College football rankings: Florida football knocking on the door in new top 25 polls

By Adam Silverstein
October 14, 2018
College football rankings: Florida football knocking on the door in new top 25 polls
Football

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Two weeks after returning to the AP Top 25, the Florida Gators are now just outside the top 10 of the college football rankings after coming back from 18 points down to beat Vanderbilt by 10 on Saturday afternoon on the road in Nashville, Tennessee. The Gators’ fourth straight win, third over an SEC opponent and second on the road has pollsters recognizing their vastly improved play after a Week 2 loss to Kentucky that looks way better now than it did at the time.

Florida checked in at No. 11 in the new edition of the AP Top 25, moving up three spots; UF is six spots behind an LSU team it beat just one week ago as the Tigers took down Georgia in dominant fashion on Saturday. The Gators saw a four-spot improvement in the Coaches Poll after entering at No. 16 a week ago, now slotting in at No. 12. Why the coaches (read: sports information directors) have a Florida team that beat an LSU team that beat Georgia behind an Oregon team that beat a Washington team that already had a loss to a now-unranked Auburn team is anyone’s guess.

Let’s take a look at the latest college football rankings after Week 7.

AP Top 25

1. Alabama
2. Ohio State
3. Clemson
4. Notre Dame
5. LSU
6. Michigan
7. Texas
8. Georgia
9. Oklahoma
10. UCF
11. Florida
12. Oregon
13. West Virginia
14. Kentucky
15. Washington
16. NC State
17. Texas A&M
18. Penn State
19. Iowa
20. Cincinnati
21. South Florida
22. Mississippi State
23. Wisconsin
24. Michigan State
25. Washington State

Coaches Poll

1. Alabama (61)
2. Ohio State (1)
3. Clemson (2)
4. Notre Dame
5. LSU
6. Georgia

7. Michigan
8. Texas
9. UCF
10. Oklahoma
11. Oregon
12. Florida
13. West Virginia
14. Washington
15. NC State
16. Penn State
17. Kentucky
18. Texas A&M
19. Wisconsin
20. South Florida
21. Cincinnati
22. Iowa
23. Washington State
24. Stanford
25. Colorado

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