Swampcast talks Florida football schedule difficulty in Jon Sumrall's first season

In this week's Swampcast, the Sun's Kevin Brockway, Andrew Abadie and Noah Ram discuss Florida football's 2026 schedule, Florida baseball's recent surge and Florida softball's postseason hopes.

Brockway said the average win total of teams facing Florida Gators football in 2026 is 7.3, down just slightly from the average win total of 7.5 in 2025. He views UF's Week 3 matchup at Auburn as pivotal in setting a tone for the rest of the season under first-year coach Jon Sumrall.

"Alex Golesh versus Jon Sumrall, two first-year coaches, obviously the storyline being in part Auburn was targeting Sumrall before they hired Golesh," Brockway said. "Obviously some crossover with Eric Singleton Jr., a former Auburn guy, he comes to Florida but also Alex Golesh bringing (quarterback) Byrum Brown and (receiver) Keshaun Singleton two guys that played really key roles in USF's upset over Florida at The Swamp last year."

Later in the podcast, Abadie touched on how Florida baseball's late-season surge has helped the Gators lock up hosting a regional and puts them in position to host a Super Regional as well as a top eight national seed.

"Truly, I think the eighth spot is going to come down to Southern Miss and Florida at this point and I think it's going to come down to how each of them do in this final stretch," Abadie said.

Ram said Florida softball could face some challenges advancing as the No. 6 national seed. Florida will host Georgia Tech, Texas State and Florida A&M in the Gainesville Regional before a potential Super Regional matchup at home against 11th-seed Texas Tech and star pitcher NiJaree Canady.