Sunday, October 7, 2012

Gators Climb to No. 4 in the Associated Press and No. 6 in USA Today Weekly Polls

After a 14-6 upset victory over No. 4 LSU, the Gators jumped in the polls for the fifth-straight week. Florida cracked the top-five in the Associated Press Poll as they are No. 4 and moved up to No. 6 in the USA Today Coaches’ Poll. Last week Florida was ranked No. 10 in the Associated Press Poll and No. 11 in the USA Today Coaches’ Poll. UF (5-0, 4-0 SEC) will be on the road this week at Vanderbilt (2-3, 1-2 SEC), the game will air on ESPNU at 6 p.m. Florida has won two conference road games so far this season.

There are six teams from the SEC currently ranked in the polls. Among the six teams remaining on Florida’s schedule, the Gators will face three teams present in rankings: No. 3 South Carolina (Oct. 20 at The Swamp), No. 12 Florida State (Nov. 24 in Tallahassee) and No. 14 Georgia (Oct. 27 in Jacksonville).

Associated Press Top 25 Poll

USA Today Top 25 Coaches’ Poll
RK
TEAM
RECORD
PTS

RK
TEAM
RECORD
PTS
1.
Alabama (60)
5-0
1500

1.
Alabama (58)
5-0
1474
2.
Oregon
6-0
1435

2.
Oregon (1)
6-0
1411
3.
South Carolina
6-0
1359

3.
South Carolina
6-0
1345
4.
Florida
5-0
1265

4.
West Virginia
5-0
1296
5.
West Virginia
5-0
1260

5.
Kansas State
5-0
1216
6.
Kansas State
5-0
1217

6.
Florida
5-0
1165
7.
Notre Dame
5-0
1176

7.
Notre Dame
5-0
1152
8.
Ohio St.
6-0
1053

8.
LSU
5-1
961
9.
LSU
5-1
938

9.
USC
4-1
940
10.
Oregon State
4-0
873

10.
Oklahoma
3-1
872
11.
USC
4-1
812

11.
Florida State
5-1
819
12.
Florida State
5-1
800

12.
Georgia
5-1
761
13.
Oklahoma
3-1
756

13.
Clemson
5-1
759
14.
Georgia
5-1
733

14.
Oregon State
4-0
691
15.
Texas
4-1
711

15.
Texas
4-1
663
16.
Clemson
5-1
657

16.
Louisville
5-0
628
17.
Stanford
4-1
587

17.
Stanford
4-1
577
18.
Louisville
5-0
494

18.
Mississippi State
5-0
558
19.
Mississippi State
5-0
450

19.
Rutgers
5-0
410
20.
Rutgers
5-0
331

20.
Cincinnati
4-0
365
21.
Cincinnati
4-0
205

21.
Texas A&M
4-1
208
22.
Texas A&M
4-1
153

22.
Boise State
4-1
197
23.
Louisiana Tech
5-0
129

23.
TCU
4-1
194
24.
Boise State
4-1
114

24.
Louisiana Tech
5-0
131
25.
Michigan
3-2
82

25.
Iowa State
4-1
73