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College football | Florida holds off Vanderbilt, clinches SEC East

GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- No. 11 Florida is back in the Southeastern Conference championship game for the first time since 2009. Austin Hardin's 43-yard field goal with 2:22 remaining helped the Gators beat pesky Vanderbilt 9-7 on Saturday and clinch a spot in Atlanta.

Order restored - barely.

The Gators won the Eastern Division for the first time since Tim Tebow's senior season - and did it in coach Jim McElwain's first season. McElwain's mantra all season has been "restore the order" by getting Florida back to the top of the division.

Vanderbilt nearly wrecked it.

The Commodores (3-6, 1-4) held Florida to 258 yards, including 57 in the second half.