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Another Thursday, another game day weekend just right around the corner. But this Saturday will be the last of college football’s weekly series this season as the Florida Gators get geared up to take on the Alabama Crimson Tide in the Southeastern Conference Championship Game.
The sports slate is otherwise barren in the meantime for Florida, whose men’s basketball team is also scheduled to play on Saturday against the Florida Atlantic Owls. While star forward Keyontae Johnson‘s health appears to be slowly improving, there is still a chance this game will be postponed.
In other Florida athletics news, five Gators sports programs find themselves in the top 25 of their respective polls, with the men’s swimming and diving team leading the way ranked at No. 5, the football team at No. 7, women’s golf team No. 8, women’s swimming and diving at No. 10, and men’s golf at No. 15.
One last thing, in case you missed it yesterday, the football program kicked off the official 2021 class on national signing day. Check the tracker below for details of who the Gators brought into the family.
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Around the Swamp
- Gators a surprising winner in fourth College Football Playoff rankings: As expected, the top four of Alabama, Notre Dame, Clemson and Ohio State remains the same leading into conference championship games.
- College Football Playoff ranking: Florida falls, but not as far as you think: Florida only dropped one spot after a loss to LSU at home as a three-touchdown favorite. Right behind the Gators is SEC rival Georgia.
- Bowl projections: Not the opponent and destination fans expected: The College Football Playoff has cleared up significantly heading into the final weekend of the season.
- Gators’ Kyle Trask continuing to fall in Heisman race: It seems that, at least for now, the days of Kyle Trask as the frontrunner for the Heisman Trophy have come to an end.
- Is Todd Grantham worth what Florida is paying him?: Here’s a look at this year’s highest-paid assistants, and whether their salaries have aligned with their units’ production.
- Gators make it official with this 4-star quarterback prospect: Wilson is the No. 11 pro-style quarterback in the 2020 class, according to the 247Sports Composite, and he ranks as the No. 140 overall prospect in the class.
- Pair of praised Palmetto prep players sign with Florida Gators: Florida has officially welcomed two blue-chip prospects from Palmetto High School in Miami on Wednesday.
It’s great to be a Florida Gator!
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— Florida Gators (@FloridaGators) December 16, 2020
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