Third-straight loss drops Florida out of polls

By Adam Silverstein
October 17, 2010

Defeated for the third-straight week, this time to an unranked opponent, the Florida Gators (4-3, 2-3 SEC) become unranked themselves, falling out of both the USA Today and Associated Press Top 25 polls. Florida lost to the Mississippi State Bulldogs (5-2, 2-2 SEC) 10-7 on Saturday night at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium in Gainesville, FL.

The Gators are out of the top 25 for the first time under head coach Urban Meyer. No. 22, where Florida was ranked in both polls last week, was the lowest the team had been listed during Meyer’s tenure.

Date	Gator Bait	Time/Score	TV/Rec.
9/4	FAU	W 35-14	1-0
9/11	at USF	W 42-20	2-0
9/18	Alabama	L 39-41	2-1
9/25	Tennessee	W 38-14	3-1
10/2	at Kentucky	L 13-20	3-2
10/9	Vanderbilt	W 42-0	4-2
10/16	at LSU	L 42-49	4-3
10/30	vs. Georgia Jacksonville	L 7-34	4-4
11/6	at South Carolina	L 17-40	4-5
11/13	Samford	W 70-52	5-5
11/20	at Missouri	L(OT) 23-24	5-6
11/27	Florida State	W 24-21	6-6
12/23	vs. UCF Gasparilla	L 17-29	6-7

USA TODAY
Last Week 1-25: Ohio State (49), Oregon (6), Boise State (1), Nebraska (2), TCU (1), Oklahoma, Auburn, Alabama, LSU, Utah, Michigan State, South Carolina, Arkansas, Iowa, Stanford, Wisconsin, Florida State, Oklahoma State, Missouri, Arizona, Nevada, Florida, Air Force, Michigan, West Virginia

This Week 1-25: Oregon (42), Boise State (11), Oklahoma (4), TCU (1), Auburn (1), LSU, Alabama, Michigan State, Utah, Ohio State, Wisconsin, Iowa, Nebraska, Stanford, Oklahoma State, Missouri, Florida State, Arizona, West Virginia, South Carolina, Arkansas, Texas, Virginia Tech, Mississippi State, Miami (FL)

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Last Week 1-25: Ohio State (34), Oregon (15), Boise State (8), TCU (1), Nebraska, Oklahoma (2), Auburn, Alabama, LSU, South Carolina, Utah, Arkansas, Michigan State, Stanford, Iowa, Florida State, Arizona, Wisconsin, Nevada, Oklahoma State, Missouri, Florida, Air Force, Oregon State, West Virginia

This Week 1-25: Oregon, Boise State, Oklahoma, TCU, Auburn, LSU, Alabama, Michigan State, Utah, Wisconsin, Ohio State, Stanford, Iowa, Arizona, Florida State, Oklahoma State, Missouri, South Carolina, West Virginia, Arkansas, Texas, Virginia Tech, Mississippi State, Miami (FL)

*Numbers in parenthesis represent first-place votes.