Florida gets promotion in USAT's college football re-rank after Week 3
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Florida football is off to its best start of the decade after beating Auburn on their home field, 44-39, on Saturday. The last time the Gators won their first three games was in 2019, when the team marched to six straight victories to open the season in what would be an 11-2 finish in Dan Mullen's second year as head coach.
It still might be a bit premature to get too excited, but that bodes well for the Orange and Blue in Jon Sumrall's debut season as Florida's head coach.
Now that the results are in from college football's Week 3 schedule, USA TODAY Sports writer Paul Myerberg released his re-rank of all 138 FBS teams. In it, the Gators jumped nine spots and are now ranked just inside the top 25 at No. 17 — between No. 16 Duke and No. 18 Michigan.
One SEC school dropped out of USA TODAY Sports' re-rank top 25 this week, leaving eight teams among the top tier, headlined by top-ranked Texas, along with Georgia (No. 3), Ole Miss (No. 4) and Alabama (No. 10) among the top 10. LSU (No. 13), Tennessee (No. 14), Florida (No. 17), and Missouri (No. 23) round out the rest of them, with Mississippi State (No. 27) on the outside looking in.
Next up, Florida returns home to host Ole Miss on Saturday, Sept. 26, at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium. Kickoff is slated for 3:30 p.m. ET and the game will be broadcast on ABC.
SEC schools in USA TODAY Sports' Week 2 re-rank
- Texas (No. 1)
- Georgia (No. 3)
- Ole Miss (No. 4)
- Alabama (No. 10)
- LSU (No. 13)
- Tennessee (No. 14)
- Florida (No. 17)
- Missouri (No. 23)
- Mississippi State (No. 27)
- Oklahoma (No. 29)
- Texas A&M (No. 31)
- Vanderbilt (No. 34)
- Auburn (No. 44)
- Kentucky (No. 58)
- South Carolina (No. 59)
- Arkansas (No. 110)
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