The Gators competed in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), and the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC).

[2] The Gators became bowl eligible after a win over Eastern Kentucky and dropped Muschamp's last game to Florida State.

The result was a 23–23 tie, with the Orange team coming back to score a game-tying touchdown and extra point as time expired.

Both teams have met annually since 1990 and the Volunteers trail the Gators in the all-time series 19–24 (.442), and have lost 9 straight to Florida.

Both the Gators and Tigers each won two national championships during that time period and boasted impressive home records against other opponents.

In 2013, LSU beat Florida 17–6 in a defensive struggle at Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge, the first of seven consecutive Gator losses on the year.

2012 saw Florida squeak by Missouri and earn a share of the SEC East title with a 14–7 win in Gainesville[28] en route to an 11–2 final record.

2013 saw Missouri embarrass Florida (holding them scoreless in the fourth quarter) 36–17 in Columbia en route to an SEC Eastern Division crown and a Cotton Bowl win.

Georgia holds the overall series lead 49–40–2, and currently is riding a 3-game winning streak heading into this year's matchup.

Due to much fan criticism and pressure, Coach Muschamp decided that Treon Harris, the much anticipated freshman, would replace Junior quarterback Jeff Driskel for his first start as a Gator vs the Bulldogs.

Florida and South Carolina have been divisional rivals since 1992, and the Gators holds a dominating 24–7–3 series lead against the Gamecocks.

2013 found Florida narrowly lose 14–19[34] to South Carolina late in the 4th quarter in a night time match-up at Williams–Brice Stadium in Columbia.

Florida closes out the 2014 home season and celebrates Senior Day against FCS opponent Eastern Kentucky.

Muschamp replaced Pease with Kurt Roper, who led the Duke Blue Devils to their 1st 10-win season, the ACC title game, and the Chick-fil-A Bowl in 2013.

Muschamp also replaced Davis with Mike Summers, and hired Coleman Hutzler as the new special teams coach.