Sunday September 9, 2012Gators Move to No. 17 in USA Today, No. 18 in Associated Press Weekly Polls
Gainesville, Fla.
Football Headline
Coming off of its second-straight victory and first SEC win, the Florida football team moved up six spots to No. 18 in the Associated Press Poll and to No. 17 in the USA Today Coaches’ Poll. The Gators were previously rated 23rd in the Coaches’ Poll and 24th in the AP Poll. UF (2-0) will face No. 23 Tennessee (2-0) in Knoxville, Tenn. at 6:00 p.m. on ESPN. The game will be featured on ESPN’s College Gameday. This is Florida’s second SEC road game in a row and will be Tennessee’s first conference matchup.
There are six teams from the SEC currently ranked in the polls. Among the 12 teams on Florida’s schedule, there are five teams present in rankings: No. 3 LSU (Oct. 6 at The Swamp), No. 5 Florida State (Nov. 24 in Tallahassee), No. 7 Georgia (Oct. 27 in Jacksonville), No. 8 South Carolina (Oct. 20 at The Swamp) and No. 23 Tennessee (Sept. 15 in Knoxville).
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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 (48) |
2-0 |
1486 |
1. |
Alabama (42) |
2-0 |
1455 |
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2. |
USC (8) |
2-0 |
1414 |
2. |
LSU (5) |
2-0 |
1380 |
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3. |
LSU (4) |
2-0 |
1404 |
3. |
USC (11) |
2-0 |
1363 |
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4. |
Oregon |
2-0 |
1299 |
4. |
Oregon (1) |
2-0 |
1292 |
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5t. |
Oklahoma |
2-0 |
1160 |
5. |
Oklahoma |
2-0 |
1203 |
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5t. |
Florida St. |
2-0 |
1160 |
6. |
Florida St. |
2-0 |
1153 |
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7. |
Georgia |
2-0 |
1155 |
7. |
Georgia |
2-0 |
1120 |
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8. |
South Carolina |
2-0 |
1025 |
8. |
West Virginia |
1-0 |
1024 |
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9. |
West Virginia |
1-0 |
1017 |
9. |
South Carolina |
2-0 |
1008 |
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10. |
Michigan St. |
2-0 |
995 |
10. |
Michigan St. |
2-0 |
950 |
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11. |
Clemson |
2-0 |
868 |
11. |
Clemson |
2-0 |
904 |
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12. |
Ohio St. |
2-0 |
772 |
12. |
Texas |
2-0 |
730 |
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13. |
Virginia Tech |
2-0 |
734 |
13. |
Virginia Tech |
2-0 |
704 |
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14. |
Texas |
2-0 |
716 |
14. |
Kansas St. |
2-0 |
696 |
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15. |
Kansas St. |
2-0 |
714 |
15. |
TCU |
1-0 |
649 |
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16. |
TCU |
1-0 |
542 |
16. |
Stanford |
2-0 |
455 |
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17. |
Michigan |
1-1 |
429 |
17. |
FLORIDA |
2-0 |
452 |
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18. |
FLORIDA |
2-0 |
427 |
18. |
Michigan |
1-1 |
440 |
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19. |
Louisville |
2-0 |
316 |
19. |
Notre Dame |
2-0 |
398 |
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20. |
Notre Dame |
2-0 |
310 |
20. |
Louisville |
2-0 |
280 |
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21. |
Stanford |
2-0 |
260 |
21. |
Arkansas |
1-1 |
246 |
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22. |
UCLA |
2-0 |
250 |
22. |
Wisconsin |
1-1 |
151 |
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23. |
Tennessee |
2-0 |
177 |
23. |
UCLA |
2-0 |
147 |
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24. |
Arizona |
2-0 |
149 |
24. |
Nebraska |
1-1 |
135 |
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25. |
BYU |
2-0 |
110 |
25. |
Arizona |
2-0 |
120 |
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