Riding a successful week that saw them pick up wins against Georgia and LSU that has some energy back in the program the Florida Gators (9-7, 2-2 SEC) will be back in Gainesville to take on the Missouri Tigers (13-3, 2-2 SEC). This is year one for the Tigers in the Dennis Gates era who comes to Missouri after a short stint at Cleveland State. Prior to that he was a long-time assistant at Florida State–a team that dominated the Gators during his time there.
According to the most recent AP Poll the Tigers are the 20th ranked team in the country, though they’ll almost certainly drop from that number after getting bullied by Texas A&M on Wednesday by a score of 82-64.