re: Most Academically Improved SEC Schools

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nobody outside of Florida sees "The University of Florida" on a resume and thinks anything other than "oh, another state school grad."

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Not true. Surely there's one or two who would be impressed. There are many ignorant folks in the world though so your point is well taken. Some folks just don't know.

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As someone who has lived outside of SEC country for a while now, I can guarantee you that nobody outside of Florida sees "The University of Florida" on a resume and thinks anything other than "oh, another state school grad."

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here again I would disagree - it depends on the field and the nature of the employer.

This definitely matters in the natural sciences and arts/humanities because those fields function like apprenticeships in that it really matters with WHOM you worked. If they don't recognize that name they will (hopefully) know someone in the same department, etc. That's why I assert UC-Irvine is not really just some "state school". Now whether that's the best way to do things is a whole other matter.

For business, engineering, law medicine and other applied fields, perhaps this is not so much the case as the hiring practices are more purely meritocratic?

However, the various ranking schema are all flawed in some manner. If you are employed in the field you want and are happy, then it doesn't matter. Just more trolling for internet fora.