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Florida Gators

SECGainesville, FLBen Hill Griffin Stadium

2026: 5–⁠2 (3–⁠2 SEC), No. 20 in the AP poll. Last: won at No. 7 Texas 27–⁠24. Next: vs. Georgia, Saturday, Oct 31, 3:30 p.m. ET.

  1. W 66–⁠21Florida Atlantic
  2. W 52–⁠3Campbell
  3. W 44–⁠39at Auburn
  4. W 52–⁠28No. 4 Ole Miss
  5. L 17–⁠45at No. 25 Missouri
  6. L 19–⁠38South Carolina
  7. W 27–⁠24at No. 7 Texas
  8. Oct 31vs. Georgia
  9. Nov 7Oklahoma
  10. Nov 14at Kentucky
  11. Nov 21Vanderbilt
  12. Nov 27at Florida State
  • Hosted College GameDay 12 times
  • Outfitted by Jordan Brand
  • Sudler Trophy, 2013

Florida has played football since at least 1904 and is 751–⁠458–⁠37 in the 1,246 games on record. Florida claims three national championships (1996, 2006, 2008). The Gators have finished No. 1 in the final AP poll three times, most recently in 2008. They have won eight Southeastern Conference titles (the last in 2008), counting shared titles. The Heisman Trophy has been won here three times, most recently by Tim Tebow in 2007. Since 1940, the NFL Draft has taken 282 players from here in its first seven rounds, 59 of them in the first round. The AFL draft also took two players from here. The College Football Hall of Fame holds 10 players and 5 coaches from Florida. Steve Spurrier (1990–⁠2001) won more games here than any other coach: 122. The most-played rival is Georgia: 103 meetings, Georgia leads 57–⁠44–⁠2. This season, under Jon Sumrall, they’re 5–⁠2.

Ben Hill Griffin Stadium in Gainesville
Ben Hill Griffin StadiumPhoto: Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

On this date in 2013No. 22 Florida lost to No. 14 Missouri 36–⁠17 on the road.

Résumé

All-time record
776–⁠460–⁠40 official; 751–⁠458–⁠37 on file; how we count
Postseason
30–⁠26 bowls, title games, playoff
AP No. 1 finishes
3
Weeks at No. 1
37 of 606 ranked
Elo now
1558 51st of 138 FBS
Computer rankings
Massey No. 20 · Composite No. 28 in FBS, Oct 17; up 8 since Oct 11. From Massey Ratings
Best season by Elo
2008 rated 1891
Conference titles
8 last in 2008
Bowl record
25–⁠24 official, bowls only
Seasons
117 since 1904, 1,246 games

Identity

Fight song
The Orange and Blue

2026 season 5–⁠2

RosterFull 2026 season
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 5vsFlorida AtlanticW 66–⁠2170%
Sep 12vsCampbellW 52–⁠386%
Sep 19atAuburnW 44–⁠3942%
Sep 26vs4Ole MissW 52–⁠2836%
Oct 3at25MissouriL 17–⁠4543%
Oct 10vsSouth CarolinaL 19–⁠3868%
Oct 17at7TexasW 27–⁠2421%
Oct 31vsGeorgiaPreview24%
Nov 7vsOklahomaPreview53%
Nov 14atKentuckyPreview36%
Nov 21vsVanderbiltPreview61%
Nov 27atFlorida StatePreview51%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

This season, game by game

Florida’s Elo through 2026: 1510 going into the opener, 1558 after the latest game; AP rank from No. 21 to unranked.150015251550157516001625Elo 1510 going in; beat Florida Atlantic 66–21Elo 1531 going in; beat Campbell 52–3Elo 1541 going in; beat Auburn 44–39Elo 1562 going in; beat Ole Miss 52–28; AP No. 21Elo 1605 going in; lost to Missouri 45–17; AP No. 8Elo 1577 going in; lost to South Carolina 38–19; AP No. 16Elo 1533 going in; beat Texas 27–24Now: Elo 1558 after the latest game1558
···21816··
Florida AtlanticCampbellAuburnOle MissMissouriSouth CarolinaTexasNow
Elo going into each game, then after the latest. Filled dots: wins; open: losses. Dashed line: 1500, an average FBS team. Numbers under the line: the AP rank going into each game, and in the newest poll (a dot: unranked).

