Gators Ranked Seventh in Preseason Coaches Poll
Thursday, October 19, 2017 | Men's Basketball
Florida returns one of the most experienced backcourts in the SEC.
Florida enters the third year of the Mike White Era with preseason accolades rolling in following last season's Elite Eight run. The latest is a No. 7 ranking in the preseason USA Today Coaches Poll, release Thursday, representing the highest ranking for the Gators under White.
The Gators have only been ranked higher twice in the preseason coaches poll twice in program history (1st in 2006-07 and 5th in 2001-02). UF was also one of four teams nationally and the only SEC team to receive a first-place vote, along with Duke, Michigan State and Arizona.
Florida has six total games against four other teams in the poll, with two other top-25 teams among potential opponents in November's PK-80 tournament.
USA Today Coaches Poll Preseason Top 25
The Gators have only been ranked higher twice in the preseason coaches poll twice in program history (1st in 2006-07 and 5th in 2001-02). UF was also one of four teams nationally and the only SEC team to receive a first-place vote, along with Duke, Michigan State and Arizona.
Florida has six total games against four other teams in the poll, with two other top-25 teams among potential opponents in November's PK-80 tournament.
USA Today Coaches Poll Preseason Top 25
- ^Duke (20)
- Michigan State (9)
- Kansas
- *Kentucky
- Arizona
- Villanova
- FLORIDA
- Wichita State
- North Carolina
- West Virginia
- Southern Cal
- Miami
- *Cincinnati
- Notre Dame
- Minnesota
- Louisville
- Xavier
- UCLA
- ^Gonzaga
- Northwestern
- Purdue
- Saint Mary's
- Seton Hall
- *Baylor
- *Alabama
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