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.
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Associated
Press Poll
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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
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USA
Today Coaches’ Poll
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|
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
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