | 16 |
| 17. Arizona St. | 5-1 | 524 | 18 |
| 18. Baylor | 6-0 | 470 | 22 |
| 19. SMU | 6-0 | 398 | 21 |
| 20. Minnesota | 6-0 | 330 | – |
| 21. Cincinnati | 5-1 | 308 | 25 |
| 22. Missouri | 5-1 | 233 | – |
| 23. Iowa | 4-2 | 210 | 17 |
| 24. Appalachian St. | 5-0 | 148 | – |
| 25. Washington | 5-2 | 107 | – |
Others receiving votes: Tulane 55, Iowa St. 36, Temple 31, Wake Forest 25, California 20, Virginia 8, Memphis 6, Southern Cal 4, South Carolina 4, Texas A&M 3, UCF 3, San Diego St. 2, Louisiana Tech 1.
So Georgia beats Notre Dame and Notre Dame is ranked ahead of Georgia. Ah, the polls…
Just pavin’ the way for Notre Dame to wind up in the playoffs, PVB. They don’t care if ND in 0-12, they’re gonna be ranked come hell or high water. You know dats true! 🤨
Agreed, PVBGator – Georgia should ranked above Notre Dame. Also, it appears South Carolina is a tougher team than their record indicates. No easy feat beating Georgia!
SC is either a Top-10 team masquarading as a bottom dweller or a bottom dweller who got lucky enough to be Georgia’s opponent on the very night they forgot to show up. I think the body of evidence suggest the latter. However, they are an SEC team and as such better be taken seriously — especially now at the very time Radio Free South Carolina is broadcasting that they should suddenly be in the play offs!
Do they love ND; didn’t beat anybody (USC) and move on up.