Final polls:
2019 (current): UF#7, FSU/Miami UR - No other Florida teams
2018: UF#7, FSU/Miami UR - UCF#11
2017: Miami#13, FSU/UF UR - UCF#6, USF#21
2016: FSU#8, UF#14, Miami #20 - USF#19
2015: FSU#14, UF#25, Miami UR - No other Florida teams
2014: FSU#5, UF/Miami UR - No other Florida teams
2013: FSU#1 (National Champs), UF/Miami UR - UCF#10
2012: UF#9, FSU#10, Miami UR - No other Florida teams
2011: FSU#23, UF/Miami UR - No other Florida teams (yuck)
2010: FSU#17, UF/Miami UR - UCF#21
2009: UF#3, Miami#19, FSU UR - No other Florida teams
2008: UF#1 (National Champs), FSU#21, Miami UR - No other Florida teams
2007: UF#13, FSU/Miami UR - No other Florida teams
2006: UF#1 (National Champs), FSU/Miami UR - No other Florida teams
2005: UF#12, Miami#17, FSU#23 - No other Florida teams
2004: Miami#11, FSU#15, UF UR - No other Florida teams
2003: Miami#5, FSU#11, UF#24 - No other Florida teams
2002: Miami#2, FSU#21, UF UR - No other Florida teams
2001: Miami#1 (National Champs), UF#3, FSU#15 - No other Florida teams
2000: Miami#2, FSU#5, UF#10 - No other Florida teams
1999: FSU#1 (National Champs), UF#12, Miami#15 - No other Florida teams
1998: FSU#3, UF#5, Miami#20 - No other Florida teams
1997: FSU#3, UF#4, Miami UR - No other Florida teams
1996: UF#1 (National Champs), FSU#3, Miami#14 - No other Florida teams
1995: UF#2, FSU#4, Miami#20 - No other Florida teams
1994: FSU#4, Miami#6, UF#7 - No other Florida teams
1993: FSU#1 (National Champs), UF#5, Miami#15 - No other Florida teams
1992: FSU#2, Miami#3, UF#10 - No other Florida teams
1991: Miami#1 (National Champs), FSU#4, UF#7 - No other Florida teams
1990: Miami#3, FSU#4, UF#13 - No other Florida teams
1989: Miami#1 (National Champs), FSU#3, UF UR - No other Florida teams
1988: Miami#2, FSU#3, UF UR - No other Florida teams
1987: Miami#1 (National Champs), FSU#2, UF UR - No other Florida teams
I'll stop there for my sanity.
IMO, what that shows is:
UCF has made strides recently, and it makes sense to think that is negatively impacting UF/FSU/Miami, to a degree
Years when all 3 of UF/FSU/Miami have been ranked: 2016, 2005, 2003, 1998-2001, 1990-1996 - So it has been like 15 years since this was a normal occurrence
The bigger story is that Miami has pretty much sucked since 2005... I don't think that's UCF/USF/etc... That is self-inflicted
UF/FSU don't seem to be impacted by UCF/USF/etc... When they have had struggles it has been due to shitty coaches
Anything else to take from this?
Ph... I think you and I are clouded by how good UF/FSU/Miami were in the 1990s... It is probably our age. As a 41 year old (I think you are a year or two older), I really got into college football around 1990. Turns out that those were the glory days for college football in the state of Florida.