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Florida<\/a> entered Week 5 riding high. It was at No. 8 in the Coaches Poll, and there was hope of a College Football<\/a> Playoff run.<\/p>\n Then the Gators went into Columbia<\/a> and got a serious reality check from Missouri<\/a> in the form of a 45-17 loss. Jadan Baugh<\/a>, a Heisman Trophy contender just days ago, rushed for 13 yards on 12 carries. Tigers quarterback Austin Simmons<\/a> dismantled the Florida secondary for 340 yards and a pair of touchdowns.<\/p>\n As a result of that lopsided loss, the Gators tumbled down to No. 15 in the Coaches Poll. The Tigers, meanwhile, flew up to No. 16, where they inexplicably remain behind Florida.<\/p>\n Another team that came back to Earth a bit was Mississippi State<\/a>, which got a taste of the SEC’s elite tier in a 56-23 loss to Alabama<\/a>. Kamario Taylor<\/a> and the Bulldogs are still ranked at No. 20, but some of the shine has worn off after that disappointing showing at home.<\/p>\n Elsewhere, Iowa<\/a> slipped to No. 18 with its loss to Ohio State<\/a>, and Kentucky<\/a> joined the party after surviving an overtime thriller against South Carolina<\/a>.<\/p>\n Week 5 Coaches Poll<\/p>\n 1<\/p>\n Texas<\/p>\n 4-0<\/p>\n 1,806<\/p>\n 45<\/p>\n 1<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n 1\/4<\/p>\n 2<\/p>\n Georgia<\/p>\n 5-0<\/p>\n 1,760<\/p>\n 20<\/p>\n 2<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n 2\/3<\/p>\n 3<\/p>\n Notre Dame<\/p>\n 5-0<\/p>\n 1,630<\/p>\n 1<\/p>\n 3<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n 3\/5<\/p>\n 4<\/p>\n Miami<\/p>\n 5-0<\/p>\n 1,622<\/p>\n 0<\/p>\n 4<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n 4\/7<\/p>\n 5<\/p>\n Indiana<\/p>\n 5-0<\/p>\n 1,556<\/p>\n 8<\/p>\n 5<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n 4\/6<\/p>\n 6<\/p>\n Ohio State<\/p>\n 4-1<\/p>\n 1,514<\/p>\n 0<\/p>\n 6<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n 1\/7<\/p>\n 7<\/p>\n Alabama<\/p>\n 5-0<\/p>\n 1,483<\/p>\n 0<\/p>\n 7<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n 7\/12<\/p>\n 8<\/p>\n BYU<\/p>\n 4-0<\/p>\n 1,214<\/p>\n 0<\/p>\n 9<\/p>\n +1<\/p>\n 8\/15<\/p>\n 9<\/p>\n Texas Tech<\/p>\n 5-0<\/p>\n 1,169<\/p>\n 0<\/p>\n 10<\/p>\n +1<\/p>\n 9\/13<\/p>\n 10<\/p>\n LSU<\/p>\n 4-1<\/p>\n 1,136<\/p>\n 0<\/p>\n 11<\/p>\n +1<\/p>\n 7\/13<\/p>\n 11<\/p>\n Ole Miss<\/p>\n 3-1<\/p>\n 1,059<\/p>\n 0<\/p>\n 12<\/p>\n +1<\/p>\n 6\/12<\/p>\n 12<\/p>\n Utah<\/p>\n 4-0<\/p>\n 1,015<\/p>\n 0<\/p>\n 13<\/p>\n +1<\/p>\n 12\/21<\/p>\n 13<\/p>\n Oregon<\/p>\n 3-1<\/p>\n 948<\/p>\n 0<\/p>\n 15<\/p>\n +2<\/p>\n 2\/18<\/p>\n 14<\/p>\n Tennessee<\/p>\n 4-1<\/p>\n 768<\/p>\n 0<\/p>\n 17<\/p>\n +3<\/p>\n 13\/18<\/p>\n 15<\/p>\n Florida<\/p>\n 4-1<\/p>\n 672<\/p>\n 0<\/p>\n 8<\/p>\n -7<\/p>\n 8\/NR<\/p>\n 16<\/p>\n Missouri<\/p>\n 4-1<\/p>\n 646<\/p>\n 0<\/p>\n 25<\/p>\n +9<\/p>\n 16\/25<\/p>\n 17<\/p>\n USC<\/p>\n 5-1<\/p>\n 643<\/p>\n 0<\/p>\n 18<\/p>\n +1<\/p>\n 11\/18<\/p>\n 18<\/p>\n Iowa<\/p>\n 4-1<\/p>\n 457<\/p>\n 0<\/p>\n 14<\/p>\n -4<\/p>\n 14\/22<\/p>\n 19<\/p>\n Houston<\/p>\n 4-1<\/p>\n 391<\/p>\n 0<\/p>\n 20<\/p>\n +1<\/p>\n 19\/NR<\/p>\n 20<\/p>\n Mississippi State<\/p>\n 