I honestly don't know. I think that we were favored in the first five last year but may have been underdogs at Georgia. I think that A and M and Bama were favored, but that is definitely it for the rest of the year. I am pretty sure Georgia was favored up here in 2015 and we were definitely underdogs against USCe when we beat them with Spurrier as coach.
We'll know soon enough if UF's defense has taken a big step back. Their beat writers--at least the ones who've been there for less than 10 years--haven't really seen anything other than top 15 defenses since they've covered the program. Word will probably start trickling out in fall camp if it looks like they're going to take a step back...and I'm pretty confident they will.
Just say thank you and take the easy money. Tennessee drummed Fla last year after spotting them 21. This year, the beating starts much earlier...UT by 14+
At the end of this season, McElwain and Smartt will be the new Jones and Sumlin (hot seat talk).