Future schedule

2027–⁠33
202711 games: 6 home, 4 away, 1 neutral
202812 games: 6 home, 5 away, 1 neutral
202910 games: 4 home, 5 away, 1 neutral
20301 game: 1 away, non-conference only
20312 games: 1 home, 1 away, non-conference only
20321 game: 1 home, non-conference only
20331 game: 1 home, non-conference only

Florida’s announced games beyond the seasons on our schedule, as its Wikipedia article lists them (announced schedules as of June 2, 2025). Schedules change; a season shows only the games named so far, and many articles list non-conference games only. Future schedules: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

Players

The 2026 rosterRecord bookAll-time letterwinnersThe money

On the 2026 team

Program greats See all

Heisman finalists, College Football Hall of Famers, consensus All-Americans, national award winners and first-round picks, for what they did at Florida.

Photos: Wikimedia Commons, free licenses; credits on each player’s page.

Around the program

Apparel
Jordan Brand · Sources disagree Jordan Brand is Nike’s, so sources naming Nike agree; the more specific brand is shown.
Mascot
Albert and Alberta · Single source
Athletic director
Scott Stricklin · Official source
Offensive coordinator
Buster Faulkner · Official source
Defensive coordinator
Brad White · Official source

Found by several AI researchers searching the web, then kept only where the page loads and says so in words naming the program; every quote is checked again each time the data is rebuilt. Official source: the school’s own page. All of them.

The apparel deal

Nike (Jordan Brand). Football and basketball moved to Jordan Brand in 2018.

  • News4JAX, Jul 18, 2018: Football unveils Jordan Brand uniforms

Apparel deals: Field Drip. Terms as the outlets reported them; checked Oct 3, 2026.

Program strength since 1904

Best seasons ever
Florida end-of-season Elo from 1904 to 2026, best in 2008 at 1891.13001500170019001920194019601980200020202008 peak: Elo 1891
End-of-season Elo. Dashed line: 1500, an average FBS team. Filled dots: finished No. 1 in the AP poll.

On Bluesky

From reporters and writers who cover college football, linked to their posts on Bluesky.

More coverage

Found through the GDELT Project, which indexes news sites worldwide. Each link opens the story on the outlet’s own site; each picture is that outlet’s own preview of its story, shown from its site and credited to it.

Podcasts

Found through Podcast Index, the open podcast directory. Each link opens the episode’s page.

Head coaches

CoachYearsRecord
Jon Sumrall20265–⁠2
Billy Gonzales20251–⁠4
Billy Napier2022–⁠202522–⁠23
Greg Knox20211–⁠1
Dan Mullen2018–⁠202134–⁠15
Randy Shannon20171–⁠3
Jim McElwain2015–⁠201722–⁠12
D.J. Durkin20141–⁠0
Will Muschamp2011–⁠201428–⁠21
Urban Meyer2005–⁠201065–⁠15
Charlie Strong20040–⁠1
Ron Zook2002–⁠200423–⁠14
Steve Spurrier1990–⁠2001122–⁠27–⁠1
Gary Darnell19893–⁠4
Galen Hall1984–⁠198940–⁠18–⁠1
Charley Pell1979–⁠198433–⁠26–⁠3
Doug Dickey1970–⁠197858–⁠43–⁠2
Ray Graves1960–⁠196970–⁠31–⁠4
Bob Woodruff1950–⁠195953–⁠42–⁠6
Raymond Wolf1946–⁠194913–⁠24–⁠2
Tom Lieb1940–⁠194520–⁠26–⁠1
Josh Cody1936–⁠193917–⁠24–⁠2
Dutch Stanley1933–⁠193514–⁠13–⁠2
Charlie Bachman1928–⁠193227–⁠18–⁠3
Tom Sebring1925–⁠192717–⁠11–⁠2
J.A. Van Fleet1923–⁠192412–⁠3–⁠4
William Kline1920–⁠192218–⁠8–⁠2
Al Buser1917–⁠19197–⁠8
C.J. McCoy1914–⁠19169–⁠10
G.E. Pyle1910–⁠191315–⁠6–⁠2

Most-played series

All rivalries
OpponentGamesFLA record
Georgia10344–⁠57–⁠2 ‡
Auburn8640–⁠44–⁠2
Kentucky7654–⁠21 †
LSU7234–⁠32–⁠3 †
Florida State7039–⁠29–⁠2
Miami5827–⁠31
Mississippi State5736–⁠19–⁠2
Vanderbilt5744–⁠11–⁠2

Official records. † Without wins the NCAA vacated. ‡ The rivalry’s own count, where it differs from the games on file. Each series page gives both.

