Florida football's status in USA TODAY Sports re-rank after spring practice season
Florida football's status in USA TODAY Sports re-rank after spring practice season
The college football spring season is well in the rearview mirror and the summer sessions are quickly approaching, which means the start of the collegiate gridiron action is merely months away. While there is still plenty of time for things to develop between now and the opening of the 2025 schedule, next season's national landscape is slowing coming into view.
USA TODAY Sports writer Paul Myerberg recently published his re-ranking of all 136 Football Bowl Subdivision schools, which tallies each and every school from top to bottom based on what was seen during spring, including transfer portal activity. The Florida Gators, who have been steadily improving over the first three years of Billy Napier's tenure, made an appearance in Myerberg's top 25 this time around.
According to the re-rank, the Orange and Blue land at No. 21, wedged between the No. 20 BYU Cougars and No. 22 Texas Tech Red Raiders. It also makes Napier's squad the seventh-best Southeastern Conference program in a season that promises to be yet another bruiser for the league.
SEC teams in USA TODAY Sports' re-rank top 25
The SEC is represented by eight schools in the USA TODAY Sports re-rank top 25, headlined by the top-ranked Texas Longhorns, followed by the Georgia Bulldogs at No. 4, LSU Tigers at No. 7 and Alabama Crimson Tide at No. 10 to round out the top 10.
The remainder of the teams among the upper echelon are the Tennessee Volunteers at No. 12, Ole Miss Rebels at No. 15, Florida Gators at No. 21 and Oklahoma Sooners in the final slot of the top 25.
USA TODAY Sports college football re-rank top 25
Texas Longhorns Clemson Tigers Penn State Nittany Lions Georgia Bulldogs Notre Dame Fighting Irish Ohio State Buckeyes LSU Tigers Oregon Ducks Miami Hurricanes Alabama Crimson Tide Illinois Illini Tennessee Volunteers Kansas State Wildcats Michigan Wolverines Ole Miss Rebels Louisville Cardinals TCU Horned Frogs Nebraska Cornhuskers Boise State Broncos Brigham Young Cougars Florida Gators Texas Tech Red Raiders Arizona State Sun Devils Iowa Hawkeyes Oklahoma Sooners
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