The Florida Gators have dropped 4 spots in USA TODAY Sports activities’ ultimate re-rank of the 2022 school soccer season. They arrive in at No. 62, 13 spots behind the following closest SEC program, the Arkansas Razorbacks.
The Gators had an up-and-down first half of the season. They got here out of the gate swinging with an upset win over the defending Pac-12 champion Utah Utes in Billy Napier’s first sport as Florida’s head coach. They went from unranked to No. 19 within the USA TODAY Coaches Ballot after the victory.
They then misplaced to Kentucky and barely obtained a win over in-state rival USF, leaving them out of the highest 25 fully. Their shut loss to Tennessee paired with their win over Japanese Washington prompted expectations to stabilize.
Florida appeared to have discovered its kind after an awesome month that noticed the Gators play properly in stretches of their losses to LSU and Georgia, and play very properly in victories over Texas A&M and South Carolina.
They then appeared to break down of their loss in opposition to Vanderbilt. Accidents, penalties, and inconsistencies all performed an element of their 31-24 loss to the Commodores. Whereas a drastically higher staff in 2022 in comparison with years prior, Vanderbilt simply doesn’t have the gamers that Florida does, leaving most followers in shock over the end result.
The Gators adopted up the Vanderbilt loss with an immediate traditional version of the Sunshine State Showdown in opposition to rival Florida State. After taking a 24-21 lead into the half, the Gators allowed Florida State to dominate the sport within the third quarter. A back-and-forth fourth quarter in the end noticed the Seminoles win their first sport within the collection since 2017.
After the common season, the Gators performed within the Las Vegas Bowl in opposition to Oregon State. Sadly for them, over two dozen gamers left this system earlier than the sport through the switch portal or to arrange for the upcoming NFL draft. The three factors scored within the 30-3 loss preserved Gators’ 436-game scoring streak, the longest in NCAA historical past and 56 video games longer than the following closest staff. This system now shifts to the offseason, the place they may reconstruct the roster in Billy Napier’s picture.
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