Florida Gators altering 2025 schedule, opponent for season opener
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Florida Gators have made a change to their non-conference schedule for the 2025 season. UF will play host to Long Island University in the opener, Gators Online has confirmed.
The FCS Sharks are replacing Florida A&M as one of the Gators’ non-conference opponents. Florida was scheduled to face the Rattlers next season on Oct. 11, but that game will no longer take place.
In addition to Long Island University, a member of the Northeast Conference (NEC), UF’s other non-conference opponents will be South Florida (Sept. 6), Miami (Sept. 20) and FSU (Nov. 29).
Florida is hosting Mississippi State, Tennessee and Texas next year for its three SEC home games. The Gators also will be the home team against Georgia in Jacksonville.
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UF has consecutive games against the Longhorns after not playing them since 1940, which is the first and only time they came to The Swamp.
Mississippi State returns to Gainesville for the first time in 15 years. First-year MSU coach Dan Mullen upset his future team and his former boss, Urban Meyer, with a 10-7 win over the Gators in 2010.
Florida’s road games for the 2025 SEC schedule will be trips to Kentucky, LSU, Ole Miss and Texas A&M. The matchup in Oxford is UF’s first time back since a 51-35 victory in the 2020 opener.
Here’s a look at the Gators’ slate for next season.
Florida Gators 2025 schedule
| Date | Opponent | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Aug. 31 | Long Island University | Gainesville, Florida |
| Sept. 6 | USF | Gainesville, Florida |
| Sept. 20 | Miami | Miami, Florida |
| Nov. 1 | Georgia | Jacksonville, Florida |
| Nov. 29 | Florida State | Gainesville, Florida |
| TBD | Mississippi State | Gainesville, Florida |
| TBD | Tennessee | Gainesville, Florida |
| TBD | Texas | Gainesville, Florida |
| TBD | at Kentucky | Lexington, Kentucky |
| TBD | at LSU | Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
| TBD | at Ole Miss | Oxford, Mississippi |
| TBD | at Texas A&M | College Station, Texas |
