The Florida Gators were idle again this past weekend but the games continued elsewhere around the nation as the Big Ten kicked off its fall schedule and the rest of college football carried on with Week 8.
Now that the dust has settled, the Sunday morning pundits have begun releasing their latest rankings into the social media maelstrom, including Stadium’s Network’s college football insider Brett McMurphy, who gave his take Twitter. The results do not look good for the Gators.
Florida came in at No. 8 on McMurphy’s list last week after sitting out the first of two coronavirus-postponed games, but with the inclusion of the Big Ten on his latest list, Florida fell to No. 11 with Ohio State Buckeyes, Wisconsin Badgers and Indiana Hoosiers taking spots ahead of them.
My @AP_Top25 ballot (only ranking teams that have played)
1-Bama
2-Clemson
3-OhioSt
4-NDame
5-UGA
6-OklaSt
7-Cincy
8-A&M
9-WIs
10-Indiana
11-UF
12-KSU
13-Mich
14-BYU
15-Marshall
16-UNC
17-Miami
18-Tulsa
19-Coastal
20-Liberty
21-Arkansas
22-Memphis
23-Louisiana
24-IowaSt
25-Boise— Brett McMurphy (@Brett_McMurphy) October 25, 2020
The Alabama Crimson Tide retained the top spot, while the Clemson Tigers clung to No. 2 and the Buckeyes slipped in at third; the Notre Dame Fighting Irish dropped a notch to No. 4 and the Georgia Bulldogs fell to fifth, rounding out the top 5.
Here are McMurphy’s full rankings.
- Alabama
- Clemson
- Ohio State
- Notre Dame
- Georgia
- Oklahoma State
- Cincinnati
- Texas A&M
- Wisconsin
- Indiana
- Florida
- Kansas State
- Michigan
- BYU
- Marshall
- North Carolina
- Miami (FL)
- Tulsa
- Coastal Carolina
- Liberty
- Arkansas
- Memphis
- Louisiana
- Iowa State
- Boise State
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