Monday, October 22, 2012

Gators Rank No. 3 in Associated Press and USA Today Weekly Polls

Continuing their win streak, No. 3 Florida overpowered No. 8 South Carolina 44-11 in The Swamp Saturday. The Gators remained in the No. 3 spot in the Associated Press Poll and moved up to No. 3 in the USA Today Coaches’ Poll. Last week Florida was ranked No. 3 in the Associated Press Poll and No. 4 in the USA Today Coaches’ Poll. UF (7-0, 6-0 SEC) will face their fourth ranked SEC opponent as they play No. 12 Georgia (6-1, 4-1 SEC) Saturday, October 27 in Jacksonville, Fla. at 3:30 p.m. on CBS. It will be the Gators’ second-straight game against a ranked SEC opponent, and third in four games.

There are seven teams from the SEC currently ranked in the polls. Among the five teams remaining on Florida’s schedule, the Gators will face two teams present in rankings: No. 11 Florida State (Nov. 24 in Tallahassee) and No. 12 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 (59)
7-0
1499

1.
Alabama (59)
7-0
1475
2.
Oregon
7-0
1424

2.
Oregon
7-0
1403
3.
FLORIDA (1)
7-0
1380

3.
FLORIDA
7-0
1329
4.
Kansas State
7-0
1333

4.
Kansas State
7-0
1326
5.
Notre Dame
7-0
1241

5.
Notre Dame
7-0
1221
6.
LSU
7-1
1172

6.
LSU
7-1
1164
7.
Oregon State
6-0
1106

7.
Oklahoma
5-1
1084
8.
Oklahoma
5-1
1065

8.
USC
6-1
1014
9.
Ohio State
8-0
1028

9.
Oregon State
6-0
974
10.
USC
6-1
944

10.
Florida State
7-1
948
11.
Florida State
7-1
872

11.
Georgia
6-1
850
12.
Georgia
6-1
745

12.
Mississippi State
7-0
800
13.
Mississippi State
7-0
739

13.
Clemson
6-1
788
14.
Clemson
6-1
713

14.
Louisville
7-0
720
15.
Texas Tech
6-1
653

15.
Rutgers
7-0
637
16.
Louisville
7-0
620

16.
South Carolina
6-2
598
17.
South Carolina
6-2
591

17.
Texas Tech
6-1
571
18.
Rutgers
7-0
539

18.
Boise State
6-1
407
19.
Stanford
5-2
421

19.
Stanford
5-2
401
20.
Michigan
5-2
300

20.
Michigan
5-2
264
21.
Boise State
6-1
258

21.
Texas A&M
5-2
229
22.
Texas A&M
5-2
252

22.
West Virginia
5-2
173
23.
Ohio
7-0
181

23.
Ohio
7-0
132
24.
Louisiana Tech
6-1
106

24.
Texas
5-2
109
25.
West Virginia
5-2
76

25.
Wisconsin
6-2
104