Florida has fired head football coach Billy Napier during his fourth season at the helm of the Gators football program. Here is a look at the Florida Gator football program since 2008 (the first year that in which I have data for the model) and partially covers Urban Meyer (2008-2010), Wil Muschamp (2011-2014), Jim McElwain (2015-2017), Dan Mullen (2018-2021) and Billy Napier (2022-2025*). After the figure below is a more detailed look at the Florida Gators football program during head coach Napier's tenure based on the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model using data provided by www.cfbstats.com. (The vertical school color bars represent seasons where head coaches changed).
Billy Napier [2022-2025*]
2022
The Gators were 6-6 at the end of the regular season and bowl eligible, where they were defeated by #21 ranked Oregon State by a score of (3-30) to finish at 6-7 overall. The Gators played
against a “tougher” strength
of schedule (SOS), meaning that their SOS was between one and two standard deviations lower than the "leagues" average SOS for that season. Florida's
best regular season win was against #10 ranked Utah by a score of
(29-26) and their worst regular
season loss was to #127 ranked Vanderbilt by a
score of (24-31). Florida was the #59 ranked team overall, with the #39 ranked
offense and the #91 ranked defense using the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model from the data provided from www.cfbstats.com.
2023
The Gators finished
the regular season at 5-7 making them bowl ineligible. The Gators played
against an “tougher” strength
of schedule (SOS). Florida's
best regular season win
was against #15 ranked Tennessee by a
score of (29-16) and their worst regular season loss was to #92 ranked Arkansas by a
score of (36-39). Florida was the #78 ranked team overall, with the #79 ranked
offense and the #73 ranked defense using the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model from the data provided from www.cfbstats.com.
2024
The Gators finished
the regular season at 7-5 making them bowl eligible, but were defeated #22 ranked Tulane by a score of (33-8) to finish the season
overall at 8-5. The Gators played
against a “tougher” strength
of schedule (SOS). Florida's
best regular season win
was against #4 ranked Mississippi by a
score of (24-17) and their worst regular season loss was to #34 ranked Texas A&M by a
score of (20-33). Florida was the #44 ranked team overall, with the #44 ranked
offense and the #62 ranked defense using the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model from the data provided from www.cfbstats.com.
2025*
The Gators were 3-4 at the time of Napier's firing. The Gators played
against a “tougher” strength
of schedule (SOS) to this point in the season. At the time, Florida's
best win was against currently ranked #24 Texas and their worst regular
season loss was to currently ranked #41 LSU by a
score of (10-20). At the time of Napier's firing, Florida was the #78 ranked team overall, with the #91 ranked
offense and the #56 ranked defense using the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model from the data provided from www.cfbstats.com.