After taking the first two games from the Duke Blue Devils over the weekend Florida State (16-7, 6-3) was unable to complete the sweep but the two wins combined with their mid-week stomp of UCF was enough to jump into the top five. Meanwhile Florida (17-7, 3-3) squeaked out a mid-week win against Bethune-Cookman but lost the last two games of their home series against LSU and dropped from eight to 14. This was supposed to be the second meeting between the instate rivals but the game in Gainesville was postponed earlier due to weather.
UF has had a bit of an uneven season thus far.