Georgia beats Florida 42-20 at TIAA Bank Field in Jacksonville 🏈
Georgia is entering the toughest part of its schedule, a four-game stretch that begins against the Gators and includes No. 3 Tennessee at home and then Mississippi State and 19th-ranked Kentucky on the road. If the Bulldogs win them all, they would be a virtual lock to return to the College Football Playoff. Florida, meanwhile, has lost 11 of its last 14 conference games.KEY MATCHUP
Florida’s third-down defense has been dreadful all season. The Gators rank 130th out of 131 Football Bowl Subdivision teams on the so-called “money down” and now face Georgia, which leads the SEC and ranks ninth nationally in third-down conversions. Florida has allowed a 52.6% conversion rate; Georgia has converted 52.4% of the time.Florida: QB Anthony Richardson could be a difference-maker in a game that, on paper, looks like a mismatch.
Georgia: TE Brock Bowers has 26 receptions for a team-leading 393 yards and two touchdowns. He also has three rushing TDs on as many carries. The sophomore from California has been a matchup nightmare for just about every team he’s faced and could be a handful for the Gators, whose linebackers have struggled in coverage.Florida is a 20-plus-point underdog for just the third time in at least the last three decades, maybe longer.