Just a pair of days — including Thanksgiving Day — separate Florida football from its final game of the 2022 regular season schedule in Tallahassee against the Florida State Seminoles. The Friday night fight between the two in-state rivals features a pair of schools that have seen different levels of success this fall.
The Gators will arrive in Doak Campbell Stadium sporting a 6-5 record after an up-and-down campaign that came crashing to a nadir last weekend with a loss at the Vanderbilt Commodores. FSU, on the other hand, dealt with a rough three-game stretch in the middle of its schedule but has otherwise looked solid with an 8-3 record along with a No. 16 spot in both major polls.
Florida holds an 11-game lead in the all-time series sporting a 37-26-2 record dating back to 1958. The Gators won five of the first six meetings — with a 3-3 tie coming in 1961 — and 16 of the first 19 games between the Sunshine State schools. Since then, it has been a bit of a tug-of-war over short stretches for each team, with the Orange and Blue prevailing in the last three games.
[betwidget_betmgm]