The Florida Gators continue their undefeated start to the season, and are rewarded for it with a nice bump in the rankings

Florida claimed the ESPN Events Invitational Championship trophy with an 88-51 win over Wichita State on Friday. The Shockers kept things within range for the first 15 minutes of the game, but it was all Gators from there on out.

What Florida basketball learned after beating Wake Forest and Wichita State to take the ESPN Events Invitational tournament championship

Florida football clinched a bowl berth two weekends ago with a win over the Ole Miss Rebels in the Swamp and then solidified its first winning campaign in four years in Tallahassee on Saturday with a 31-11 win over the Florida State Seminoles.

Bonagura projects a Florida matchup against the North Carolina State Wolfpack in the Birmingham Bowl at Protective Stadium in Birmingham, Alabama. That game is scheduled to be played on Friday, Dec. 27 at either noon or 3:30 p.m. ET and will be broadcast on ESPN.

The Florida Gators (7-5, 4-4 SEC) trounced out rival Florida State (2-10, 1-7 ACC), 31-11, to finish off the season. They clinched their first winning season since 2020 and have a chance to win eight games for the first time since that same year.