UF students waited outside for hours, hoping to see the No. 8 Gators battle No. 1 Tennessee. As the game tipped off, many were turned away outside the O'Connell Center.

The SEC is looking like an early-season powerhouse, with six teams in the top 10 of Monday’s AP Top 25 poll. But only one unbeaten remains — top-ranked Tennessee, which ships its 14-0 record down to the swamp against a formidable foe in No. 8 Florida.

When Bruce Pearl was fired at Tennessee in March 2011 and subsequently hit with a three-year show-cause penalty by the NCAA, there was no guarantee he'd ever coach at the high-major level again. I mean,