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Florida football was on its first and only bye of the 2026 campaign this weekend and yet still gained ground in some of the rankings, including ESPN's SP+ metric.
Following college football's Week 8 action, Bill Connelly released his SP+ update, with Florida rising to No. 31 in the overall rankings with a 10.6 rating despite the triumph over Texas. That represents a seven-spot improvement from last week's standings and a 1.4-point increase from the previous rating.
The Gators also climbed up a couple of spots in ESPN's Football Power Index this week to No. 17.
Looking deeper into the numbers, Florida's offensive SP+ remained at 33.5 and is now No. 24 in the nation, marking a three-spot rise from the last update. Meanwhile, the defense checks in at No. 50 with a 24.9 rating — a 12-spot improvement and a 1.4-point decrease — while special teams slipped from first to third in the country while holding onto its 0.6 rating.
The SEC still has seven schools in the SP+ rankings' top 25 for the third straight week, headlined by second-ranked Georgia, followed by LSU (No. 4), Alabama (No. 7) and Texas (No. 8) among the top 10. The remaining top-25 representatives are Tennessee (No. 11), Ole Miss (No. 16) and Missouri (No. 18); Florida (No. 31), Kentucky (No. 32), Oklahoma (No. 33) and Texas A&M (No. 34) lurk just beyond the top 30.
TEAM |
|||||||
1 |
Ohio St |
6-1 |
28.6 |
39.2 (4) |
10.7 (1) |
0.1 (62) |
+0 |
2 |
Georgia |
6-1 |
27.1 |
39.6 (2) |
12.9 (4) |
0.4 (12) |
+0 |
3 |
Notre Dame |
6-1 |
25.2 |
39.5 (3) |
14.7 (8) |
0.4 (17) |
+1 |
4 |
LSU |
6-2 |
25.2 |
38.8 (5) |
13.3 (5) |
-0.3 (105) |
+2 |
5 |
Miami |
7-0 |
24.7 |
40.9 (1) |
16.6 (15) |
0.4 (21) |
-2 |
6 |
Indiana |
7-1 |
24.2 |
35.1 (15) |
10.9 (2) |
0.0 (77) |
-1 |
7 |
Alabama |
6-2 |
20.9 |
37.2 (8) |
16.6 (14) |
0.3 (40) |
+5 |
8 |
Texas |
5-2 |
20.4 |
34.6 (16) |
14.5 (7) |
0.3 (29) |
+0 |
9 |
Texas Tech |
6-1 |
18.4 |
36.2 (10) |
18.2 (23) |
0.4 (16) |
-2 |
10 |
Utah |
7-0 |
18.0 |
35.7 (13) |
17.7 (22) |
0.1 (66) |
+0 |
11 |
Tennessee |
6-2 |
17.9 |
34.4 (17) |
16.9 (18) |
0.5 (9) |
+2 |
12 |
Oregon |
4-3 |
17.0 |
33.2 (28) |
16.5 (11) |
0.2 (46) |
-1 |
13 |
BYU |
6-1 |
16.7 |
33.9 (20) |
17.6 (21) |
0.4 (13) |
-4 |
14 |
Arizona |
6-1 |
16.0 |
35.4 (14) |
19.0 (24) |
-0.4 (114) |
+1 |
15 |
Nebraska |
5-2 |
15.4 |
32.2 (34) |
16.7 (16) |
-0.1 (90) |
+1 |
16 |
Ole Miss |
5-2 |
14.7 |
37.2 (7) |
23.2 (48) |
0.7 (1) |
-2 |
17 |
UCLA |
7-0 |
14.4 |
31.5 (38) |
17.1 (19) |
-0.1 (86) |
+2 |
18 |
Missouri |
5-2 |
14.2 |
30.9 (42) |
16.5 (12) |
-0.2 (92) |
+3 |
19 |
USC |
6-2 |
14.2 |
36.6 (9) |
22.4 (39) |
-0.1 (89) |
-2 |
20 |
Northwestern |
6-1 |
13.7 |
32.8 (31) |
19.1 (26) |
0.0 (73) |
+6 |
21 |
SMU |
6-1 |
13.4 |
34.1 (19) |
20.4 (32) |
-0.4 (118) |
+4 |
22 |
Houston |
6-2 |
13.3 |
36.1 (11) |
23.0 (45) |
0.2 (47) |
-4 |
23 |
Iowa |
5-2 |
12.4 |
27.3 (62) |
15.3 (10) |
0.4 (11) |
-1 |
24 |
Oklahoma St |
5-2 |
12.4 |
36.1 (12) |
24.1 (52) |
0.4 (18) |
+3 |
25 |
Wake Forest |
6-1 |
12.2 |
33.1 (29) |
21.3 (35) |
-5 |
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