Tuesday, January 8, 2013 | Football
After not being ranked in the final polls each of the last two seasons, Florida checks in at No. 9 in the Associated Press and No. 10 in the USA Today Coaches' Polls to close out the 2012 season. Since 1990, Florida has finished in the AP Top 25 final poll 21 of 23 years, including 14 times in the top 10.
From 2006-12, the Gators finished in the top 10 of the final poll four times, tied with LSU for second-most in the SEC behind Alabama's five top-10 finishes. It is the 17th time in school history that UF has finished in the top 10.
Florida finished head coach Will Muschamp's second season 11-2 overall and 7-1 in the SEC. It is just the fifth time in school history that a Gator team has won 11 games in the regular season. Florida faced four teams in the top 10 of the final AP poll with a 3-1 record. UF's three wins against the final top 10 teams were the most in the nation.
| Associated Press Top 25 Poll | USA Today Top 25 Coaches' Poll | |||||||
| RK | TEAM | RECORD | PTS | RK | TEAM | RECORD | PTS | |
| 1. | Alabama (59) | 13-1 | 1475 | 1. | Alabama (56) | 13-1 | 1400 | |
| 2. | Oregon | 12-1 | 1358 | 2. | Oregon | 12-1 | 1322 | |
| 3. | Ohio State | 12-0 | 1302 | 3. | Notre Dame | 12-1 | 1253 | |
| 4. | Notre Dame | 12-1 | 1288 | 4. | Georgia | 12-2 | 1213 | |
| 5. | Georgia | 12-2 | 1230 | 5. | Texas A&M | 11-2 | 1171 | |
| 5. | Texas A&M | 11-2 | 1230 | 6. | Stanford | 12-2 | 1167 | |
| 7. | Stanford | 12-2 | 1169 | 7. | South Carolina | 11-2 | 1064 | |
| 8. | South Carolina | 11-2 | 1038 | 8. | Florida State | 12-2 | 942 | |
| 9. | FLORIDA | 11-2 | 933 | 9. | Clemson | 11-2 | 916 | |
| 10. | Florida State | 12-2 | 922 | 10. | FLORIDA | 11-2 | 886 | |
| 11. | Clemson | 11-2 | 889 | 11. | Kansas State | 11-2 | 841 | |
| 12. | Kansas State | 11-2 | 871 | 12. | LSU | 10-3 | 775 | |
| 13. | Louisville | 11-2 | 781 | 13. | Louisville | 11-2 | 772 | |
| 14. | LSU | 10-3 | 756 | 14. | Boise State | 11-2 | 633 | |
| 15. | Oklahoma | 10-3 | 615 | 15. | Oklahoma | 10-3 | 600 | |
| 16. | Utah State | 11-2 | 456 | 16. | Northwestern | 10-3 | 580 | |
| 17. | Northwestern | 10-3 | 443 | 17. | Utah State | 11-2 | 444 | |
| 18. | Boise State | 11-2 | 419 | 18. | Texas | 9-4 | 398 | |
| 19. | Texas | 9-4 | 358 | 19. | Oregon State | 9-4 | 366 | |
| 20. | Oregon State | 9-4 | 303 | 20. | Vanderbilt | 9-4 | 248 | |
| 21. | San Jose State | 11-2 | 243 | 21. | San Jose State | 11-2 | 244 | |
| 22. | Northern Illinois | 12-2 | 227 | 22. | Cincinnati | 10-3 | 186 | |
| 23. | Vanderbilt | 9-4 | 180 | 23. | Nebraska | 10-4 | 175 | |
| 24. | Michigan | 8-5 | 147 | 24. | Northern Illinois | 12-2 | 156 | |
| 25. | Nebraska | 10-4 | 119 | 25. | Tulsa | 11-3 | 110 | |
