Florida (8-0) climbed five spots to No. 18 in the AP Top 25 Poll after finishing off a perfect November with two wins at the ESPN Events Invitational.
The Gators defeated Wake Forest and Wichita State this week in Kissimmee in dominating fashion. Although it’s only a two-hour drive from Gainesville, the games played at the ESPN Wide World of Sports are considered neutral site games, which should help Florida come Selection Sunday.
Kansas remains the No. 1 team in the county, but the Auburn Tigers are challenging for the top spot, earning 26 of 61 first-place votes this week. Two more SEC programs, the Tennessee Volunteers and Kentucky Wildcats, are right behind the Tigers at Nos. 3 and 4, respectively. Marquette rounds out the top five after an 8-0 start of its own.
SEC Teams ranked inside the AP Top 25
Eight programs from the Southeastern Conference finished inside the top 25 following Week 3, down from nine a week ago. Besides the three top-five programs mentioned above, The Alabama Crimson Tide (No. 10), Florida Gators (No. 13), the Oklahoma Sooners (No. 21), the Texas A&M Aggies (No. 22) and the Ole Miss Rebels (No. 23) made the cut.
The Arkansas Razorbacks are just outside of the top 25 with 104 poll points — UConn is ranked No. 25 with just 123 points — followed by the Texas Longhorns (97), Mississippi State (20) and Georgia (10).
Week 4 AP Top 25 Poll
| Rank | Team | REC | PTS (1st) | TREND |
| 1 | Kansas | 7-0 | 1,499 (35) | – |
| 2 | Auburn | 7-0 | 1,490 (26) | +2 |
| 3 | Tennessee | 7-0 | 1,351 | +4 |
| 4 | Kentucky | 7-0 | 1,267 | +4 |
| 5 | Marquette | 8-0 | 1,246 | +5 |
| 6 | Iowa State | 5-1 | 1,225 | -1 |
| 7 | Gonzaga | 7-1 | 1,181 | -4 |
| 8 | Purdue | 7-1 | 1,058 | +5 |
| 9 | Duke | 5-2 | 941 | +2 |
| 10 | Alabama | 6-2 | 939 | -1 |
| 11 | Wisconsin | 8-0 | 903 | +4 |
| 12 | Oregon | 8-0 | 806 | – |
| 13 | Florida | 8-0 | 782 | +5 |
| 14 | Cincinnati | 6-0 | 774 | +2 |
| 15 | Baylor | 5-2 | 567 | +2 |
| 16 | Memphis | 6-1 | 500 | – |
| 17 | Houston | 4-3 | 402 | -11 |
| 18 | Pittsburgh | 7-1 | 374 | – |
| 19 | Illinois | 6-1 | 351 | +1 |
| 20 | North Carolina | 4-3 | 292 | -8 |
| 21 | Oklahoma | 7-0 | 266 | – |
| 22 | Texas A&M | 6-2 | 207 | -2 |
| 23 | Ole Miss | 6-1 | 165 | – |
| 24 | San Diego State | 4-2 | 143 | – |
| 25 | UConn | 5-3 | 123 | -23 |
Others receiving votes:
Michigan St. 108, Arkansas 104, Texas 97, Michigan 95, Arizona St 89, Indiana 72, Drake 58, Xavier 33, Utah St. 28, Louisville 27, West Virginia 26, Clemson 25, BYU 24, Dayton 24, Texas Tech 22, Nebraska 22, Mississippi St. 20, Ohio St. 19, Maryland 13, UCLA 13, Creighton 12, Saint Mary’s 11, Georgia 10, St. John’s 7, Loyola Chicago 4, Florida St. 3, DePaul 3, UC Irvine 2, Columbia 2.
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