The
University of Florida football team will open the 2013 season ranked No. 10 in
the Associated Press Preseason Poll, announced on Saturday. The Gators are also
ranked No. 10 in the preseason USA Today/ESPN Top 25 football coaches’ poll.
Florida
is ranked in the preseason AP poll for the 10th year in a row, dating back to
2003. That streak ranks third in the SEC behind LSU (13 straight) and Georgia (11
straight). Nationally, that streak ranks sixth, also trailing Ohio State (20),
Oklahoma (14) and Southern Cal (12).
On
the Gators’ 2013 schedule there are four teams ranked in the preseason top 12
according to the AP poll. Florida will play No. 5 Georgia on November 2 in
Jacksonville, No. 6 South Carolina in Columbia on November 16, No. 11 Florida
State at home in the regular season finale and No. 12 LSU in Baton Rouge on
October 12.
The
Southeastern Conference has six teams ranked in the poll, followed by the Big
Ten and Pac-12 with five teams each.
2013
Associated Press Preseason Poll
|
Rank
|
Team
|
Pts
|
|
1
|
Alabama (58)
|
1498
|
|
2
|
Ohio State (1)
|
1365
|
|
3
|
Oregon
|
1335
|
|
4
|
Stanford
|
1294
|
|
5
|
Georgia (1)
|
1249
|
|
6
|
South Carolina
|
1154
|
|
7
|
Texas A&M
|
1104
|
|
8
|
Clemson
|
1083
|
|
9
|
Louisville
|
1042
|
|
10
|
FLORIDA
|
894
|
|
11
|
Florida State
|
845
|
|
12
|
LSU
|
802
|
|
13
|
Oklahoma State
|
755
|
|
14
|
Notre Dame
|
748
|
|
15
|
Texas
|
677
|
|
16
|
Oklahoma
|
579
|
|
17
|
Michigan
|
531
|
|
18
|
Nebraska
|
382
|
|
19
|
Boise State
|
328
|
|
20
|
TCU
|
323
|
|
21
|
UCLA
|
286
|
|
22
|
Northwestern
|
199
|
|
23
|
Wisconsin
|
185
|
|
24
|
USC
|
134
|
|
25
|
Oregon State
|
129
|
Others
receiving votes:
Michigan
State 95, Baylor 92, Virginia Tech 86, Miami (FL) 85, Arizona State 53, Kansas
State 43, Fresno State 36, Vanderbilt 19, Washington 17, Northern Illinois 16,
Ole Miss 11, Utah State 8, Georgia Tech 6, Cincinnati 3, Arizona 3, North
Carolina 3, Penn State 2, Brigham Young 1