Rivals the program names: Florida State, Georgia, Auburn, Kentucky, LSU, Tennessee, Alabama, Miami.

The trophy it holds: Makala Trophy (Florida State). Who holds each comes from the games on file; the trophies from Wikipedia.

Every opponent (156)

Every program Florida has played, A to Z, with Florida’s record against it. Each links to the series, game by game.

Official records. † Without wins the NCAA vacated, or with forfeits counted. ‡ The rivalry’s own count, where it differs from the games on file.

Conference titles

8, counting shared titles
Southeastern Conference 8
1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2006, 2008
SEC East 15
1992 (tied), 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2003 (tied), 2006, 2008, 2009, 2012 (tied), 2015, 2016, 2020

As the program counts them in its Wikipedia article, shared titles included, and listed under each conference’s current name (a Western Conference title of the 1900s counts as a Big Ten title); season pages use the name the conference had that year. A title the article files under a conference the team wasn’t in that season is listed under the one it was. Division titles include years the team tied for its division.

Conferences

  1. Independent 1906–⁠1911
  2. SIAA 1912–⁠1921
  3. SEC 1933–⁠1942 and since 1944
  • 1932Joined the SEC from the SoCon. Source

Florida’s football conferences by season, from CollegeFootballData.com’s memberships (renamed conferences keep the name of the time). The moves and their announcement dates from Wikipedia’s lists of NCAA Division I conference changes; the year is the first season in the new conference. Conference realignment: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

National award winners

All awards
2020Kyle Pitts TEMackey
2010Chas Henry PRay Guy
2009Aaron Hernandez TEMackey
2009Maurkice Pouncey CRimington
2009Tim Tebow QBCampbell Trophy
2008Tim Tebow QBMaxwell, Manning, Wuerffel
2007Tim Tebow QBHeisman, Maxwell, Davey O’Brien
1996Danny Wuerffel QBHeisman, Maxwell, Walter Camp, Davey O’Brien, Unitas Golden Arm, Campbell Trophy
1996Lawrence Wright FSThorpe
1995Danny Wuerffel QBDavey O’Brien
1993Judd Davis KGroza
1991Brad Culpepper DTCampbell Trophy
1966Steve Spurrier QBHeisman

Consensus All-Americans 34

2022O’Cyrus Torrence OL
2020Kyle Pitts TE
2015Vernon Hargreaves DB
2010Chas Henry P
2009Brandon Spikes LB
2009Joe Haden CB
2009Maurkice Pouncey C
2008Brandon James APB
2008Brandon Spikes LB
2007Tim Tebow QB
2006Reggie Nelson DB
2003Keiwan Ratliff CB
2001Alex Brown DE
2001Jabar Gaffney WR
2001Mike Pearson OT
2001Rex Grossman QB
1997Fred Weary DB
1997Jacquez Green WR
1996Danny Wuerffel QB
1996Ike Hilliard WR
1996Reidel Anthony WR
1995Jason Odom OL
1994Jack Jackson WR
1994Kevin Carter DE
1991Brad Culpepper L
1989Emmitt Smith RB
1988Louis Oliver DB
1984Lomas Brown OT
1983Wilber Marshall LB
1982Wilber Marshall LB
1980David Little LB
1975Sammy Green LB
1969Carlos Alvarez WR
1966Steve Spurrier QB/Head Coach

