Apex Scores Lite Apex Scores Lite flag
back Atrás
Florida football leaps in ESPN's SP+ rankings after bye in Week 8

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.

ESPN's Week 8 SP+ top 25 rankings

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

You may like

Georgia back for Mike White’s fifth season after a 22-win year and 2nd straight NCAA tourney berth

aol.com hace 1 hora

How Recent Former Wisconsin Quarterbacks Have Fared at Their New Schools

si.com hace 1 hora

Tennessee Football Star Xavier Gilliam Turns Heads With Major National Honor

si.com hace 4 horas

How Former Texas Longhorns Are Playing After Leaving Through the Transfer Portal

si.com hace 40 minutos

WVU's Mike Hawkins Jr. Ranks Among the Top 10 QBs in College Football

si.com hace 4 horas

Michigan Basketball Lands Unofficial Visit From Four Star Wing

si.com hace 3 horas

College football picks: Conference games are the closest they have been in at least a half century

abcnews.com hace 3 horas