A college football weekend led by six Associated Press Top 25 matchups did not disappoint.
We break down an action-packed Week 4 below in our latest installment of winners and losers.
The first three weeks offered signs that head coach Jon Sumrall had No. 21 Florida (4-0, 2-0 in SEC) trending in the right direction, but Saturday’s revelatory 52-28 win over No. 4 Ole Miss (3-1, 1-1 in SEC) — the best by any team so far this season — showed the Gators are already playoff contenders.
Behind a dominant rushing attack led by Heisman candidate Jadan Baugh (29 carries, 142 yards, three touchdowns) and sophomore Duke Clark (12 carries, 126 yards, one touchdown), Florida has established a strong offensive identity only one month into the Sumrall era. The Gators scored touchdowns on all five of their second-half possessions before running out the final 2:36 following a Trinidad Chambliss interception.
With a grueling back-to-back against No. 1 Texas (4-0, 1-0 in SEC) and No. 2 Georgia (4-0, 2-0 in SEC) coming in Weeks 7 and 8 (with a Week 8 bye sandwiched in between), we’ll soon see how good Florida really is, if it’s capable on winning a national title. But this squad could still easily win 10 games, which would certainly be enough for a College Football Playoff berth, potentially a first-round home game.
All this talk might be a bit premature with two months to go in the regular season, but it’s easy to get carried away. After Saturday, for the first time in a long time in Gainesville, anything is possible.
Loser: “Simulating using the restroom.”
Defensive end Colin Simmons had a game for the ages in Texas’s 20-17 road win at No. 14 Tennessee (3-1, 0-1 in SEC). He tied a program record with five sacks (the Longhorns had an astounding 10 overall) and set a program record for unsportsmanlike conduct – simulating using the restroom penalties.
The potential 2027 NFL Draft top-10 pick, perhaps inspired by Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Ja’Marr Chase’s “The People’s Elbow” celebration, pretended to urinate on the field after his second sack, giving Tennessee a free first down.