Georgia gets a reset this week after a stunning home loss to unranked Auburn knocked the Bulldogs from No. 1 to No. 5 and shook up the SEC playoff race. Even with the setback, Georgia still shares the conference lead with Kentucky, but the margin for error has shrunk fast now that every team in the league has at least one loss.
The next test is a big one, and a wild one. Georgia faces arch-rival Florida next in Atlanta on Halloween, with the Gators bringing the kind of week-to-week chaos that makes them impossible to pin down. Florida has posted huge top-10 wins over Ole Miss and Texas, but also taken blowout losses to Missouri and South Carolina.
Kirby Smart will have all week to get Georgia back on track before a brutal stretch that includes three straight ranked opponents.
As is tradition, Georgia does not play the weekend before Halloween. The Bulldogs return next week for their biggest rivalry game of the season against Florida at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. The game will be shown on ABC and ESPN, and fans can stream it on Fubo, which offers a free trial.
Georgia’s remaining regular-season schedule now runs through Nov. 28, starting with Florida on Oct. 31 at 3:30 p.m. ET.
The Bulldogs then travel to Ole Miss on Nov. 7, host Missouri on Nov. 14, head to South Carolina on Nov. 21, and close with Georgia Tech at home on Nov. 28.
All of those kickoff times are still listed as TBD except for the Florida matchup.
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