Led the nation 12

2020Kyle Trask passing touchdowns (43 TD)
2009Tim Tebow passer rating (164.2)
2007Percy Harvin yards per carry (9.2)
2001Rex Grossman passer rating (170.8), total offense per game (354.9)
1996Danny Wuerffel passing touchdowns (39 TD)
1996Reidel Anthony receiving touchdowns (18 TD)
1995Danny Wuerffel passing touchdowns (35 TD), passer rating (178.4)
1995Terry Glenn receiving touchdowns (17 TD)
1994Jack Jackson receiving touchdowns (15 TD)
1984Ricky Nattiel punt return average (15.7)
1946Broughton Williams receiving yards (490 yds), yards per catch (16.9)
1946Harold Griffin punt return average (20.1)

The NCAA’s official national leaders since 1937, from Wikipedia’s yearly leader lists.

Heisman runners-up and finalists

The votes
2020Kyle Trask QB4th
2009Tim Tebow QB5th
2008Tim Tebow QB3rd
2001Rex Grossman QB2nd
1995Danny Wuerffel QB3rd
1991Shane Matthews QB5th

Second to fifth in the vote, from each season’s Wikipedia article.

In the Hall of Fame

Every inductee
Players
10
Coaches
5
2025Urban Meyer coach here, 2005–⁠2010
2023Tim Tebow QB
2020Lomas Brown OT
2017Steve Spurrier coach here, 1990–⁠2001
2015Wes Chandler WR
2013Danny Wuerffel QB
2011Carlos Alvarez WR
2008Wilber Marshall LB
2006Emmitt Smith RB
2003Doug Dickey coach here, 1970–⁠1978
1992Jack Youngblood DE
1990Ray Graves coach here, 1960–⁠1969
1986Steve Spurrier QB
1978Charlie Bachman coach here, 1928–⁠1932
1975Dale Van Sickel E

In the draft

By college
NFL picks, rounds 1–⁠7
282 since 1940
First-round picks
59
AFL picks
2 1961, 1963
2026Caleb Banks DTNo. 18, Minnesota Vikings
2024Ricky Pearsall WRNo. 31, San Francisco 49ers
2023Anthony Richardson QBNo. 4, Indianapolis Colts
2022Kaiir Elam CBNo. 23, Buffalo Bills
2021Kyle Pitts TENo. 4, Atlanta Falcons
2021Kadarius Toney WRNo. 20, New York Giants
2020C.J. Henderson CBNo. 9, Jacksonville Jaguars
2018Taven Bryan DTNo. 29, Jacksonville Jaguars

Who came and went in the 2026 transfer portal, and every portal year.

The school

University of Florida
Enrollment
56,311 36,573 undergraduates, fall 2024
Where
Gainesville, Florida
Public or private
Public Research 1
Founded
1853
Graduates’ median earnings
$71,588 10 years after starting

Enrollment, place and Carnegie research tier from the National Center for Education Statistics (IPEDS, public domain). Earnings from the US Department of Education’s College Scorecard (CC BY 4.0): the median for students who received federal aid and were working, not in school. Founding year from Wikidata. Every school’s in the data.

Official accounts

Football
X @GatorsFBInstagram @GatorsFBFacebook GatorsFB
Athletics department
X @floridagatorsInstagram @floridagators

Official accounts: the schools’ athletics websites: the ones floridagators.com lists for its football program and athletics department, as of Oct 12, 2026.

Voices

play-by-play
  1. 1989–⁠2022Mick Hubert radio

From the announcers’ Wikipedia articles (CC BY-SA), with the years as each article gives them: those in Wikipedia’s Florida football announcers category, and any whose article names them the program’s play-by-play voice. Television network crews and announcers whose articles give no years are left out.

On the newsreel

Universal Newsreel, National Archives (catalog record). Story titles and words as Universal’s release sheet gives them; the films themselves may still be under copyright, so we link to the record rather than show them.

Films and books

On film

In books

And 32 more

Films: Wikidata (CC0) and Wikipedia’s lists and categories (CC BY-SA), about the program, its seasons, games and rivalries. Books: Open Library (CC0), filed under the program’s Library of Congress subject heading; most-reissued first, each linked to its page there.

Season by season

National champions

Shaded: national title seasons, No. 1 in the final AP poll or claimed by Florida (3 claimed).

