Which AP voters ranked UF the highest and which ones didn't rank the Gators at all
The Florida Gators earlier this week came in at No. 15 in the preseason Associated Press Top 25, a poll of select college football journalists. Some of them ranked Billy Napier’s team in the top 10, some toward the back end of the Top 25 and some not at all. Here’s a closer look inside the rankings.
The voters ranked the Florida Gators highest
No. 6: Jon Wilner, San Jose (Calif.) Mercury News
No. 9: Bob Ballou, CBS Austin
No. 9: Eric Hansen, South Bend (Ind.) Tribune
No. 10: Ian Kress, WLNS-TV Lansing (Mich.)
No. 10: Kirk Bohls, Houston (Texas) Chronicle
No. 10: Nicole Auerbach, NBC
No. 11: Aaron McMann, MLive (Mich.)
No. 11: Joe Arruda, The Harfor (Ct.) Courant
No. 11: Jordan McPherson, Miami (Fla.) Herald
No. 11: Julian Mininsohn, WKRN-TV Nashville (Tn.)
No. 11: Louie Vaccher, WildcatReport.com
Top 10
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- 2
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- 3Hot
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- 4Trending
CFP Top 25
Predicting Top 25 after Week 2
- 5
National Title odds
Numbers shift after Week 2
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Other notable rankings
No. 14: Ralph Russo, The Athletic
No. 15: Brett McMurphy, On3
No. 15: Rece Davis, ESPN
No. 17: Kevin Carter, CBS Sports [Note: Carter is a former Gators All-American defensive end]
No. 23: Jamal St. Cyr, WJXT-TV Jacksonville (Fla.)
These voters didn’t rank the Florida Gators
NR: Robert Cessna, Bryan College Station (Texas) Eagle: Had three ranked teams not on ballot, including UF.
NR: Tom Murphy, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: Has unranked BYU at No. 9.
NR: Sam McKewon, Omaha (Neb.) World Herald: One of only seven voters to rank Nebraska.
NR: Trevor Hass, Boston.Com: Gave unranked Utah its highest vote (No. 10).
NR: Randy Johnson, Minnesota Star Tribune: UF was the only ranked team not on ballot. Replaced by Iowa.
NR: Sean Reider, Albuquerque (N.M.) Journal: Has six Florida opponents in his top 15.
NR: Koki Riley, Baton Rouge (La.) Advocate: One of six to put LSU in the top four.
NR: Pete Yanity, WSPA Spartanburg (S.C.): Has Toledo, James Madison, Liberty and Navy in the top 25.
NR: Haley Sawyer, Southern California News Group: UF was one of three ranked team not on ballot.
Complete AP Preseason Top 25
- Texas
- Penn State
- Ohio State
- Clemson
- Georgia
- Notre Dame
- Oregon
- Alabama
- LSU
- Miami (FL)
- Arizona State
- Illinois
- South Carolina
- Michigan
- Florida
- SMU
- Kansas State
- Oklahoma
- Texas A&M
- Indiana
- Ole Miss
- Iowa State
- Texas Tech
- Tennessee
- Boise State
