The Gators haven’t racked up any style points in their last two games, but it beats losing.
Florida (9-1) rose into the top 10 of the latest College Football Playoff rankings on Tuesday night after this past week’s 24-14 win over South Carolina.
The Gators moved up from No. 11 to No. 8 after a week that saw Baylor, Stanford, LSU and Utah all lose this past Saturday.
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Florida had fallen one spot to No. 11 in the previous CFP rankings after a 9-7 win over Vanderbilt to clinch the SEC East. This past Saturday, UF held a 17-0 lead before the Gamecocks trimmed it to 17-14. However, Kelvin Taylor’s 53-yard run with a little over a minute left set up the game-sealing score.
The Gators finish up their SEC regular season slate in The Swamp against in-state foes Florida Atlantic and Florida State before playing in the SEC Championship Game on Dec. 5.
The top 4 teams in the final CFP rankings will be released at noon ET on Dec. 6, and those teams will play for the national championship.
Born and raised in Gainesville, Talal joined SDS in 2015 after spending 2 years in Bristol as an ESPN researcher. Previously, Talal worked at The Gainesville Sun.
