GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- Florida coach Dan Mullen didn't name a starting quarterback following the team's second scrimmage of fall camp, but there were encouraging signs at the quarterback position following the team's second scrimmage of the fall on Sunday night.

All three quarterbacks graded out as "Champions" after none did in the first first scrimmage of fall camp. And as we reported in our VIP Scrimmage Notes, the offense mostly seemed to get the better of the defense on the day.

What is clear is that though Mullen isn't naming a starting quarterback yet, he isn't interested in playing games in the season opener where two different guys get a quarter or a half and then decide on the 'starter' the following week heading into the Kentucky game.

"No," Mullen said. "We’ll have a starter for the first game."

And when followed up on whether that would be his 'guy,' Mullen gave a quick affirmative.

"Yep" he said. "Unless all of a sudden, they perform differently on game day than we’d expect someone to perform or something falls off the cliff that way. I’d like to have it that this is the starter and we’re going to go and it’s their job from that point forward."

Feleipe Franks and Kyle Trask, both redshirt sophomores, are believed to be the only two really in the mix to be named the starter. Freshman Emory Jones hasn't quite gotten as many reps with the first-team units and, though he may have a role in the offense still, doesn't look nearly as comfortable as the third-year quarterbacks.

Franks has gotten a shade more reps with the first-team units, but Trask was reportedly the best quarterback in Saturday's scrimmage.

In any case, Mullen either hasn't seen enough separation or just hasn't been looking at the battle in those terms just yet.

"When you look at camp, we kind of get the guys a lot of the same reps," he said. "I don’t know (about) distancing themselves from this or that. I think we’re getting guys ready to go play right now."

The team will have a helmets-only practice today before the final three days of heavy development on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Friday will be a 'mock game' where the team goes through all the operational procedures of a Saturday in the Swamp to make sure there are no kinks.

It's a safe bet Florida will have a starting quarterback after that point, whether Mullen reveals it publicly then or just to the team.

"Over the next couple of days, (quarterbacks coach) Brian (Johnson) and I will really sit down and evaluate who is going to give us the best opportunity to win games," Mullen said.