BATON ROUGE, LA - NOVEMBER 19: The Florida Gators celebrate after a game against the LSU Tigers at Tiger Stadium on November 19, 2016 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Florida won 16-10. (Photo by Jonathan Bachman/Getty Images)

With win over LSU, Florida did something no other SEC East team could

Florida > all other SEC East teams.

Florida absolutely needed a win against LSU if it wanted to get to the SEC Championship Game for the second year in a row. With the win over the Tigers the Gators became the first team in the division to do this:

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Florida was supposed to play LSU at home until Hurricane Matthew forced the teams to reschedule so that's why the Gators never ended up with a home game against an SEC West opponent. It wasn't pretty, but the Gators forced two crucial turnovers and got a goal line stand to win the game 16-10. To Atlanta they go!

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