Florida Gators Worthy Of First Place Votes

Defending National Champion Florida Gators received 58 of 60 first place votes in Saturday's Associated Press Preseason Rankings, the highest total of first place votes in the poll's 59-year history. The two remaining first place votes went to the Texas Longhorns. But do the Gators deserve to be ranked so much higher than everyone else? The answer is yes, for many reasons. The Gators have one of the best coaches in college football in Urban Meyer. Meyer is an impressive 44-9 with two national championships in his 5 years at Florida, and previously went 22-2, including an undefeated season with a BCS bowl win, at Utah. He's also produced a top recruiting class since his arrival in the Swamp. Not only are the Gators in great shape with Meyer running the show, but they also have the golden boy—and arguably greatest college football player ever—in Tim Tebow. Tebow is the first sophomore to ever win the Heisman and only player to rush for 20 TDs while throwing for...