Florida Gators rise in latest AP Top 25 poll
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Florida Gators jumped three spots in the latest Associated Press top 25 poll. The Gators will enter the fifth game of the seaosn ranked No. 22 in the country.
Florida will travel to Lexington this week to take on the unranked but unbeaten Kentucky Wildcats.
The Gators had plenty of miscues and a lot to work on in their 22-7 win over the Charlotte 49ers. A win is a win, for a young Florida team still learning how to handle success
“I’m proud of our team. Half the teams in college football today lost, and the Gators won. Now, are we happy with everything that happened out there? No. There’s going to be lots of things that we can improve at. But I think we see a lot of bright spots. There’s a lot of guys that are playing good football,” Billy Napier said after the game.
“We had guys make their first start today for the Gators, a couple guys, and we had a lot of young players that were very productive. The disappointing thing about games like this, these are the ones where maybe the average fan anticipates it getting out of control, and a lot of our young players didn’t have an opportunity to play because we didn’t get it under control. But I’m proud of our team, the character of our team. We stayed into it. We continued to fight. I didn’t see a lack of effort out there. I think it’s all going to be very technical and very correctable.”
Florida will now face a stretch of seven SEC games in the next eight weeks, a grueling slate for sure.
Complete AP Top-25
- Georgia Bulldogs
- Michigan Wolverines
- Texas Longhorns
- Ohio State Buckeyes
- Florida State Seminoles
- Penn State Nittany Lions
- Washington Huskies
- Southern Cal Trojans
- Oregon Ducks
- Utah Utes
- Notre Dame Fighting Irish
- Alabama Crimson Tide
- LSU Tigers
- Oklahoma Sooners
- North Carolina Tar Heels
- Washington State Cougars
- Duke Blue Devils
- Miami Hurricanes
- Orgeon State Beavers
- Ole Miss Rebels
- Tennessee Volunteers
- Florida Gators
- Missouri Tigers
- Kansas Jayhawks
- Fresno State Bulldogs
Florida vs Kentucky this week
Kickoff Time: Noon, ET
Location: Kroger Field (61,000), Lexington, Kentucky
TV: ESPN
Mobile: ESPN App
The Gators are 53-20 all-time against Kentucky. Florida won 31 consecutive games in the series from November 14, 1987-September 23, 2017. The Wildcats have won three of the last five games in the series.
![Florida Gators wide receiver Eugene Wilson III (3) hauls in a pass while taking balls from a throwing machine during University of Florida Gators’ Spring football practice at Sanders Practice Fields in Gainesville, FL on Thursday, March 28, 2024. [Doug Engle/Gainesville Sun]](https://on3static.com/cdn-cgi/image/height=215,width=393,quality=90,fit=cover,gravity=0.5x0.5/uploads/dev/assets/cms/2024/08/01212103/Untitled-design-80.png)
