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National runshing defense rankings for SEC teams

Posted on 9/28/26 at 2:56 pm
Posted by tigerskin
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Posted on 9/28/26 at 2:56 pm
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Posted by ShrimperDan
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Posted on 9/28/26 at 2:59 pm to
A good portion of Florida's numbers are Byrum Brown running around on them. They've been pretty dang good about containing RBs so far.
Posted by WG_Dawg
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Posted on 9/28/26 at 3:03 pm to
UF has surprised pretty much everyone this year and is fully deserving of their ranking. It's not lost on me though that their 2 big (really should be like 1.25 instead of 2) wins were against teams ranked 68 and 126 in rush D, both the dead bottom of the league.

UF is good but I'll be interested to see how they perform against a team that has even the slightest semblance of a rushing defense.
Posted by 1BIGTigerFan
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Posted on 9/28/26 at 3:05 pm to
LSU hasn't played anybody.
Posted by ShrimperDan
Fernandina
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Posted on 9/28/26 at 3:09 pm to
quote:

UF has surprised pretty much everyone this year and is fully deserving of their ranking. It's not lost on me though that their 2 big (really should be like 1.25 instead of 2) wins were against teams ranked 68 and 126 in rush D, both the dead bottom of the league.



Auburn has played 3 power 5 teams, I think their rushing defense will probably end up ranked a bit higher than they are right now by the end of the year. They have some dudes on their interior of their DL and great linebackers.

This early into the season one really bad game can tank your ranking far below what it actually should be. Just like one good game can raise it on offense.

I think we are seeing the shape of general trends for sure, but the rankings themselves still need a few weeks of data before we can make broad conclusions.

Posted by RobertFootball
SC
Member since Mar 2021
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Posted on 9/28/26 at 3:13 pm to
SC is ranked 26 not because we are stopping the run, everyone’s figured out our secondary is non existent so might as well pass. Got a QB or WR you want to be in the Heisman conversation? Play us, we’ll make it happen.
This post was edited on 9/28/26 at 3:14 pm
Posted by 3down10
Member since Sep 2014
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Posted on 9/28/26 at 3:14 pm to
It's tough getting use to a bend don't break style of defense, but I'm surprised we are as high as #24 honestly.

It feels like we are getting our asses kicked constantly, but the points are often missing.

I wonder what a stat that showed yards required by the opposing teams offense to score 1 point would look like.
Posted by Liberace
Rewatching the UF/om shellacking.
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Posted on 9/28/26 at 3:15 pm to
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#126 Ole Miss ??


Posted by Gator Fever
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Posted on 9/28/26 at 3:19 pm to
Hopefully every team FL plays drops to the bottom of that list like Auburn and Ole Miss.
Posted by theballguy
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Posted on 9/28/26 at 3:22 pm to
But dey ain't playd nobuddy, pawwwl.
Posted by theballguy
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Posted on 9/28/26 at 3:22 pm to
And some Old Miss guy here called that loss a quality loss
Posted by Neutral_Observer
Member since Sep 2026
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Posted on 9/28/26 at 3:33 pm to
Florida’s run game is gonna drop everyone’s rankings who play them.
Philo threw 8 passes beyond the line of scrimmage against ole miss and they dropped 52 points.
Posted by Diamondawg
Mississippi
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Posted on 9/28/26 at 3:36 pm to
How the hell did y'all lose to Ole Miss?
Posted by Ohana
Member since Aug 2026
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Posted on 9/28/26 at 3:52 pm to
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How the hell did y'all lose to Ole Miss?



It's hard to have 3 ranked wins in 4 weeks
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