Florida football earned its sixth victory of the 2024 campaign against the visitors on Saturday. Ole Mademoiselle Rebels, who were ranked ninth in the country before the Week 13 affair. The 24-17 victory brought joy to Gator Nation while turning the heads of much of the sports media.
Despite a wide margin in favor of Lane Kiffin’s team this weekend, the game was essentially tied after 45 minutes of play, with the Orange and Blue putting the only points on the board in the fourth quarter – in the form of a touchdown – to enter. victory.
Following what is arguably the biggest victory of the Billy Napier era, ESPN Football Power Index gave Florida a small, but not insignificant, boost in its rankings with just one game remaining in the regular season.
Florida Football FPI Rankings, Rating
After the win, FPI moved Florida up one spot to 25th, with the team’s overall rating increasing from 10.5. last week at 11.6 this week. This puts the Alligators between n°24 Colorado Buffaloes and No. 26 Iowa State Cyclones.
Napier and Co. reached the six-win mark this fall and now have an 82.4% chance of winning – up from 18.6% – but still have a 0% chance of winning the conference, 0% chance of making the college football. Playoffs, 0% chance of making the championship game and 0% chance of winning the national title.
FPI’s final record prediction dropped from 6.0-6.0 to 6.8-5.2 with one game remaining.
SEC teams in FPI
THE Texas Longhorns remained in first position this week with an overall rating of 26.5, followed by Alabama Crimson Tide (4th, 24.3) – who lost two places – and Georgia Bulldogs (5th, 22.5) among the top five schools.
Ole Miss (22.4) managed to maintain sixth place despite the defeat and Tennessee Volunteers (8th, 20.5) moved up one spot to put SEC teams in the top 10. The Texas A&M Aggies (15th, 14.4), South Carolina Gamecocks (16th, 14.3), LSU Tigers (19th, 12.8), Missouri Tigers (21, 12.0), Oklahoma Early (23rd, 12.0) and Florida (25th, 11.6) complete the top 25.
The remainder of the FPI conference schools are the Auburn Tigers (29th, 9.7), Arkansas Razors (32nd, 8.2), Vanderbilt Commodores (38th, 6.8), Kentucky Wildcats (42nd, 6.0) and Mississippi State Bulldogs (70th, -0.9).
Next stop for Florida
The Gators wrap up the 2024 regular season schedule in Tallahassee for their annual rivalry game against the Florida State Seminoles. The game will take place inside Doak Campbell Stadium and kick off at 7 p.m. or 7:30 p.m. ET; broadcast details have yet to be determined.
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This article was originally published on Gators Wire: Florida moves closer to Football Power Index top 25 with Week 13 win
