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How to watch, stream, and bet on the Florida Gators vs South Carolina

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GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Florida Gators will look to change the narrative this weekend on the road. Florida is just 1-7 away from The Swamp under Billy Napier but will look to get a win against the South Carolina Gamecocks on Saturday at Williams-Brice Stadium.

The Gamecocks are coming off of a much-needed bye week. Since 2009, South Carolina is 14-2 when coming off of a bye, including a 2-0 mark under Shane Beamer. Florida will get its bye next week, ahead of their annual matchup with the Georgia Bulldogs.

Here’s everything you need to know ahead of the matchup with the Gamecocks.

Florida Gators vs. South Carolina Gamecocks

  • Date: Saturday, October 14
  • Time: 3:30 p.m.
  • Location: Williams-Brice Stadium (77,559) Columbia, South Carolina
  • Channel: SEC Network
  • Radio: ESPN Gainesville – WRUF | The Varsity Network | SiriusXM 136 or 201 | SiriusXM App
  • Mobile: ESPN App

On The Call
Play-by-Play: Taylor Zarzour
Analyst: Matt Stinchcomb
Reporter: Alyssa Lang

Florida vs. South Carolina Odds, Spread, Over/Under for Week 7

SpreadTotal (O/U)Moneyline
Florida+2.5 -11051.5 -110+110
South Carolina-2.5 -11051.5 -110-135

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Game Notes

  • Week 7 marks the 44th meeting between Florida and South Carolina including the 22nd matchup in Columbia.
  • Florida owns a 30-10-3 series lead and commands a 12-8-1 advantage over the Gamecocks on the road.
  • The Gators are 25-7 vs. the Gamecocks since 1964 and 10-5 in the last 15 games in Columbia since 1993.
  • Despite that track record, the Gators have dropped four of their last six contests at South Carolina.
  • In last year’s 38-6 drubbing, Florida posted its largest margin of victory (+32) in an SEC game of the Billy Napier era.
  • Florida’s 374 net rushing yards in the 2022 victory over USC marked the team’s highest SEC total in eight seasons.
  • The performance marked UF’s third-highest rushing total in an SEC game since 1996, as running backs Montrell Johnson Jr. (24 carries, 161 yards, one touchdown) and Trevor Etienne (eight carries, 100 yards, one touchdown) both eclipsed 100 yards on the ground while QB Anthony Richardson scored and rushed for 96 yards.
  • Each of the last eight matchups in the series dating back to 2015 have been decided by eight or more points.
  • The last two games were won by an average of 27.5 points by the home team (2021: SC 40, UF 17 | 2022: UF 38, SC 6).
  • Florida has scored exactly 38 points in each of its last three wins over South Carolina (2019, 2020, 2022).
  • HC Billy Napier posted his 50th career victory including his 10th at the helm of the Gators in Week 6, becoming the 10th coach with 50 or more wins since the start of the 2018 season: Nick Saban (66), Kirby Smart (65), Dabo Swinney (63), Lincoln Riley (59), Luke Fickell (57), Brian Kelly (58), Jim Harbaugh (51), Ryan Day (50) and Josh Heupel (50).
  • QB Graham Mertzhas completed 70% of his passes or better in each of his first six starts as a Gator – the only Florida quarterback to accomplish the feat in six-consecutive games across the past 20 seasons.
  • Mertz has completed 80.0% of his passes (140-for-175), which leads the SEC and ranks second nationally behind Oregon’s Bo Nix (80.4%).
  • In year one under DC Austin Armstrong, Florida ranks third in the SEC, 12th in the P5 and 16th in the FBS in total defense with 286.2 yards allowed per game. Through six games last year, UF had allowed 412.8 yards per game.

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