Florida remains at bottom of The Athletic’s SEC ‘vibe check’ after Week 3

Another ugly loss for Florida means the Gators remain ranked 16th among SEC teams in the latest vibe check from The Athletic.

Florida is ranked 16th out of 16 SEC teams in the latest conference vibe check from The Athletic.

The Gators’ most recent loss, a 13-point defeat at the hand of Texas A&M Aggies, has Billy Napier hanging onto his job by a thread, and there’s little to no optimism surrounding the program after just three weeks of play.

“Well, what more can you say? We all know where this is going, it’s just a matter of when and who is making the decisions, since the AD probably won’t get a third bite at the apple,” Seth Emerson wrote.

“The school has to find buyout money, much of it having been spent by the former president. It may be a tear-down situation in Gainesville, but that means building back up, and building is exciting. In the meantime, yeah, the vibes are rough.”

Emerson is a senior writer covering Georgia and the SEC for The Athletic. Naturally, there’s some animosity toward the Orange and Blue from the Bulldogs guy, and why wouldn’t there be? Florida would be the laughing stock of college football if it weren’t for its ACC counterpart up in Tallahassee.

Still, there is a chance Florida will pull itself out of the gutter over the next week.

The Gators travel to Mississippi State to face a 15th-ranked Bulldogs team next week, and a win should cause the two programs to switch positions. Beating UCF and Kentucky would also go a long way, but let’s take things one week at a time.

The Athletic’s SEC vibe check — Week 3

  1. Texas Longhorns (3-0, 0-0 SEC)
  2. Tennessee Volunteers (3-0, 0-0)
  3. Alabama Crimson Tide (3-0, 0-0)
  4. Ole Miss Rebels (3-0, 0-0)
  5. Missouri Tiger (3-0, 0-0)
  6. Georgia Bulldogs (3-0, 1-0)
  7. Texas A&M Aggies (2-1, 1-1)
  8. Oklahoma Sooners (3-0, 0-0)
  9. LSU Tigers (2-1, 1-0)
  10. Auburn Tigers (2-1, 0-0)
  11. South Carolina Gamecocks (2-1, 1-1)
  12. Kentucky Wildcats (1-2, 0-2)
  13. Vanderbilt Commodores (2-1, 0-0)
  14. Arkansas Razorbacks (2-1, 0-0)
  15. Mississippi State Bulldogs (1-2, 0-0)
  16. Florida Gators (1-2, 0-1)

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