Florida football took Week 8 off for its lone bye of the 2026 campaign, but most of the Gators' peers continued to play last weekend, resulting in some notable changes in many of the various rankings.
Following Week 7's college football slate, CBS Sports writer Chip Patterson published his latest re-rank of all 138 FBS teams, which saw Florida move up four spots to No. 20. The Gators now sit between No. 19 Arizona and No. 21 Houston.
Compare that with the US LBM Coaches Poll, which now ranks the Gators at No. 20, and the AP Top 25, which has them at No. 17.
Next up, Florida faces Georgia in their annual rivalry game on Saturday, Oct. 31, which will be played in Atlanta and broadcast on ABC starting at 3:30 p.m. ET.
SEC schools in CBS Sports' re-rank top 25 after Week 8
Following Week 8's shakeup, the
SEC is down to nine schools in the top 25 of CBS Sports' re-rank, headlined by third-ranked Georgia, with Alabama (No. 9) and Kentucky (No. 10) joining them among the top 10. The remaining schools in the top 25 are LSU (No. 11), Ole Miss (No. 12), Texas (No. 14), Tennessee (No. 17), Florida (No. 20) and Missouri (No. 22).
Mississippi State fell out of the upper tier and tumbled all the way down to No. 39, behind Oklahoma (No. 37) and South Carolina (No. 38) and just ahead of Auburn (No. 40).
CBS Sports' Week 8 college football re-rank top 25
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