For the better part of the last four decades, college football in the state of Florida has been ruled by Florida, Florida State and Miami.
The “Big Three” programs have a combined 39 top-5 finishes since 1982. However, in the last decade they have produced mixed results.
Miami hasn’t won a conference title in 15 years. Florida hasn’t won the SEC in 10 years and while Florida State has won a national championship in 2013, they’re in the midst of a major rebuild.
While each program was in the midst of their glory days, Florida’s “smaller” universities started football programs.