Did Florida basketball improve its standing in the latest AP Poll?

Florida basketball failed to gain any recognition this week in the Associated Press’ college basketball poll after a solid win against UGA.

The AP Top 25 released a new poll after the week’s competition, and the Gators find themselves in worse position than they did last time around. Florida finally clawed its way back into the rankings before a loss to South Carolina, but even though it dropped out after that game, it received 16 votes in last week’s poll.

UF received no votes this time around. It returned to play on Tuesday after 13 days off and struggled mightily in a road loss to Arkansas, who is one of the hottest teams in the country right now. Florida looked much better in a win over Georgia on Saturday, but clearly the pollsters remain unconvinced.

Four SEC teams are currently ranked in the top 25: No. 6 Alabama, No. 20 Arkansas, No. 24 Missouri, No. 25 Tennessee. LSU didn’t crack the top 25, but it was the fifth-highest among vote recipients that missed the ranking with 32 votes.

Here’s the full AP Top 25 for this week.

Rk Team Rec Pts Prv
1 Gonzaga (60) 22-0 1,596 1
2 Baylor (4) 17-0 1,540 2
3 Michigan 16-1 1,472 3
4 Ohio State 18-5 1,370 4
5 Illinois 16-5 1,356 5
6 Alabama 18-5 1,196 8
7 Oklahoma 14-5 1,150 9
8 Villanova 14-3 1,132 10
9 Iowa 17-6 1,088 11
10 West Virginia 15-6 1,014 13
11 Florida State 13-3 967 16
12 Houston 18-3 921 6
13 Creighton 16-5 836 14
14 Texas 13-6 730 12
15 Virginia 15-5 690 7
16 Virginia Tech 14-4 545 18
17 Kansas 17-7 532 23
18 Texas Tech 14-7 477 15
19 Southern California 18-4 423 17
20 Arkansas 17-5 346 24
21 Loyola Chicago 19-4 288 22
22 San Diego State 17-4 222 25
23 Wisconsin 16-8 200 21
24 Missouri 14-6 149 20
25 Tennessee 15-6 145 19

Others receiving votes: Oklahoma State 92, Belmont 80, Purdue 53, Oregon 53, LSU 32, BYU 19, Drake 19, UCLA 17, Clemson 13, Colorado 8, North Carolina 6, Wichita State 6, Boise State 5, Toledo 4, UC Santa Barbara 2, Western Kentucky 2, Winthrop 2, Xavier 2.

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