Florida football was served a massive slice of humble pie on Saturday in Lexington as the Kentucky Wildcats throttled them, 33-14, to earn their first three-game winning streak against the Gators since before almost all of us were alive.
This week, ESPN’s Football Power Index responded to the humiliating defeat with some significant shifts in its numbers for the Orange and Blue — mostly negative. What once looked like a potential winning season now appears to be a struggle to crack .500 for the third straight fall.
The FPI was developed by ESPN in 2013 to measure each team’s overall strength and predict results throughout the season. As the schedule progresses, the data used to determine a team’s FPI ranking will come from the games played while also predicting the outcomes for each future matchup.
Take a look below at ESPN’s FPI numbers and other data for Florida following its embarrassing Week 5 loss at Kroger Field against the Kentucky Wildcats.