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Florida Gators to face Michigan in Citrus Bowl

LOREN ELLIOTT | Times

No. 19 Florida will be staying in the state for its bowl game.

The Gators (10-3) will face Michigan in the Buffalo Wild Wings Citrus Bowl on Jan. 1. The game will have a 1 p.m. kickoff in Orlando.

"We're a program on the rise," Gators coach Jim McElwain said after UF's loss Saturday in the SEC title game. "We're a program on the build."

So, for that matter, is Michigan.

Under first-year coach Jim Harbaugh, the Wolverines have already won nine games for only the second time in the last eight seasons.