At the outset of the 2015 season, Florida heading back to Atlanta to appear in the SEC Championship Game for the first time since 2009 seemed like a pipe dream. Now, in the middle of October — even after a loss to LSU — it's both possible and logical, and even close to probable.
In fact, the Gators can clinch the division on Halloween against Georgia.
Florida's lead in the SEC East was briefly a full two-game advantage late last week, after Auburn's win at Kentucky gave the Wildcats two SEC losses. From the moment that game ended until Treon Harris's final Hail Mary fluttered out of bounds in Baton Rouge, Florida was the only unbeaten team in the SEC East, and led Georgia, Kentucky, Missouri, and Tennessee — essentially the only other SEC East teams still capable of winning the conference — by at least two games each.