Florida Gators holding steady in AP Poll after Week 12

The newest AP Poll reflects on the Gators’ Week 11 victory over Vanderbilt. Was it enough for Florida to crack the AP’s top 5 programs?

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Florida maintains its spot in the AP Poll’s top 10 after a fairly rickety outing against the unranked Vanderbilt on Saturday.

The latest AP Poll, released on Sunday afternoon, lists the Gators as the sixth-ranked football program in the nation. That reflects no change in their placement from last week’s poll, in which the team also ranked sixth. In fact, though the normal shuffling took place down the list, the entire top eight programs hung onto the previous week’s spots.

Kentucky, who will be the Gators’ next opponent, was unranked and received no votes in this week’s poll. If Florida is going to break into the top five, a return to form against another relatively weak opponent. As things sit, Florida is the third-ranked team in the conference, having seemingly settled in behind SEC rivals Alabama and Texas A&M.

Here’s the full AP Top 25 for this week.

Rank School PV Rank Conference
1 Alabama (7-0) 1 SEC
2 Notre Dame (8-0) 2 ACC
3 Ohio State (4-0) 3 Big Ten
4 Clemson (7-1) 4 ACC
5 Texas A&M (5-1) 5 SEC
6 Florida (6-1) 6 SEC
7 Cincinnati (8-0) 7 AAC
8 Brigham Young (9-0) 8 Independent
9 Oregon (3-0) 11 Pac-12
10 Miami (FL) (7-1) 12 ACC
11 Northwestern (5-0) 19 Big Ten
12 Indiana (4-1) 9 Big Ten
13 Georgia (5-2) 13 SEC
14 Oklahoma (6-2) 18 Big 12
15 Iowa State (6-2) 17 Big 12
16 Coastal Carolina (8-0) 15 Sun Belt
17 Marshall (7-0) 15 C-USA
18 Wisconsin (2-1) 10 Big Ten
19 USC (3-0) 20 Pac-12
20 Texas (5-2) 22 Big 12
21 Oklahoma State (5-2) 14 Big 12
22 Auburn (5-2) 23 SEC
23 Louisiana-Lafayette (7-1) 24 Sun Belt
24 Tulsa (5-1) 25 AAC
25 North Carolina (6-2) ACC

Others receiving votes:

Washington 35, Liberty 31, Nevada 23, SMU 17, Iowa 15, Boise State 6, Florida Atlantic 5, Buffalo 3, San Jose State 3

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