Florida football looks to bounce back from a brutal loss on the road at Missouri last weekend against South Carolina in its homecoming game. After an exciting four-win start to the Jon Sumrall era, the defeat brought the Gators back down to earth, but they have a chance to redeem themselves in front of a raucous home crowd on Saturday.
Ahead of Week 6's gridiron action, USA TODAY Sports' panel of seven writers submitted their picks for every game played among those ranked in the US LBM Coaches Poll top 25, including this weekend's showdown inside Ben Hill Griffin Stadium. All seven respondents — John Brice (77-12), Matt Hayes (77-12), Jordan Mendoza (80-9), Paul Myerberg (75-14), Erick Smith (73-16), Eddie Timanus (78-11) and Blake Toppmeyer
(75-14) — chose the Orange and Blue to prevail.
Their respective records for picks this season are shown in parentheses.
Florida leads the all-time series against South Carolina with a 31-10-3 record dating back to 1911, including wins in the last two meetings and five of the last six. The Gators last faced the Gamecocks on homecoming back in 2020, defeating the visitors, 38-24.
UF holds a 74-26-2 record in homecoming games dating back to 1916, including a 32-5 mark since 1989.
Florida enters the game ranked 15th in the Coaches Poll and 16th in the AP Top 25, while South Carolina is unranked in both major polls. The early afternoon matchup in the Swamp kicks off at 12:45 p.m. ET and will be broadcast on the SEC Network.
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