Following a jam-packed Saturday of SEC college football action, the @alligatorSports Florida football beat reporters, @avadicecca24,@CuranAhern, @rileyorovitz and I, are back to make picks for this week’s SEC slate. MORE: alligator.org/article/2026/1…

Panthers injury luck is a joke.

Sounds like good news for Barkov. 6-8 week recovery. Non surgical rehab is the plan.

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For the first time in his Florida tenure, Jon Sumrall's Gators didn’t achieve their goal of going 1-0 on Saturday. Now, Sumrall and his Gators have one thing on their mind: Bouncing back in a big way this Saturday against South Carolina. READ: alligator.org/article/2026/1…

Brendan Bett takes the stand. He says that Saturday's game was a humbling experience. "I'm kind of glad it happened. We got to see where our true weaknesses were and now we can build off of that."

Jon Sumrall says Bryce Thornton doesn't have a substantial injury and that he has a really good chance to play Saturday against South Carolina.

Jon Sumrall on the cornerback room: "How do we get it better during the year? We coach the guys that are here. There's not a waiver wire in college football ... You can't bracket every wide receiver because you don't play with 15, 16 players. You got to play with 11."

Jon Sumrall says Jadan Baugh texted him yesterday apologizing for his performance on Saturday. Sumrall expressed confidence he'll bounce back.

Jon Sumrall: "I hate losing more than I love winning ... Right now, our guys, they're hurt. They're crushed ... I have to help our guys understand how we get on the other side of this."

Jon Sumrall: "We gave up four plays in the game that gained 235 yards ... We can't give those up. We got to make people earn it."

Jon Sumrall: "The way we are built right now, we do not need to be living in a drop-back pass game the entire game. We need to play complimentary football."

Jon Sumrall: "Through five games, there have been some things that we've been good at, and there have been some things where we're not anywhere where we need to be."

I'm live at the Heavener Football Training Center for today's media availability headlined by Florida head coach Jon Sumrall. Follow along at @alligatorSports for updates.

The Jaguars’ front seven showed up in a big way in Cincinnati. They held the Bengals to 16 rushing yards in the first half, and Cincinnati finished with just 23 yards on the ground. Behind a strong run defense and two interceptions, Jacksonville (3-1) bested the Bengals (2-2) 22-17 at Paycor Stadium on Sunday. MORE: alligator.org/article/2026/1…

BREAKING: Florida has dropped from No. 8 to No. 16 in the AP Top 25 Poll.

With expectations continuing to soar after a 4-0 start to the season, Florida faced the harsh reality of football in the SEC: any team can humble anyone on any given Saturday. @CuranAhern and I broke down UF's 45-17 loss to Missouri HERE: alligator.org/article/2026/1…

On Saturday, Florida expected a battle. But when the game began, it seemed only one team was ready to play. Missouri absolutely thrashed the Gators in every aspect of the game en route to a dominant 45-17 victory. HERE are five instant takeaways: alligator.org/article/2026/1…