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Florida Gators basketball moved to 22-3 (9-3 SEC) on Saturday in Year 3 under head coach Todd Golden following another dominant victory over a league opponent. The Gators continue to make headlines and program history across the 2024-25 season with their mark through 25 games tying the 2005-06 squad for best at this juncture in a season.
Expectations have now been raised for Florida, which is being projected as a No. 1 seed in the 2025 NCAA Tournament. The Gators have the best win in the nation this season and a tremendous resume, though they remain second fiddle to the team they beat by nine points just over a week ago.
Florida moved up one spot in the college basketball rankings on Monday when it took over the No. 2 slot in the AP Top 25 receiving one first-place vote. UF has been ranked among the top six for six straight weeks with its new No. 2 ranking the highest it has placed in the AP Top 25 since March 17, 2014, the final poll of that regular season.
UF similarly moved to No. 2 in the Coaches Poll and now sits No. 4 in the NET Rankings with a 5-3 record against Quadrant 1 opponents, 12-3 against the first two quadrants. Comparatively, AU is 14-2 against Q1 and 17-2 against the top quadrants. The NCAA Selection Committee uses those rankings — which largely evaluate quality of wins and losses — as part of their process in choosing the NCAA Tournament field.
Florida is playing five of the top seven and eight of the top 25 teams in this week’s rankings — a total of nine times — this season.
1. Auburn (59) — [W 90-81]
2. Florida (1)
3. Duke
4. Alabama — [March 5]
5. Houston
6. Tennessee — [W 73-43, L 44-64]
7. Texas A&M — [March 1]
8. Iowa State
9. Texas Tech
10. St. John’s
11. Wisconsin
12. Michigan
13. Purdue
14. Michigan State
15. Missouri — [L 82-83]
16. Marquette
17. Kentucky — [L 100-106]
18. Clemson
19. Arizona
20. Maryland
21. Mississippi State — [W 81-68]
22. Memphis
23. Kansas
24. Ole Miss — [March 8]
25. Louisville
