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Florida's complete 2025 football schedule unveiled

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Billy Napier and the Florida Gators. (Doug Engle/Gainesville Sun / USA TODAY NETWORK)

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The 2025 football schedule for the Florida Gators has been set. Next year’s slate was unveiled Wednesday night on SEC Network.

The most notable dates are Florida’s first road game on Sept. 13 — a Week 3 trip to LSU, which is typically in October or November — along with back-to-back games against Texas and Texas A&M in October and the final SEC contest against Tennessee on Nov. 22.

The Gators open the season in The Swamp on Aug. 30 against Long Island University, a member of the Northeast Conference (NEC). UF’s other non-conference opponents will be South Florida (Sept. 6), Miami (Sept. 20) and FSU (Nov. 29).

Florida is hosting Mississippi State, Tennessee and Texas next year for its three SEC home games. The Gators also will be the home team against Georgia in Jacksonville. 

UF has consecutive games against the Longhorns after not playing them since 1940, which is the first and only time they came to The Swamp.

Mississippi State returns to Gainesville for the first time in 15 years. First-year MSU coach Dan Mullen upset his future team and his former boss, Urban Meyer, with a 10-7 win over the Gators in 2010. 

Florida’s road games for the 2025 SEC schedule will be trips to Kentucky, LSU, Ole Miss and Texas A&M. The matchup in Oxford on Nov. 15 is UF’s first time back since a 51-35 victory in the 2020 opener.

The Gators will have open dates on Sept. 27 before Texas and Oct. 25 before Georgia. Here’s a look at their full schedule for next season.

Florida Gators 2025 football schedule

DateOpponentLocation
Aug. 31Long Island UniversityGainesville, Florida
Sept. 6USFGainesville, Florida
Sept. 13LSUBaton Rouge, Louisiana
Sept. 20MiamiMiami, Florida
Sept. 27Bye
Oct. 4TexasGainesville, Florida
Oct. 11at Texas A&MCollege Station, Texas
Oct. 18Mississippi StateGainesville, Florida
Oct. 25Bye
Nov. 1GeorgiaJacksonville, Florida
Nov. 8at KentuckyLexington, Kentucky
Nov. 15at Ole MissOxford, Mississippi
Nov. 22TennesseeGainesville, Florida
Nov. 29Florida StateGainesville, Florida

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