{"id":110903,"date":"2025-08-01T18:16:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T18:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/110903\/"},"modified":"2025-08-01T18:16:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T18:16:09","slug":"possible-best-qb-in-college-football-could-lead-florida-to-playoffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/110903\/","title":{"rendered":"Possible best QB in college football could lead Florida to playoffs"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Florida Gators have a very talented quarterback in DJ Lagway, who did have an underwhelming year as a true freshman last year. Assuming he does make the expected leap, the Gators could challenge for a playoff spot<\/a>.<\/p>\n

They were 25th on ESPN insider Heather Dinich’s list of 32 possible playoff contenders<\/a>, and the Gators’ chances come down to Lagway, who she said might be better than Arch Manning, Cade Klubkin, and Drew Allar.<\/p>\n

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“Florida might have the best quarterback in the country in DJ Lagway, but it also has the most difficult schedule <\/a>in the FBS. Again,” she said. “The Gators are a long shot to win the SEC, and their chances of earning an at-large bid hinge on their ability to beat a lineup comprised mainly of top-25 teams.”<\/p>\n

Their biggest opportunity to impress the committee and make good on Lagway’s talent en route to the playoff is on September 20 against Miami. If they can get a road rivalry win, that will go a long way, especially with the Hurricanes being ranked.<\/p>\n

“It could increase in value if Miami wins the ACC and clinches a spot in the playoff as one of the committee’s five highest-ranked conference champs,” Hinich noted. “Even if Miami doesn’t win the ACC, the head-to-head tiebreaker could be a factor in the room if both teams are competing for an at-large spot.”<\/p>\n

That could be the most crucial game for a fringe CFP contender that is likely to have a few losses since they play in the vaunted SEC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Florida Gators have a very talented quarterback in DJ Lagway, who did have an underwhelming year as…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":110904,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[23603,26597,70473,1382,1318,70471,1317,1315,1316,70472,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-110903","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ncaa-football","8":"tag-arch-manning","9":"tag-dj-lagway","10":"tag-drew-allar","11":"tag-florida-gators","12":"tag-football","13":"tag-heather-dinich","14":"tag-ncaa","15":"tag-ncaa-football","16":"tag-ncaafootball","17":"tag-playoff-contenders","18":"tag-sports","19":"tag-united-states","20":"tag-unitedstates","21":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114954881359356358","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110903","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=110903"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110903\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/110904"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=110903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=110903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=110903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}