On his list, the Orange and Blue’s 1996 squad ranks the lowest of the three, checking in at No. 5. Interestingly, Florida’s most-hated team is the only one that took home the trophy among the three Sunshine State schools mentioned.<\/p>\n
“Before Tim Tebow and Urban Meyer’s hated success at\u00a0Florida, there was Steve Spurrier,” Crawford begins. “The Fun-N-Gun was his specialty, and just about every quarterback in Gainesville he had could throw it around the yard to what seemed like a conveyor belt of high-end wide receivers during his tenure.<\/p>\n
“This 1996 team was different, though. Spurrier’s slick-talking at the microphone was abundant behind the prowess of Heisman-winning quarterback Danny Wuerffel, who guided the Gators to five wins over top-15 teams and a national championship. The Head Ball Coach was due at Florida to get a ring after five previous top-10 finishes without a title, and much to everyone’s chagrin, he came through against Florida State in the Sugar Bowl, 52-20.”<\/p>\n
Need a news break? Check out the all new PLAY hub with puzzles, games and more!<\/a><\/p>\n In the middle is the Garnet and Gold’s 2014 campaign, largely due to the presence of one particularly polarizing player.<\/p>\n “First came the Heisman Trophy and an unbeaten run to a national championship as a redshirt freshman. Then, ‘free’ crab legs from Publix during spring practice the following season. Jameis Winston was strikingly flamboyant as Florida State’s face of the program and was the primary factor in all the hate for the preseason top-ranked Seminoles in 2014,” Crawford offers.<\/p>\n “Those anticipating Florida State to be upset weekly didn’t find pleasure until an unexpected College Football Playoff implosion inside the Rose Bowl against\u00a0Oregon<\/a>\u00a0that snapped the Seminoles’ nation-leading 29-game winning streak. Many of Winston’s most epic career quotes came during his\u00a0NFL\u00a0tenure. However, he offered up soundbite gold after his turnover-filled outing against the Ducks,” he continues.<\/p>\n “‘It hurts badder than whatever you can imagine,’ Winston said after losing for the first time in his career as a starter. ‘But the good thing is we live to fight another day. But it ain’t over yet.’<\/p>\n “It was over, actually. Winston declared for the 2015\u00a0NFL draft\u00a0a few days later and was the eventual No. 1 overall pick.”<\/p>\n Finally, the most-hated team of all time is the 1986 Hurricanes, who played during a time when rules were disproportionately enforced on some teams but not others (c.f., Florida’s stripped SEC title<\/a> in 1984 and subsequent punishment). Miami was the recipient of the laissez-faire end of the stick and deserved every bit of indignation it received.<\/p>\n “The birth of ‘The U’ under Jimmy Johnson is when the Hurricanes truly became college football’s bad boys. On a team loaded with future NFL talent, Johnson essentially didn’t believe in suspensions and handled all disciplinary action ‘in-house’ \u2014 whatever that meant during a time of little to no NCAA regulation. That included several slap-on-the-wrist penalties for alleged shoplifting and fraud infractions involving his top talent,” Crawford notes.<\/p>\n “Miami’s swag wasn’t enough in the national championship game against\u00a0Penn State<\/a>\u00a0after the Hurricanes infamously stepped off the plane in military fatigues. Heisman-winning Miami quarterback Vinny Testaverde threw five interceptions, and the Hurricanes fell, 14-10, for their only loss of the season.<\/p>\n “Over five seasons with the Hurricanes, Johnson went 52-9 with a national title in 1987 and three top-3 finishes, putting together one of the greatest runs of all-time. The 1986 team, though, was the nastiest group,” he concludes.<\/p>\n That UM team was also the oldest on Crawford’s list. Below is a look at the full top 10 rankings.<\/p>\n CBS Sports’ 10 most hated college football teams of all timeMiami Hurricanes (1986)USC Trojans (2005)Florida State Seminoles (2013)Auburn Tigers (2010)Florida Gators<\/a> (1996)Oklahoma Sooners (2017)Texas A&M Aggies (2012)Ohio State Buckeyes (2002)Notre Dame Fighting Irish (1993)Alabama Crimson Tide (2011) Follow us\u00a0@GatorsWire<\/a>\u00a0on X, formerly known as Twitter, as well as Bluesky<\/a>, and like our page on\u00a0Facebook<\/a>\u00a0to follow ongoing coverage of Florida Gators news, notes and opinions.<\/p>\n![\"\"\/](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1774924810_685_86373768007-gators-1.jpg\")