Following a loss to Alabama, the South Carolina Gamecocks were 3-3 and staring at a cross roads. Since that loss, the Gamecocks have won six straight games and

South Carolina did its part. Once considered a long shot even to sniff the College Football Playoff conversation, the Gamecocks steadily improved their standing week by week, winning the regular season’s final six games to finish 9-3 overall and 5-3 in the SEC.

Multiple Saturday upsets will define the College Football Rankings shifts in the second-to-last list of the season. South Carolina beating Clemson,