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Florida vs. Tennessee, Sunday Roundup: Gators vault to national lead in takeaways

No FBS team in America has forced more turnovers than the Florida Gators.

Florida’s up to 14 takeaways in four games, for a staggering rate of 2.5 takeaways per game that is second only to those posted by Kansas (3.0!) and Fresno State (2.75) so far this year. Unbeaten North Texas, LSU, and UCF are the only other programs averaging at least two takeaways a game.

And that’s cool. But it may not be sustainable.

Florida, after all, has somehow recovered 10 fumbles — three more than any other team nationally thus far this year, and more than three times as many as it recovered last year, when it picked up a paltry three.