SeasonRecordConf.AP preAP finalCoachEloSP+
20265–⁠23–⁠2Jon Sumrall155811.0
20254–⁠82–⁠615Billy Napier, Billy Gonzales15153.5
20248–⁠54–⁠4Billy Napier163913.8
20235–⁠73–⁠5Billy Napier15016.8
20226–⁠73–⁠5Billy Napier151610.4
20216–⁠72–⁠613Dan Mullen, Greg Knox154511.0
20208–⁠48–⁠2813Dan Mullen168819.8
201911–⁠26–⁠286Dan Mullen174124.0
201810–⁠35–⁠37Dan Mullen167323.0
20174–⁠73–⁠517Jim McElwain, Randy Shannon152010.1
20169–⁠46–⁠22514Jim McElwain167015.4
201510–⁠47–⁠125Jim McElwain163113.8
20147–⁠54–⁠4Will Muschamp, D.J. Durkin160417.3
20134–⁠83–⁠510Will Muschamp15289.0
201211–⁠27–⁠1239Will Muschamp171228.0
20117–⁠63–⁠522Will Muschamp160314.7
20108–⁠54–⁠44Urban Meyer168814.0
200913–⁠18–⁠013Urban Meyer185432.8
200813–⁠17–⁠151Urban Meyer189134.7
20079–⁠45–⁠3613Urban Meyer172228.8
200613–⁠17–⁠171Urban Meyer179126.5
20059–⁠35–⁠31012Urban Meyer16726.7
20047–⁠54–⁠411Ron Zook, Charlie Strong162417.1
20038–⁠56–⁠224Ron Zook162521.6
20028–⁠56–⁠26Ron Zook165615.9
Every season back to 1904 (92 more)
SeasonRecordConf.AP preAP finalCoachEloSP+
200110–⁠26–⁠213Steve Spurrier179332.3
200010–⁠37–⁠1910Steve Spurrier171728.2
19999–⁠47–⁠1512Steve Spurrier170721.7
199810–⁠27–⁠135Steve Spurrier178924.1
199710–⁠26–⁠224Steve Spurrier180329.1
199612–⁠18–⁠041Steve Spurrier186237.0
199512–⁠18–⁠052Steve Spurrier181030.5
199410–⁠2–⁠17–⁠117Steve Spurrier177529.1
199311–⁠27–⁠195Steve Spurrier176830.0
19929–⁠46–⁠2410Steve Spurrier169014.1
199110–⁠27–⁠057Steve Spurrier175228.8
19909–⁠26–⁠113Steve Spurrier168423.6
19897–⁠54–⁠3Galen Hall, Gary Darnell155512.2
19887–⁠54–⁠3Galen Hall15533.7
19876–⁠63–⁠320Galen Hall160421.8
19866–⁠52–⁠413Galen Hall163718.6
19859–⁠1–⁠15–⁠155Galen Hall177022.7
19849–⁠1–⁠15–⁠0–⁠1173Charley Pell, Galen Hall179326.8
19839–⁠2–⁠14–⁠26Charley Pell173328.0
19828–⁠43–⁠316Charley Pell161517.3
19817–⁠53–⁠317Charley Pell159916.8
19808–⁠44–⁠2Charley Pell155015.9
19790–⁠10–⁠10–⁠6Charley Pell1359-4.5
19784–⁠73–⁠3Doug Dickey152815.7
19776–⁠4–⁠13–⁠317Doug Dickey15544.0
19768–⁠44–⁠218Doug Dickey160214.2
19759–⁠35–⁠115Doug Dickey167320.4
19748–⁠43–⁠315Doug Dickey159722.7
19737–⁠53–⁠415Doug Dickey15539.0
19725–⁠5–⁠13–⁠3–⁠1Doug Dickey157420.7
19714–⁠71–⁠6Doug Dickey15092.1
19707–⁠43–⁠315Doug Dickey15846.2
19699–⁠1–⁠13–⁠1–⁠114Ray Graves1650
19686–⁠3–⁠12–⁠2–⁠17Ray Graves1541
19676–⁠44–⁠2Ray Graves1596
19669–⁠24–⁠1Ray Graves1684
19657–⁠44–⁠2Ray Graves1638