4-1<\/p>\n 355<\/p>\n 0<\/p>\n 16<\/p>\n -4<\/p>\n 16\/NR<\/p>\n 21<\/p>\n SMU<\/p>\n 4-1<\/p>\n 354<\/p>\n 0<\/p>\n 19<\/p>\n -2<\/p>\n 16\/25<\/p>\n 22<\/p>\n UCLA<\/p>\n 4-0<\/p>\n 318<\/p>\n 0<\/p>\n 23<\/p>\n +1<\/p>\n 22\/NR<\/p>\n 23<\/p>\n Duke<\/p>\n 4-0<\/p>\n 274<\/p>\n 0<\/p>\n 21<\/p>\n -2<\/p>\n 21\/NR<\/p>\n 24<\/p>\n Pittsburgh<\/p>\n 5-0<\/p>\n 242<\/p>\n 0<\/p>\n NR<\/p>\n +5<\/p>\n 24\/NR<\/p>\n 25<\/p>\n Kentucky<\/p>\n 4-1<\/p>\n 210<\/p>\n 0<\/p>\n NR<\/p>\n +2<\/p>\n 25\/NR<\/p>\n Schools Dropping Out<\/p>\n No. 22 Penn State; No. 24 Michigan<\/p>\n Others Receiving Votes<\/p>\n Oklahoma State<\/a> 187; Boise State<\/a> 161; Nebraska<\/a> 117; Wake Forest<\/a> 87; Northwestern<\/a> 70; Wisconsin<\/a> 47; James Madison<\/a> 42; Minnesota<\/a> 40; North Dakota State<\/a> 29; Arizona<\/a> 15; New Mexico<\/a> 7; Baylor<\/a> 3; Virginia Tech<\/a> 1; Texas A&M<\/a> 1; Kansas State<\/a> 1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Gators came down to Earth in a major way against the Tigers Oct 4, 2026 at 1:27…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":418686,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[2531,2527,53897,6791,10533,2536,143,165552,2516,28,2530,30,29,4669,2514,6795,6796,9625,4690,163384,6793,2529,4657,4641,2520,4647,6086,10480,4646,35240,37605,4695,4699,4684,6760,10481,6762,4678,6761,4700,6759,2533,10253,6792,2526,2528,4671,10531,6755,6788,2521],"class_list":["post-418685","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-alabama-crimson-tide","tag-arizona-wildcats","tag-austin-simmons","tag-baylor-bears","tag-boise-state-broncos","tag-byu-cougars","tag-college-football","tag-columbia-lions","tag-duke-blue-devils","tag-florida","tag-florida-gators","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news","tag-georgia-bulldogs","tag-houston-cougars","tag-indiana-hoosiers","tag-iowa-hawkeyes","tag-jadan-baugh","tag-james-madison-dukes","tag-kamario-taylor","tag-kansas-state-wildcats","tag-kentucky-wildcats","tag-lsu-tigers","tag-miami-fla-hurricanes","tag-michigan-wolverines","tag-minnesota-golden-gophers","tag-mississippi-state-bulldogs","tag-missouri-tigers","tag-nebraska-cornhuskers","tag-new-mexico-lobos","tag-north-dakota-state-bison","tag-northwestern-wildcats","tag-notre-dame-fighting-irish","tag-ohio-state-buckeyes","tag-oklahoma-state-cowboys","tag-ole-miss-rebels","tag-oregon-ducks","tag-penn-state-nittany-lions","tag-pittsburgh-panthers","tag-smu-mustangs","tag-south-carolina-gamecocks","tag-tennessee-volunteers","tag-texas-am-aggies","tag-texas-longhorns","tag-texas-tech-red-raiders","tag-ucla-bruins","tag-usc-trojans","tag-utah-utes","tag-virginia-tech-hokies","tag-wake-forest-demon-deacons","tag-wisconsin-badgers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418685","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=418685"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418685\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/418686"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=418685"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=418685"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=418685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}