College Basketball AP Top 25: Florida climbs into the Top 5
By Ethan Stone
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The Florida Gators are back in the top 5 of the AP Top 25 for the first time since Week 1. It’s a fitting ranking, too – the Gators won the SEC regular season title on Saturday night after beating Arkansas in a one-sided affair, 111-77.
The Gators are inching closer to a 1-seed following perhaps their best week of the season. Kalshi gives Florida a 55% chance to secure a 1-seed among the likes of Michigan, Arizona, Duke and UConn.
Elsewhere, four other SEC teams cracked the first top 25 poll of March. Alabama rose one spot to No. 16 after its win over Tennessee, which subsequently dropped 1 spot to No. 23. Arkansas stayed put at No. 20 while Vanderbilt rose one spot to No. 24. Kentucky and Missouri landed just outside the top 25.
Here’s the full AP Top 25:
- Duke
- Arizona
- Michigan
- UConn
- Florida
- Iowa State
- Houston
- Michigan State
- Nebraska
- Texas Tech
- Illinois
- Gonzaga
- Virginia
- Kansas
- Purdue
- Alabama
- North Carolina
- St. John’s
- Miami (OH)
- Arkansas
- St. Mary’s
- Miami
- Tennessee
- Vanderbilt
- Saint Louis
Others receiving votes:
BYU 74, Kentucky 47, Louisville 47, Missouri 40, Wisconsin 27, Clemson 16, Utah St. 10, UCF 7, High Point 7, Dayton 5, Villanova 4, Navy 3, NC State 2, TCU 2, Ohio St. 1, Santa Clara 1.
Ethan Stone is a Tennessee graduate and loves all things college football and college basketball. Firm believer in fouling while up 3.
