Florida's FPI ranking slips while other metrics improve

Florida football opened up its 2026 SEC schedule with a big road win against the Auburn Tigers at Jordan-Hare Stadium on Saturday night, giving the Gators a perfect 3-0 start to the Jon Sumrall era. However, despite the victory, the Orange and Blue slipped a spot in ESPN's Football Power Index rankings but still saw improvements in the other metrics.

The FPI measures team strength and is meant to be the best predictor of a team's performance for the rest of the season; it shows how many points above or below average a team is. Each team is assigned a rating that measures its true strength on a net points scale as well as expected point margin versus an average opponent on a neutral field.