Friday, November 13
Starkville, MS
8 PM
Florida Gators
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Mississippi State
Kamryn Chaney tallied 16 kills against Georgia last weekend. // Photo by Hannah White | UAA Communications
Thursday, November 12, 2026 | Volleyball
A win would give the Gators the outright SEC regular season title.
| #4 Florida at Mississippi State | Alabama | |
| Date/Time | Friday, Nov. 13 | 8 p.m. ET // Sunday, Nov. 15 | 3 p.m. ET |
| Location | Starkville, Miss. | Grissom-Newell Building // Tuscaloosa, Ala. | Foster Auditorium |
| Match Notes | Florida Notes | Mississippi State Notes | Alabama Notes |
| Watch | SEC Network+ (11/13) | SEC Network+ (11/15) |
| Live Stats | Mississippi State | Alabama |
STARKVILLE, Miss. – No. 4 Florida volleyball will close out the regular season on the road this weekend, facing Mississippi State on Friday, Nov. 13, before traveling to Alabama on Sunday, Nov. 15.
Friday's match against the Bulldogs (17-7, 7-6 SEC) is slated to begin at 8 p.m. ET and will stream on SEC Network+, with Will Kollmeyer and Layne Rizzo on the call. On Sunday, first serve against Alabama (10-13, 2-12 SEC) is set for 3 p.m. ET, also on SEC Network+, with Gray Robertson and Rizzo handling broadcast duties.
Earlier this week, Logan King earned SEC Player and Defensive Player of the Week honors, her first Player of the Week award and third Defensive Player of the Week award. She led the Gators to wins over South Carolina and Georgia while hitting .387. For the weekend, King averaged 4.14 kills, 1.43 blocks and 5.29 points per set, totaling 29 kills, 10 blocks and 20 digs. Against South Carolina, she recorded 14 kills, eight digs and four blocks, and against Georgia, she added 15 kills, 12 digs, six blocks and two aces.
King's awards give Florida its fourth SEC Defensive Player of the Week honor this season, the most since 2019, and its second SEC Player of the Week honor, following Taylor Parks on Oct. 26.
Series History with Mississippi State
Florida leads, 56-3
3 sets: 50-0 | 4 sets: 5-1 | 5 sets: 1-2
Home: 26-2 | Neutral: 2-0 | Away: 28-1
Last: 2025 - L, 2-3 (25-23, 16-25, 23-25, 25-19, 9-15), Home
Series History with Alabama
Florida leads, 56-0
3 sets: 51-0 | 4 sets: 5-0 | 5 sets: 0-0
Home: 29-0 | Neutral: 4-0 | Away: 23-0
Last: 2025 - W, 3-0 (25-23, 25-6, 25-23), Neutral
Florida Notables
- If the Gators (21-2, 12-1 SEC) defeat either Mississippi State or Alabama, they will claim their first outright SEC title since 2014 and secure the top seed in the conference tournament.
- Florida clinched a share of the 2026 SEC regular season title with its victory over Georgia on Nov. 8. UF owns an SEC-best 26 regular season titles.
- The Orange & Blue finished the regular season with a perfect 12-0 record in Tower Hill Arena, the program's first undefeated home slate since the 2008 squad went 14-0.
- Since 2017, every national champion has averaged a .280 hitting percentage, held opponents to .186 or lower, averaged at least 18.0 points per set and posted a hitting percentage at least .100 higher than its opponents'.
- With a .284 hitting percentage, 18.23 points per set and an opponent hitting percentage of .160, the Gators join Nebraska, Pitt, Louisville and BYU as the top 25 teams that meet this threshold.
- The Gators sit at No. 5 in the Nov. 9 RPI update and hold eight victories over teams in the top 50.
- Florida has established itself as the best defensive team in the SEC, leading the conference in opponent hitting percentage (.160) and blocks per set (2.80).
- Alec Rothe ranks sixth in the NCAA with a .431 hitting percentage, while Taylor Parks has moved up to 22nd nationally with 10.52 assists per set.
- Florida was picked to finish fourth in the SEC Preseason Poll, behind favorite Kentucky, Texas and Texas A&M.
Mississippi State Notables
- The Bulldogs enter Friday's contest with a 17-7 record (7-6 SEC) and are a perfect 7-0 at home.
- Mississippi State is currently tied for seventh in the SEC after being picked 13th in the preseason poll.
- Lindsey Mangelson, a preseason All-SEC honoree, averages 3.51 kills and 2.67 digs per set.
- Defensively, the Bulldogs lead the conference in digs per set (15.33), and McKenna Yates ranks second in the SEC individually with 4.48 digs per set.
- The Crimson Tide own a 10-13 record (2-12 SEC) after defeating Auburn, 3-1, on Wednesday evening.
- Alabama is tied for 14th in the SEC and is led offensively by Laney Hennessee (2.98 kills per set), Kyla Dunaway (2.49) and Kaleigh Palmer (2.42).
- The Tide are a strong serving team, averaging 1.68 aces per set, third in the conference.
- Hannah Parant's 782 assists this season have moved her into the top 10 in Alabama history for career assists.
- Parant is also third in the SEC in aces per set (0.49) and leads the conference with 43 total aces.
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