Before any school entered conference play, the highest claim for a Florida college football team was a state title. The first game in the state was between Stetson and the Florida Agricultural College in Jacksonville as part of the State Fair. Stetson won 6–0, after a sure FAC score was obstructed by a tree stump.
In 1911, the Florida Gators beat 4 South Carolina teams and dubbed themselves the "champions of South Carolina". In 1912 they joined the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association.
State champions
Stetson (1901) East Florida Seminary (1902) Stetson/Florida State College (1903) Florida State College (1904) Stetson (1905) Stetson (1906) Stetson/Florida (1907) Rollins (1908) Stetson (1909)
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