Florida soccer’s spring follow season concluded only a week in the past, opening the schedule for a protracted summer time till the Gators’ gridiron gang returns to the Swamp subsequent fall. Regardless of the prolonged layoff, it definitely shouldn’t be too early to begin trying towards the opponents slated for the 2022 marketing campaign, particularly now that many groups’ uncertainties have change into well-known.

Brad Crawford of 247Sports undertook the duty of figuring out the largest lure recreation for each Southeastern Convention faculty this coming season, together with the Florida Gators — which was no straightforward task. Right here is who he thinks the Orange and Blue have to look out for through the fall.

Largest lure recreation: versus South Carolina, Nov. 12

Admittedly, this was the hardest lure recreation to choose in the whole SEC this season given Florida’s well-balanced schedule and the very fact nobody actually is aware of what to anticipate from the Gators throughout Billy Napier’s first marketing campaign outdoors of being a well-coached soccer group. The roster nonetheless has holes that should be addressed — and can be in response to Napier — forward of fall camp within the switch portal and there’s sufficient good groups on the slate that might critically have an effect on the place this group lands. South Carolina has solely gained as soon as in Gainesville because the 2012 season and talent-wise the rosters are comparable. Florida must salvage consecutive losses to Texas A&M and Georgia with a win right here.

He makes a great level about Florida’s strong schedule however maybe undersells how tough the Gators’ path can be, provided that they open the season in opposition to a projected top-10 Utah Utes group, rapidly adopted by a Kentucky squad that might additionally show to be a lure recreation. The “stability” kicks in when UF hosts USF and Japanese Washington within the third and fifth weeks earlier than rolling off a slew of SEC matchups forward of the FSU clincher in late November.

The Gamecocks may have Spencer Rattler on the helm, having come over from Oklahoma by way of the switch portal, and can doubtless be a more durable matchup than the group that steamrolled UF in Columbia final season leading to Todd Grantham and John Hevesey’s dismissal from the teaching employees. The Gators can’t afford to relaxation on any weekend this season, and most significantly, not in opposition to convention opponents at dwelling.

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