Making a good team a great team is rarely cut and dry. Florida won 19 games in former coach Jim McElwain’s first two years, but failed to reach the ultimate stage.
However, coach Dan Mullen doesn’t have to look far for a roadmap on how it’s done.
One of Florida’s biggest rivals – Georgia – built off of a solid first year from coach Kirby Smart, improving from an eight-win campaign in 2016 to a College Football Playoff berth in 2017.
It’s a long shot, but Florida will look to do something similar this season. Coming off a 10-win season in coach Dan Mullen’s first year, it already has a head start on where Georgia was two years ago.