COLUMBUS, Ga. - Georgia and Florida will meet Saturday, Oct. 31, 2026, at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, with kickoff scheduled for 3:30 p.m. Eastern on ABC. The Bulldogs enter the Southeastern Conference matchup with a 6-1 record and five consecutive victories over the Gators. For Columbus-area Georgia fans, the game brings a different location for a familiar matchup, along with a chance to follow the action on local television.

Georgia enters Saturday's game with a 4-1 record in SEC competition, while Florida stands at 5-2 overall and 3-2 in conference games. The contest is designated a neutral-site game, although Georgia is listed as the home team. The teams will play outside Jacksonville this year because renovations at EverBank Stadium have temporarily moved the matchup away from its usual location.

The change begins a three-year stretch involving different host cities for the Georgia-Florida game. Atlanta hosts the 2026 contest, Tampa is scheduled to host in 2027, and the matchup is expected to return to Jacksonville in 2028. That schedule means Saturday's meeting will take place at Mercedes-Benz Stadium rather than the Jacksonville venue that hosted each of the teams' previous six meetings.

By the numbers

Saturday's matchup brings together two SEC teams with winning overall records and a recent series history that favors Georgia. The Bulldogs have won every meeting since Florida's victory in 2020, including a four-point decision last season. CollegeFootballData.com's records also show Georgia holding the advantage in the all-time series.

• Saturday, Oct. 31: Date of the Georgia-Florida game.
• 3:30 p.m. Eastern: Scheduled kickoff on ABC.
• 6-1: Georgia's overall record entering the game.
• 4-1: Georgia's SEC record.
• 5-2: Florida's overall record entering the game.
• 3-2: Florida's SEC record.
• 5: Consecutive Georgia victories over Florida from 2021 through 2025.
• 58-44-2: Georgia's all-time series advantage, by CollegeFootballData.com's count.
• 24-20: Final score of Georgia's victory over Florida in 2025.

Georgia brings five straight wins in the series

Georgia has controlled the recent results in this matchup, winning five consecutive meetings from 2021 through 2025. Florida's most recent victory came in 2020, when the Gators defeated the Bulldogs 44-28 in Jacksonville. Since then, Georgia has won games decided by both comfortable margins and closer final scores.

The Bulldogs began the current five-game winning streak with a 34-7 victory in 2021, followed by a 42-20 win in 2022. Georgia defeated Florida 43-20 in 2023 before earning a 34-20 victory in 2024. Last season produced the closest score of the streak, with Georgia winning 24-20 in Jacksonville.

All six of those games, dating to Florida's 2020 victory, took place at EverBank Stadium. Saturday's game changes that location while keeping the teams' annual meeting on the schedule. Georgia enters the Atlanta contest looking to extend a streak that began five seasons ago, while Florida enters seeking its first victory in the series since 2020.

Georgia-Florida results since 2020

The recent scores show how the series shifted after Florida's 2020 victory. Georgia won the next four meetings by margins ranging from 14 to 27 points before the closer result in 2025. The following table lists each outcome from 2020 through 2025, with every game played in Jacksonville.

Georgia's 2025 victory was the narrowest result during its five-game winning streak, with the Bulldogs finishing four points ahead of Florida. That followed four consecutive Georgia wins by double-digit margins. The 2026 meeting will determine whether the Bulldogs can extend their run to six consecutive victories or whether Florida can end it in Atlanta.

Georgia leads the all-time series

Georgia holds a 58-44-2 advantage in the all-time matchup, by CollegeFootballData.com's count. That record includes 58 Georgia victories, 44 Florida victories and two ties. The count provides a historical comparison alongside the more recent five-game Georgia winning streak.

Historical totals for this matchup can differ because Georgia and Florida have not always counted some early games the same way. For consistency, Columbus Times uses the CollegeFootballData.com figure when presenting the overall series record in this preview. The recent results from 2020 through 2025 provide a separate look at how the teams have performed against each other entering Saturday's game.

The historical record and the current standings offer different perspectives on the contest. Georgia leads the overall series and enters with the stronger conference record, while Florida has five wins through seven games this season. Both teams bring winning records into the neutral-site SEC meeting at Mercedes-Benz Stadium.

Why the game is in Atlanta instead of Jacksonville

The Georgia-Florida matchup normally takes place in Jacksonville, but renovations at EverBank Stadium have changed the location for 2026. Organizers have moved this year's contest to Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, with Georgia designated as the home team. Despite that designation, the matchup remains classified as a neutral-site SEC game.

The relocation will continue beyond this season, with Tampa scheduled to host the 2027 game. Jacksonville is scheduled to regain the matchup in 2028 after the temporary changes. Columbus Times' sister site previously verified the relocation schedule, including the Atlanta and Tampa games and the planned Jacksonville return.

The stadium change is separate from the teams' records and their recent results against one another. Georgia's five-game winning streak came entirely from games played in Jacksonville, including last season's 24-20 decision. This year's Atlanta contest will add a result from a different venue to that recent history.

How to watch Georgia vs. Florida in Columbus

Columbus-area viewers can watch Georgia and Florida on ABC, with kickoff scheduled for 3:30 p.m. Eastern on Saturday, Oct. 31. The local ABC station is WTVM, virtual channel 9, giving viewers in the Columbus area a television option for the game. The broadcast will cover the neutral-site meeting at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta.

Fans following Georgia's season can also find college football scores through the Columbus Times football page at columbustimes.com/football. The page posts weekly scores for Georgia and other area college teams, with a crown displayed next to each winner. It provides a way to follow results alongside the scheduled ABC broadcast.

The game brings together Georgia's 6-1 overall record, Florida's 5-2 mark and a series that Georgia has won five years in a row. Georgia enters with a 4-1 SEC record compared with Florida's 3-2 conference record. Saturday's result will determine the next entry in the teams' series, this time from Atlanta rather than Jacksonville.

How we did this

Columbus Times used CollegeFootballData.com game, television, team record and matchup information retrieved Oct. 27, 2026, for the scheduled kickoff, conference records, series totals and recent results. Information about WTVM's ABC affiliation and virtual channel 9 came from Wikipedia. The temporary relocation to Atlanta in 2026, Tampa in 2027 and scheduled return to Jacksonville in 2028 was previously verified by Columbus Times' sister site, while information about the newspaper's football scoreboard comes from Columbus Times.