Florida (The State of) Football

UCF KNIGHTS 2024 Record: 4-8 2025 FPI Projection: 7-5 2025 Over/Under: 5.5 Aug. 28 Jacksonville State (W) Sep. 6.  North Carolina A&T (W) Sep. 20 North Carolina (L) Sep. 27 at Kansas State (L) Oct. 4    Kansas (L) Oct. 11  at Cincinnati (L) Oct. 18 West Virginia (W) Nov. 1   at Baylor (L) Nov. 7   Houston (W) Nov 15  at Texas Tech (L) Nov. 22 Oklahoma State (W) Nov. 29 at BYU (L) Biggest Game -- at Cincinnati: I have this game as the difference between the Knights making a bowl in year one of Scott Frost 2.0 or missing out on the postseason.There are a few potential toss ups in here, but the home game against Kansas comes at a time when I have projected them to lose two straight. A win here stops the bleeding. Trap Game -- Jacksonville State: There's a new coach (Charles Kelly), but I don't expect the Gamecocks to be an easy out. It's a programs that won 9 or more games in 10 of the past 12 seasons (FCS and FBS). This is a very tough o...

MIAMI HURRICANES 2024 Record: 10-3 2024 Postseason: L 42-41 to Iowa State in Pop Tarts Bowl 2025 FPI Projection: 10-3 2025 Over/Under: 9.5 Aug. 31. Notre Dame (W) Sep. 6.   BC-U  (W) Sep. 13. South Florida (W) Sep. 20  Florida (W) Oct. 4.    at FSU (W) Oct. 17.  Louisville (L) Oct. 25   Stanford (W) Nov. 1.   at SMU (L) Nov. 8.   Syracuse (W) Nov 15.  N.C. State (W) Nov. 22. at Virginia Tech  (W) Nov. 29. at Pittsburgh (W) Biggest Game -- Florida: This is a tough one, but the Gators would be massive if the Hurricanes lost their opening to Notre Dame and just as a big if they win the opening because it would complete a 4-0 non-conference that featured two P4 (ranked?) opponents. Trap Game -- at FSU: I think the Hurricanes are going to be at least six-point favorites, and maybe high as 10. But it's the first road game of the season...first conference game...against a bitter rival that might be a wounded dog. M...

FLORIDA GATORS 2023 Record: 5-7 2024 FPI Projection: 6-6 2024 Over/Under Total: 4.5 ( Eds Note: Win total is 4.5?!?! Yikes ) BIGGEST GAME: Miami (August 31) In a season where the Gators have next to no margin of error, they have to come out of the gate ready to play against a team with a lot of experience and size and expectations. The good news is the game is at home, it's going to be a hot, steamy mid-afternoon game with a crowd that will be rabid and fighting heat exhaustion all at once. Miami provides a heck of a challenge for a team that honestly could've used a much easier opening week to make sure the new parts all work together. There's a lot to unpack with this game. Are the Hurricanes as good as we think they are? Can D.J. Lagway give the Gators some real hope in his first game? Does the losing coach of this game survive the season? Like I said there's a lot to unpack.  TRAP GAME: at Mississippi State (September 21) If Florida is going to get to a bowl ga...