Florida has bowl eligibility on the line on Saturday when it welcomes rival Florida State into the Swamp looking to extend its winning streak in the rivalry to three. The two teams didn’t meet last year, and the two wins in that streak came under coach Dan Mullen.
Mullen was fired after Saturday’s loss to Missouri, but interim coach Greg Knox will look to get his team a win over its rival and earn one more game as the head man.
ESPN’s SP+ rankings from Bill Connelly think Florida will get it done. It sees the team winning 32-25. That would also cover a three-point spread.
Earlier in the season, this game didn’t look like it would provide much of a challenge. But this is a Florida State team that is quickly improving. It’s 5-2 since a loss to FCS Jacksonville State, and its offense is getting a lot better behind the play of quarterback Jordan Travis and the run game.
It’s a bit surprising that the Gators are favorites in this game at all, but it goes to show that Vegas still sees a talent differential between these two teams. But that differential hasn’t helped much in recent weeks, and we’ll see if Florida puts forth a stronger performance in a rivalry game.
Here are the full SP+ predictions for the week.
🍴🍗 WEEK 13 SP+ PICKS 🥧🍻
Ole Miss 31, MSU 29
Iowa 23, Neb 22
Cincy 36, ECU 19
Wash 28, Wazzu 27
UGA 44, GT 11
Ohio St 32, Mich 26
Bama 35, Auburn 22
Oregon 36, OSU 27
PSU 26, Mich St 23
Wisc 27, Minn 19
A&M 33, LSU 19
Clemson 33, SC 16
OSU 28, OU 27
ND 40, Stanford 16 pic.twitter.com/Z30cYUQdqn— Bill Connelly (@ESPN_BillC) November 24, 2021
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