Todd Golden’s Gators basketball program is coming off a tough road loss at the Texas A&M Aggies last weekend which snapped a four-game winning streak that included a triumph over the Kentucky Wildcats inside Rupp Arena the game before.
Following the loss, the Pomeroy College Basketball Ratings saw the Gators fall two spots from our previous update to No. 33 overall. This week, despite not playing until Saturday, Florida fell to No. 35 as of Wednesday, putting them between No. 34 Texas Tech Red Raiders and No. 36 Indiana State Sycamores.
The Pomeroy rankings use adjusted efficiency margin — the difference between adjusted offensive efficiency and adjusted defensive efficiency — to rank all teams.
Golden’s gang now has a margin of plus-17.02 (up 0.28 points) which means the team is expected to score 17.02 more points than the average opponent. They rank 17th in adjusted offensive efficiency (118.6) and a slightly-improved 81st in adjusted defensive efficiency (101.6).
KenPom also has Florida’s overall strength of schedule rated at plus-7.60, which remains 33rd in the nation; its non-conference schedule rating received a score of plus-1.52 which puts the Gators at No. 126.
The Gators will return home to host the Auburn Tigers inside the O’Connell Center on Saturday, Feb. 10. Tipoff is slated for 3:30 p.m. ET and the game will be broadcast on the SEC Network.
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