Monday, January 21, 2013

Florida Men's Basketball Ranked No. 8/7 Nationally

Following victories at Texas A&M and against then-No. 17/16 Missouri, the University of Florida men’s basketball team was ranked No. 7 in the most recent USA Today’s Coaches Poll and No. 8 in the AP Poll. The Gators were ranked ninth in the coaches’ poll for the past three weeks and moved up two spots from last week in the AP Poll.

The team will be on the road twice this week. UF will travel north to Athens, Ga. on Wednesday, January 23 for its matchup with Georgia before going west to Starkville, Miss. for its game at Mississippi State on Saturday, January 26.                                                                                                                                                                                                                

Associated Press Poll
Rank
Team
Record
Points
1
Duke (39)
16-1
1,578
2
Michigan (11)
17-1
1,539
3
Kansas (7)
16-1
1,486

Syracuse (8)
17-1
1,486
5
Louisville
16-2
1,348
6
Arizona
16-1
1,270
7
Indiana
16-2
1,211
8
Florida
14-2
1,181
9
Butler
16-2
1,146
10
Gonzaga
17-2
994
11
Kansas State
15-2
927
12
Minnesota
15-3
905
13
Michigan State
16-3
831
14
Ohio State
13-4
701
15
New Mexico
16-2
659
16
Oregon
16-2
624
17
Creighton
17-2
611
18
North Carolina St.
15-3
587
19
VCU
16-3
433
20
Wichita State
17-2
363
21
Cincinnati
16-3
322
22
Missouri
13-4
234
23
Ole Miss
15-2
172
24
Notre Dame
15-3
123
25
Miami (Fla.)
13-3
93

USA Today Coaches’ Poll
Rank
Team
Record
Points
1
Duke (20)
16-1
755
2
Kansas (8)
16-1
732
3
Michigan (1)
17-1
712
4
Syracuse (2)
17-1
699
5
Louisville
16-2
633
6
Arizona
16-1
609
7
Florida
14-2
588
8
Indiana
16-2
576
9
Butler
16-2
523
10
Gonzaga
17-2
454
11
Michigan State
16-3
439
12
Creighton
17-2
376
13
Kansas State
15-2
372
14
Minnesota
15-3
343
15
Ohio State
13-4
342
16
VCU
16-3
305
17
New Mexico
16-2
304
18
North Carolina St.
15-3
234
19
Oregon
16-2
211
20
Cincinnati
16-3
179
21
Wichita State
17-2
145
22
Missouri
13-4
130
23
Notre Dame
15-3
84
24
Ole Miss
15-2
69
25
San Diego State
14-4
60