College Basketball AP Top 25: 4 SEC teams move up entering postseason
By Andrew Olson
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The SEC‘s top teams closed out the regular season strong. Four of the conference’s 5 ranked teams moved up in the latest AP Top 25.
Florida leads the way, checking in at No. 4. The Gators moved up 1 spot after wins over Mississippi State and Kentucky to improve to 25-6. Todd Golden‘s team took the spot of UConn, which fell 2 spots after a loss to unranked Marquette.
The AP Top 25 won’t decide NCAA Tournament seeding, but UF is projected to be one of the top 4 squads in the Big Dance. Will the Gators do enough in the SEC Tournament to be a No. 1 seed on Selection Sunday? Kalshi is taking action on predictions!
Alabama, Arkansas and Vanderbilt also moved up in the new poll. The only SEC team to slide was Tennessee. The Volunteers are now No. 25 after losing to Vandy in the regular-season finale.
Here’s the full AP Top 25, with the same top 3 from last week:
- Duke
- Arizona
- Michigan
- Florida
- Houston
- UConn
- Iowa State
- Michigan State
- Illinois
- Virginia
- Nebraska
- Gonzaga
- St. John’s
- Kansas
- Alabama
- Texas Tech
- Arkansas
- Purdue
- North Carolina
- Miami (Ohio)
- Saint Mary’s
- Vanderbilt
- Wisconsin
- Louisville
- Tennessee
Others receiving votes:
Miami 60, TCU 19, BYU 18, Saint Louis 12, High Point 11, Georgia 10, Villanova 10, UCLA 3, VCU 3, Stephen F Austin 2, Utah St. 2, Ohio St. 2, Missouri 2, Akron 1.
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