Florida’s slide hit a new low in Week 10.
After a 23-7 loss to Oklahoma at home on Saturday, the Gators are out of the AP Top 25 entirely. Florida entered the week sitting at No. 25 with 79 points, but the defeat in the Swamp pushed the team off the ballot and into unranked territory.
It’s a sharp turn for a program that opened the season with four straight wins under Jon Sumrall. Since then, the losses have started to stack up, and Florida has now dropped four of its last five games.
The AP voters weren’t the only ones to leave the Gators behind. Florida is also voteless in the US LBM Coaches Poll after the Week 10 setback.
The SEC still has plenty of representation in the latest rankings, though the league took a hit from last week. Eight conference teams made the top 25, down from 10 a week ago.
Georgia moved into the No. 1 spot, with Alabama at No. 7, Texas at No.
8, Tennessee at No. 9, Kentucky at No.
14, Ole Miss at No. 19, South Carolina at No. 20 and LSU at No.
Missouri, meanwhile, slipped out of the rankings and sits just outside the top 25 at No. 26 with 50 points. No other SEC team received votes.
Florida’s next chance to stop the skid comes on the road against Kentucky on Saturday, Nov. 14.
Kickoff is set for 6:15 p.m. ET, and the game will air on ESPN.
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Tramell Jones Jr. finished 10 of 22 with two interceptions, a line that summed up how little Florida got out of the position in a game where Oklahoma quarterback John Mateer was much more efficient, throwing for 207 yards and two touchdowns. The bigger concern for Florida now is not just the loss itself, but how little momentum it carries into next weeks matchup with Kentucky, where the Gators will be trying to stop the slide before it gets any worse. [Read more 🡒]
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Tramell Jones Jr. threw two interceptions, and the Gators managed just 2 of 11 on third- and fourth-down chances, a rough combination for a team already searching for answers. Oklahomas win also carried a bit of history with it, improving the Sooners to 2-1 all-time against Florida and giving them their first victory in Gainesville, while the Gators were left to sort through another step backward in a season that badly needs a reset. [Read more 🡒]