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Could UF crack the top 25 final poll?

Discussion in 'RayGator's Swamp Gas' started by WarDamnGator, Dec 27, 2024 at 5:55 PM.

  1. Dec 27, 2024 at 5:55 PM #1
    WarDamnGator

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    I think it's kind of a long shot, but possible. There are currently no teams with more than 3 losses in either poll, so that's a problem, but a lot of teams ranked above us are going to lose their bowl games, too. UF is technically ranked #32 in AP in the "also getting votes" category. Ranked #19 on ESPN's power index. Would be nice to the see the team get recognized for showing improvement during the "toughest schedule in the history of college football" season ...
     
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  2. Dec 27, 2024 at 6:31 PM #2
    gatordavisl

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    Love the question. Anybody know which teams we should be rooting against? And wouldn’t it be something for Napier, having been much maligned early in the season and having lost his starting QB, to pull such a rabbit out of his hat?
     
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  3. Dec 27, 2024 at 6:47 PM #3
    Mikog8tor

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    We should be top 25 preseason
     
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  4. Dec 27, 2024 at 7:15 PM #4
    Gatorrick22

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    Before last year, ESPN had us a #20 in the Power ranking index. I expect us to be preseason ranked in the top 25 for the 2025 football season.
     
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  5. Dec 29, 2024 at 10:49 AM #5
    eightiesgator

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    Lessee where we are now:

    Locks:

    Texas
    Georgia
    Alabama
    Tennessee

    Close To The Edge (of the top 25):

    South Carolina (with a loss to Illinois, but will probably beat the Illini)
    Mizzou (with a loss to Iowa)
    Ole Miss (with a loss to Duke)
    LSU (with a win over Baylor)

    Generally, the SEC places 5-6 teams in the final top 25 team. Generally, it is rare that a team with 5 losses gets ranked in the AP. The last Florida team to do it was in 2003, and it was based in large part to a schedule that was tougher than even this year's schedule. Florida also had bigger wins that year, and our QB was also a true freshman who went 7-2 (on the field) as a starter...
     
  6. Dec 29, 2024 at 11:26 AM #6
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  7. Dec 29, 2024 at 1:02 PM #7
    cocodrilo

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    I remember when there was just a top 10. Back then being down at 25 was nothing to brag about.

    But times change. I remember Your Hit Parade on TV. Snooky Lanson and Giselle McKenzie (I think there was one other singer) would sing the top 10 popular songs each week. The show finally went off the air in the late 50s after they had to start singing songs like "You Ain't Nothin' but a Hound Dog."
     
  8. Dec 29, 2024 at 1:08 PM #8
    Wanne15

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    There are more legit programs than there use to be for sure but im with you, being barely ranked doesnt do much for me. Im only concerned about next year and making the playoffs and beating teams on our schedule not named kentucky and miss st. Even making tge pkayiffs and losing to someone like asu is not enough to be proud of. Sure that would be improvement and looking good going into DJ's most promising year but still just meh.