Florida football: The polls have it right. Gators ahead of Georgia

You know, as Florida football fans, we all pay attention to the polls. Whether we want to or not, we do.

Get ready, Florida football fans. We can plan on a week’s worth of blathering from Georgia Bulldog fans over the recent AP Top 25 college football poll.

This week, following Florida’s loss at LSU and Georgia’s loss against South Carolina between the hedges, pollsters went to work Sunday and Bulldog fans aren’t happy.

Florida football is still in the top 10, ranked No. 9, while Georgia is ranked No. 10.

It’s a pretty solid fall from grace for the Bulldogs, who have been ranked in the top three all season long.

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For the Gators, it’s the belief that maybe pollsters actually have a little faith in the Gators.

They went on the road and hung with the highest-rated offense in the Southeastern Conference for three-and-a-half quarters.

So, really, being a No. 9 is maybe a bit of a surprise for Florida football fans, but certainly a welcome one.

Georgia, on the other hand, had South Carolina at home — a place the Gamecocks have never really done well at — and were stymied by South Carolina’s defense into a double-overtime loss.

So, the complaint is that Georgia should still be ranked ahead of Florida, simply because both teams lost.

The problem here is you have to take into account who they lost too.

Florida lost to a team actually ranked higher than them in the polls, while Georgia dropped a game to a team with a losing record … at home, no less.

To me, I think Georgia fans should be grateful they weren’t knocked down a peg or two more, but a seven-spot drop is about as much as AP voters really relegate anyone, regardless of who they lose to and where.

One reason why voters may be reluctant to drop either Florida football or Georgia out of the top 10 is because of what’s coming up in three weeks.

The World’s Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party in Jacksonville — for the time being — will pit two top-10 teams in the SEC, which always draws great ratings.

Not that voters really pay attention to that, but something to consider.

Regardless, Florida football fans should be thankful the voters kept them in the top 10, and Georgia fans should too.