GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- There's been no shortage of confidence coming out of Gainesville for the past several months when it comes to the Florida-Tennessee rivalry. The Gators have won 11 straight in the series and expect to ring it up to 12 this Saturday with ESPN's College GameDay in town and the eyes of the nation on Knoxville.

That confident attitude was evident once again on Saturday night following Florida's win over North Texas, even with Florida losing starting quarterback Luke Del Rio to a left knee injury.

"Every year everybody says it's a rivalry, but we come out every year and we dominate," safety Marcell Harris said. "We come out with the 'W.' Other than that, we play our game and they play our game, but we come out and dominate."

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With both teams ranked -- Tennessee checked in at No. 14 in the AP Poll this week, while Florida jumped to No. 19 -- it will be the first showdown in the series of Top 20 teams in a decade. The last matchup when both were ranked in the Top 20 came in an intense one-point Florida win back in 2006, when then-freshman quarterback Tim Tebow had several key short-yardage runs in Knoxville.

The Gators don't have anyone with quite the star power of Tebow on this year's roster, though the Volunteers will certainly have their eye on All-American Florida cornerback Jalen Tabor.

Tabor has been quite outspoken about expecting to beat Tennessee again, especially after he was a key influence in a win two years ago there, forcing a strip-sack that eventually led to a Gators win.

The junior didn't sound particularly impressed by what he has seen out of the Volunteers so far this year, but he knows the stakes will be raised on Saturday.

"I feel like they haven’t really played anybody of our caliber yet so they’ve probably just been kind of slacking around most likely," Tabor said. "But they’ve got some pretty good players that could turn up at any time."

Has the junior been chomping at the bit to get to this one? Naturally.

"I’ve been waiting for every game, really," he said. "Just to get out there and show what I can do. I mean, this is one you circle on your calendars, don’t get me wrong. It’s Tennessee-Florida. SEC East."

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