Author Chris Vannini dropped the Gators three spots from No. 51 last week to No. 54 after the loss to the Longhorns. That puts Florida between the No. 53 North Carolina Tar Heels and No. 55 Michigan State Spartans — the two schools that bookended them in last week’s re-rank.

The Texas Longhorns successfully defended their home field on Saturday from the Florida Gators, 49-17, as the two schools faced each other for the first time in 84 years. The loss kept the Orange and

Following the loss, the FPI dropped Florida three spots from No. 25 to No. 28, with the team’s overall rating dropping from 10.3 points in last week’s results to 9.3 this week. That wedges the Gators between the No. 27 BYU Cougars and No. 29 Kansas Jayhawks.