2026 College Football SP+ Rankings for Florida and Opponents

[Escambia94]

The ESPN SP+ rankings take into account returning production, recent history, recent recruiting, and coaching changes. Florida comes in at 19.

Rank and Team	SP+
1. Ohio State	31.8
2. Oregon	28.3
3. Notre Dame	25.8
4. Georgia	25.5
5. Indiana	24.5
6. Texas	23.7
7. Texas Tech	23.1
8. Miami	21.0
9. Texas A&M	20.3
10. LSU	20.2
11. Alabama	18.2
12. Oklahoma	17.2
13. USC	16.8
14. Michigan	16.1
15. Tennessee	16.0
16. Ole Miss	15.9
17. Penn St.	15.7
18. BYU	15.5
19. Florida	14.9
20. Missouri	14.8

Here is how that compares to Florida's opponents:

Opponent	Line	Chance of Win
FAU	-25	0.90
Campbell	n/a	1.00
@ AUB	-1	0.51
MISS	-2	0.54
@ MIZZ	+3	0.43
USC	-6	0.67
@ TEX	+12	0.18
UGA	+11	0.20
OU	-1	0.51
@ UK	-8	0.74
VAN	-8	0.74
@ FSU	-3	0.57
Total	-2.5	6.99

This works out to 7 wins. There are reasons to be optimistic, but based on what we know of Florida and the opponents, this is a reasonable expectation.

 

[DRU2012]

The ESPN SP+ rankings take into account returning production, recent history, recent recruiting, and coaching changes. Florida comes in at 19.

Rank and Team	SP+
1. Ohio State	31.8
2. Oregon	28.3
3. Notre Dame	25.8
4. Georgia	25.5
5. Indiana	24.5
6. Texas	23.7
7. Texas Tech	23.1
8. Miami	21.0
9. Texas A&M	20.3
10. LSU	20.2
11. Alabama	18.2
12. Oklahoma	17.2
13. USC	16.8
14. Michigan	16.1
15. Tennessee	16.0
16. Ole Miss	15.9
17. Penn St.	15.7
18. BYU	15.5
19. Florida	14.9
20. Missouri	14.8

Here is how that compares to Florida's opponents:

Opponent	Line	Chance of Win
FAU	-25	0.90
Campbell	n/a	1.00
@ AUB	-1	0.51
MISS	-2	0.54
@ MIZZ	+3	0.43
USC	-6	0.67
@ TEX	+12	0.18
UGA	+11	0.20
OU	-1	0.51
@ UK	-8	0.74
VAN	-8	0.74
@ FSU	-3	0.57
Total	-2.5	6.99

This works out to 7 wins. There are reasons to be optimistic, but based on what we know of Florida and the opponents, this is a reasonable expectation.

I dunno…
Maybe I’m just “drinkin’ the coolaid” again, but with what we’ve seen and heard from this staff thus far AND the rising status of the 2027 recruiting haul, I just sense a gathering “promise”, an undeniable shift in trending tone across the BOARD!