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College Football Prediction:
(9) South Carolina Gamecocks (6-1) at (3) Florida Gators (6-0)

Saturday, October 20th,    3:30 p.m. (et)
(9) South Carolina Gamecocks (6-1) at (3) Florida Gators (6-0)
Ben Hill Griffin Stadium - Gainesville, Florida

Home Record: South Carolina 4-0; Florida 3-0
Away Record:  South Carolina 2-1; Florida 3-0




The South Carolina Gamecocks and the Florida Gators on Saturday will battle in Gainesville at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium. Florida leads the all-time series with South Carolina, 23-6-3, and has won 12 of the previous 13 meetings in Gainesville.

Team records:
South Carolina: 6-1 SU, 6-1 ATS
Florida: 6-0 SU, 5-1 ATS

Trends:
South Carolina is 6-0 ATS in its last 6 games
South Carolina is 4-3 ATS in its last 7 road games
South Carolina is 3-0 ATS in the last 3 meetings
South Carolina is 2-4 ATS in the last 6 meetings against Gators in Gainesville
Florida is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games
Florida is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games at home
Florida is 2-5 ATS in its last 7 games when playing South Carolina
The total has gone 'under' in 4 of the last 6 meetings

The most intriguing aspect of this matchup is that Steve Spurrier is returning to his old stomping ground. His South Carolina team is coming off a close loss to LSU. You might think since Florida beat LSU, that Florida would have the edge over South Carolina, but that’s not how it works. South Carolina played their LSU game on the road; Florida played theirs at home. There’s a major difference. Prior to that Florida/LSU game, Florida had historically done very poorly against ranked opponents at home. It’s not likely they have reversed that trend so fast. It’s also not likely that South Carolina will lose two games in a row. South Carolina has won the last two meetings, but Florida has won seven of its last 8 games  at home against South Carolina.

Oddsmakers currently has Florida as 3½-point favorite, with the total at 41.

Predictiion: South Carolina 38 Florida 20