Beating back-to-back ranked teams wasn’t enough for South Carolina (4-3, 2-3 SEC) to get ranked itself.
Following the Gamecocks’ dramatic 27-24 win over No. 11 Tennessee on Saturday — which came two weeks after USC dominated No. 16 Florida — South Carolina did not crack the Top 25 of either the AP Poll or USA Today Coaches Poll, both of which were released Sunday afternoon.
The Gamecocks, though, moved to the cusp of being ranked for the first time since September 2025, when they were ranked 11th before losing by 24 points to Vanderbilt.…