Gators move up to No. 11 in AP Poll

[travisduncan]

September 22, 2012; Gainesville FL, USA; Florida Gators players celebrate after they beat the Kentucky Wildcats at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium. Florida Gators defeated the Kentucky Wildcats 38-0. Kim Klement-US PRESSWIRE

By Travis Duncan
Gator Envy writer

Are the Gators a Top 10 team in all of college football?

The collective media thinks they are just a bit outside, placing Florida at No. 11 in this week's Associated Press Top 25 Poll. The Gators move up three spots from No. 14 a week ago.

In the USA TODAY Coaches' Poll, a.k.a the sports information directors Top 25, the Gators come in at No. 12. As Florida moves closer to its pivotal showdown against LSU in two weeks, it's interesting to think of the Gators as a BCS team having just participated in the Gator Bowl (all due respect to the fine folks who put that on in Jacksonville) last January.

LSU drops from No. 2 to No. 3 in both polls, trading spots with Oregon. LSU squeaked by an unranked 1-2 Auburn team on Saturday, 12-10.

AP Top 25 Sept. 23, 2012

RK TEAM RECORD PTS PVS
1 Alabama (59) 4-0 1499 1
2 Oregon 4-0 1414 3
3 LSU (1) 4-0 1346 2
4 Florida State 4-0 1340 4
5 Georgia 4-0 1245 5
6 South Carolina 4-0 1147 7
7 Kansas State 4-0 1067 15
8 Stanford 3-0 1055 9
9 West Virginia 3-0 1045 8
10 Notre Dame 4-0 1003 11
11 Florida 4-0 864 14
12 Texas 3-0 856 12
13 USC 3-1 801 13
14 Ohio State 4-0 633 16
15 TCU 3-0 616 17
16 Oklahoma 2-1 611 6
17 Clemson 3-1 588 10
18 Oregon State 2-0 451 NR
19 Louisville 4-0 414 20
20 Michigan State 3-1 348 21
21 Mississippi State 4-0 246 23
22 Nebraska 3-1 179 25
23 Rutgers 4-0 128 NR
24 Boise State 2-1 114 24
25 Baylor 3-0 92 NR

• Dropped from rankings: Michigan 18, UCLA 19, Arizona 22

• Others receiving votes: Northwestern 89, UCLA 79, Michigan 44, Ohio 40, Virginia Tech 26, Arizona 17, Iowa State 16, Wisconsin 13, Oklahoma State 12, Texas A&M 11, Texas Tech 10, Cincinnati 10, Tennessee 10, Arizona State 8, Louisiana Tech 7, Purdue 5, Miami (FL) 1

USA Today Coaches' Poll

RK TEAM RECORD PTS PVS
1 Alabama (57) 4-0 1473 1
2 Oregon 4-0 1371 3
3 LSU (1) 4-0 1361 2
4 Florida State (1) 4-0 1306 4
5 Georgia 4-0 1224 6
6 South Carolina 4-0 1149 8
7 West Virginia 3-0 1137 7
8 Kansas State 4-0 1000 13
9 Stanford 3-0 949 11
10 Texas 3-0 924 10
11 Notre Dame 4-0 836 15
12 Florida 4-0 817 14
13 USC 3-1 813 12
14 TCU 3-0 705 16
15 Oklahoma 2-1 699 5
16 Clemson 3-1 560 9
17 Louisville 4-0 493 18
18 Michigan State 3-1 404 20
19 Mississippi State 4-0 349 23
20 Nebraska 3-1 327 22
21 Oregon State 2-0 220 NR
22 Oklahoma State 2-1 154 25
23 Wisconsin 3-1 102 24
24 Baylor 3-0 101 NR
25 Rutgers 4-0 98 NR
25 Virginia Tech 3-1 98 NR

• Dropped from rankings: Michigan 17, UCLA 19, Arizona 21

• Others receiving votes: Northwestern 96, Boise State 69, Michigan 57, Iowa State 45, Cincinnati 42, UCLA 33, Texas A&M 31, Louisiana Tech 28, Arizona State 22, Texas Tech 17, Arizona 16, Ohio 13, Minnesota 11, Tennessee 6, Western Kentucky 5, Purdue 4, Louisiana-Monroe 4, Miami (FL) 2, San Jose State 2, Washington 2

 

[DRU2012]

Some of our fellow Gators in the local Alumni Group were really hoping for a #10-placement at LEAST, craving the media recognition that a "Top Ten ranking" would likely bring, but I wasn't among them. The way I see it, we're already well within striking distance of the top as the season goes on, if/when we really do get on a run and manage a winning-record for the month of October...For now, I'd just as soon that, as much as possible, we were able to continue "flying under the radar" going into the first of what will in truth be a sequence of tougher and tougher match-ups during that time. LSU will just be the first (and not even the hardest) of these, and enormous credit and attention will accrue with victories over them, and EACH of the succeeding opponents, if we can mange it. I say we worry about "our place in the Top Ten Rankings" sometime around Halloween--and THEN only if we have at most 1 loss.

 

[Escambia94]

Objectively speaking, the Gators have not shown us enough to be a top ten team. They were 4-0 this time a year ago, and we saw what happened there. I think they are appropriately ranked given what we have seen so far. Beat LSU, and we can talk top ten. Lose a close one to LSU, and we can talk about staying in the 10-15 range. Get hammered, and we can pray to stay in the poll.