19647–⁠34–⁠2Ray Graves1647
19636–⁠3–⁠13–⁠3–⁠1Ray Graves1611
19627–⁠44–⁠2Ray Graves1619
19614–⁠5–⁠13–⁠3Ray Graves1524
19609–⁠25–⁠118Ray Graves1631
19595–⁠4–⁠12–⁠419Bob Woodruff1562
19586–⁠4–⁠12–⁠3–⁠114Bob Woodruff1597
19576–⁠2–⁠14–⁠2–⁠117Bob Woodruff1633
19566–⁠3–⁠15–⁠2Bob Woodruff1585
19554–⁠63–⁠5Bob Woodruff1488
19545–⁠55–⁠2Bob Woodruff1528
19533–⁠5–⁠21–⁠3–⁠215Bob Woodruff1534
19528–⁠33–⁠315Bob Woodruff1636
19515–⁠52–⁠4Bob Woodruff1530
19505–⁠52–⁠4Bob Woodruff1455
19494–⁠5–⁠11–⁠4–⁠1Raymond Wolf1433
19485–⁠51–⁠5Raymond Wolf1438
19474–⁠5–⁠10–⁠3–⁠1Raymond Wolf1327
19460–⁠90–⁠5Raymond Wolf1260
19454–⁠5–⁠11–⁠3–⁠1Tom Lieb1374
19444–⁠30–⁠3Tom Lieb1414
19423–⁠71–⁠3Tom Lieb1368
19414–⁠61–⁠3Tom Lieb1444
19405–⁠52–⁠3Tom Lieb1457
19395–⁠5–⁠10–⁠3–⁠1Josh Cody1423
19384–⁠6–⁠12–⁠2–⁠1Josh Cody1379
19374–⁠73–⁠4Josh Cody1421
19364–⁠61–⁠5Josh Cody1375
19353–⁠71–⁠6Dutch Stanley1400
19346–⁠3–⁠12–⁠2–⁠1Dutch Stanley1493
19335–⁠3–⁠12–⁠3Dutch Stanley1498
19323–⁠61–⁠6Charlie Bachman1432
19312–⁠6–⁠22–⁠4–⁠2Charlie Bachman1448
19306–⁠3–⁠14–⁠2–⁠1Charlie Bachman1632
19298–⁠26–⁠1Charlie Bachman1656
19288–⁠16–⁠1Charlie Bachman1665
19277–⁠35–⁠2Tom Sebring1550
19262–⁠6–⁠21–⁠4–⁠1Tom Sebring1477
19258–⁠23–⁠2Tom Sebring1616
19246–⁠2–⁠22–⁠0–⁠1J.A. Van Fleet1615
19236–⁠1–⁠21–⁠0–⁠2J.A. Van Fleet1609
19227–⁠22–⁠0William Kline1583
19216–⁠3–⁠23–⁠1William Kline1455
19205–⁠31–⁠2William Kline1411
19195–⁠31–⁠2Al Buser1423
1918record only0–⁠1Al Buser—
19172–⁠40–⁠4Al Buser1343
19160–⁠50–⁠4C.J. McCoy1394
19154–⁠33–⁠2C.J. McCoy1506
19145–⁠23–⁠1C.J. McCoy1490
19134–⁠32–⁠1G.E. Pyle1470
19125–⁠2–⁠10–⁠1–⁠1G.E. Pyle1458
19115–⁠0–⁠1G.E. Pyle1363
1910few games on file1–⁠1G.E. Pyle1165
19040–⁠51116

Officially 776–⁠460–⁠40 since 1906 (per Wikipedia, checked Sep 26, 2026); game by game here, 751–⁠458–⁠37 (−25 wins, −2 losses, −3 ties). Some games are missing from our source.

No season on file for 1905–⁠09, 1943: the program may not have played, or our source may be missing them.

Game by game, 116 of 117 seasons are complete on file. For one season (1918) the record comes from coaching totals and some games are missing, so early totals and streaks count only the games on file.

Records are computed from every game on file at CollegeFootballData.com, whose coverage of the earliest seasons can be incomplete. Elo is this site’s own rating; see how it works on the records page.