Gators Rank No. 10 in Associated Press and No. 11 in USA Today Weekly Polls
Monday, October 1, 2012 | Football
Coming off of the bye week, the Gators moved up a spot to No. 10 in the Associated Press Poll and No. 11 in the USA Today Coaches' Poll. Last week Florida was ranked No. 11 in the Associated Press Poll and No. 12 in the USA Today Coaches' Poll. UF (4-0) will be back in action this week as they play host to conference opponent, No. 4 LSU (5-0). The Gators are currently 3-0 in the SEC and this will be their second game against a ranked conference opponent this season, the first at home. The game is set to kick off Saturday, Oct. 6 at 3:30 p.m. at The Swamp.
There are six teams from the SEC currently ranked in the polls. Among the 12 teams on Florida's schedule, the Gators will face four teams present in rankings: No. 4 LSU (Oct. 6 at The Swamp), No. 3 Florida State (Nov. 24 in Tallahassee), No. 5 Georgia (Oct. 27 in Jacksonville) and No. 6 South Carolina (Oct. 20 at The Swamp).
| Associated Press Top 25 Poll | USA Today Top 25 Coaches' Poll | |||||||
| RK | TEAM | RECORD | PTS | RK | TEAM | RECORD | PTS | |
| 1. | Alabama (60) | 5-0 | 1500 | 1. | Alabama (57) | 5-0 | 1472 | |
| 2. | Oregon | 5-0 | 1430 | 2. | Oregon | 5-0 | 1403 | |
| 3. | Florida St. | 5-0 | 1349 | 3. | LSU (1) | 5-0 | 1327 | |
| 4. | LSU | 5-0 | 1310 | 4. | Florida St. (1) | 5-0 | 1301 | |
| 5. | Georgia | 5-0 | 1252 | 5. | Georgia | 5-0 | 1227 | |
| 6. | South Carolina | 5-0 | 1152 | 6. | South Carolina | 5-0 | 1161 | |
| 7. | Kansas St. | 4-0 | 1123 | 7. | West Virginia | 4-0 | 1137 | |
| 8. | West Virginia | 4-0 | 1066 | 8. | Kansas St. | 4-0 | 1050 | |
| 9. | Notre Dame | 4-0 | 1043 | 9. | Texas | 4-0 | 981 | |
| 10. | Florida | 4-0 | 937 | 10. | Notre Dame | 4-0 | 915 | |
| 11. | Texas | 4-0 | 932 | 11. | Florida | 4-0 | 883 | |
| 12. | Ohio St. | 5-0 | 793 | 12. | USC | 3-1 | 784 | |
| 13. | USC | 3-1 | 703 | 13. | TCU | 4-0 | 749 | |
| 14. | Oregon St. | 3-0 | 647 | 14. | Oklahoma | 2-1 | 684 | |
| 15. | TCU | 4-0 | 608 | 15. | Clemson | 4-1 | 626 | |
| 15. | Clemson | 4-1 | 608 | 16. | Louisville | 5-0 | 524 | |
| 17. | Oklahoma | 2-1 | 581 | 17. | Oregon St. | 3-0 | 453 | |
| 18. | Stanford | 3-1 | 509 | 18. | Stanford | 3-1 | 452 | |
| 19. | Louisville | 5-0 | 404 | 19. | Mississippi St. | 4-0 | 422 | |
| 20. | Mississippi St. | 4-0 | 306 | 20. | Nebraska | 4-1 | 415 | |
| 21. | Nebraska | 4-1 | 240 | 21. | Rutgers | 4-0 | 206 | |
| 22. | Rutgers | 4-0 | 160 | 22. | Northwestern | 5-0 | 202 | |
| 23. | Washington | 3-1 | 159 | 23. | Cincinnati | 3-0 | 175 | |
| 24. | Northwestern | 5-0 | 143 | 24. | Texas Tech | 4-0 | 108 | |
| 25. | UCLA | 4-1 | 122 | 25. | Boise St. | 3-1 | 83 | |
