Tuesday September 4, 2012Florida Football Ranked No. 23 in USA Today, No. 24 in Associated Press Weekly Polls
Gainesville, Fla.
Football Headline
Following its 27-14, season-opening victory over Bowling Green, the Florida football team remained at No. 23 in the USA Today Coaches’ Poll and dropped a spot to No. 24 in the Associated Press Poll, released on Tuesday. The Gators were rated 23rd in both of the preseason polls. UF (1-0) and Texas A&M (0-0) will meet at 3:30 p.m. on ESPN in the Southeastern Conference season opener on Saturday which will also be the Aggies’ inaugural outing as a member of the SEC.
There are six teams from the SEC currently ranked in the polls. Among the 12 teams on Florida’s schedule, there are four teams present in rankings: No. 3 LSU (Oct. 6 at The Swamp), No. 6 Florida State (Nov. 24 in Tallahassee), No. 7 Georgia (Oct. 27 in Jacksonville) and No. 9 South Carolina (Oct. 20 at The Swamp).
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Associated Press Top 25 Poll |
USA Today Top 25 Coaches’ Poll |
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RK |
TEAM |
RECORD |
PTS |
RK |
TEAM |
RECORD |
PTS |
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1. |
Alabama (45) |
1-0 |
1481 |
1. |
Alabama (37) |
1-0 |
1447 |
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2. |
USC (11) |
1-0 |
1435 |
2. |
USC (14) |
1-0 |
1398 |
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3. |
LSU (4) |
1-0 |
1382 |
3. |
LSU (7) |
1-0 |
1375 |
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4. |
Oregon |
1-0 |
1295 |
4. |
Oregon (1) |
1-0 |
1286 |
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5. |
Oklahoma |
1-0 |
1170 |
5. |
Oklahoma |
1-0 |
1171 |
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6. |
Florida State |
1-0 |
1135 |
6. |
Florida State |
1-0 |
1144 |
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7. |
Georgia |
1-0 |
1083 |
7. |
Georgia |
1-0 |
1092 |
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8. |
Arkansas |
1-0 |
992 |
8. |
West Virginia |
1-0 |
1032 |
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9t. |
South Carolina |
1-0 |
980 |
9. |
South Carolina |
1-0 |
943 |
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9t. |
West Virginia |
1-0 |
980 |
10. |
Arkansas |
1-0 |
929 |
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11. |
Michigan State |
1-0 |
915 |
11. |
Michigan State |
1-0 |
868 |
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12. |
Clemson |
1-0 |
788 |
12. |
Clemson |
1-0 |
826 |
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13. |
Wisconsin |
1-0 |
664 |
13. |
Wisconsin |
1-0 |
719 |
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14. |
Ohio State |
1-0 |
634 |
14. |
Nebraska |
1-0 |
652 |
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15. |
Virginia Tech |
1-0 |
604 |
15. |
Texas |
1-0 |
600 |
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16. |
Nebraska |
1-0 |
603 |
16. |
Oklahoma State |
1-0 |
595 |
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17. |
Texas |
1-0 |
584 |
17. |
TCU |
0-0 |
479 |
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18. |
Oklahoma State |
1-0 |
558 |
18. |
Virginia Tech |
1-0 |
476 |
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19. |
Michigan |
0-1 |
446 |
19. |
Michigan |
0-1 |
427 |
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20. |
TCU |
0-0 |
355 |
20. |
Kansas State |
1-0 |
414 |
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21. |
Kansas State |
1-0 |
339 |
21. |
Stanford |
1-0 |
324 |
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22. |
Notre Dame |
1-0 |
198 |
22. |
Notre Dame |
1-0 |
252 |
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23. |
Louisville |
1-0 |
190 |
23. |
FLORIDA |
1-0 |
204 |
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24. |
FLORIDA |
1-0 |
145 |
24. |
Louisville |
1-0 |
109 |
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25. |
Stanford |
1-0 |
131 |
25. |
Boise State |
0-1 |
82 |
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