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Jan 11, 2025; Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA; Florida Gators guard Walter Clayton Jr. (1) drives against Arkansas Razorbacks guard Boogie Fland (2) during the second half at Bud Walton Arena. Florida won 71-63. Mandatory Credit: Nelson Chenault-Imagn Images
Florida basketball opened up its 2025 Southeastern Conference schedule with a pair of wins along with a loss. Despite having its 13-game losing streak snapped in the calendar year opened, the Gators are flying high among their collegiate hoops peers.
Todd Golden’s gang dropped the SEC opener on the road at the Kentucky Wildcats, 106-100, in a shootout they simply could not keep up in. Then they returned home and handed out one of the largest defeats of a No. 1-ranked team in the sport’s history, punishing the Tennessee Volunteers, 73-43, inside the O’Connell Center.
The Orange and Blue followed that up on Saturday with a 71-63 win over the Arkansas Razorbacks in Fayetteville, putting the program at 15-1 entering the thick of the conference slate.
So where does Florida rank among its fellow confernece peers? The staff at 247Sports has been addressing this question on a weekly basis with their SEC college basketball poll, in which the Gators moved up to a tie for second place with the Alabama Crimson Tide — up three spots from the previous poll.
Meanwhile, the Auburn Tigers remained the top-ranked team in the SEC rankings.
247Sports’ full SEC poll results
1. Auburn (16): —
T-2. Alabama (1): +1
T-2. Florida: +3
4. Tennessee: -2
5. Kentucky: -1
6. Texas A&M: —
7. Ole Miss: +1
8. Mississippi State: -1
9. Georgia: +2
10. Missouri: +4
11. Oklahoma: -2
12. Texas: +1
13. Arkansas: -3
14. Vanderbilt: -2
15. LSU: —
16. South Carolina: —
Next up for Florida
The Gators return home to host the Missouri Tigers on Tuesday, Jan. 14. Tipoff is slated for a late 9 p.m. ET start and the game will be broadcast on ESPNU.
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Publish date : 2025-01-13 17:45:00
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