Florida at No. 10 in USA Today preseason top 25

By Adam Silverstein
October 20, 2011

The preseason USA TODAY/ESPN Top 25 Coaches Poll was announced Thursday with the North Carolina Tar Heels being slotted as the overwhelming No. 1 team in the country after receiving 30 of 31 first-place votes. North Carolina, which returns all five starters from 2010, is one spot ahead of the Kentucky Wildcats, which were not voted lower than No. 6 in any ballot submitted.

Four Southeastern Conference teams made the poll including Kentucky (No. 2), Vanderbilt (No. 7), the Florida Gators (No. 10) and Alabama (No. 17).

The 2010-11 Gators were ranked No. 11 heading into last season, which saw them win the SEC and end the year with a record of 29-8 (13-3 SEC) that included an appearance in the Elite Eight round of the 2011 NCAA Tournament.

AthleteCountrySport
Mark KolozsvaryUSABaseball
Marife TorresPuerto RicoGolf
Leanne WongUSAGymnastics
Adriana LeonCanadaSoccer
Deanne RoseCanadaSoccer
Michelle MoultrieUSASoftball
Aubree MunroUSASoftball
Kelsey StewartUSASoftball
Caeleb DresselUSASwimming
4x100 free
100m free
50m free
Amro Al-WirJordanSwimming
200 breast
Natalie HindsUSASwimming
4x100 free
Bobby FinkeUSASwimming
800m free
1500m free
Eric FrieseGermanySwimming
4x100 free
Enzo MartinezUruguaySwimming
50m free
Alfonso MestreVenezuelaSwimming
800m free
Kieran SmithUSASwimming
400m free
200m free
4x200 free
Andres ArroyoPuerto RicoT&F
800m
Doneisha AndersonBahamasT&F
4x400 relay
Lloydricia CameronJamaicaT&F
Shot put
Will ClayeUSAT&F
Triple jump
Marquis DendyUSAT&F
Long jump
Yanis DavidFranceT&F
Triple jump
Long jump
Joseph FahnbullehLiberiaT&F
200m
Grant HollowayUSAT&F
110m hurdles
Genevive LaCazeAustraliaT&F
3000m steeple
Eddie LovettU.S. VirginT&F
110m hurdles
Taylor MasonUSAT&F
Cory McGeeUSAT&F
1500m
Hakim Sani BrownJapanT&F
200m
Marija VucenovicSerbiaT&F
Javelin

USA TODAY/ESPN COACHES POLL
Preseason 1-5: North Carolina (30), Kentucky (1), Ohio State, Connecticut, Syracuse
6-10: Duke, Vanderbilt, Louisville, Memphis, Florida
11-15: Pittsburgh, Baylor, Kansas, Wisconsin, Xavier
16-20: Arizona, Alabama, Michigan, Texas A&M, UCLA
21-25: Marquette, Cincinnati, Gonzaga, California, Missouri

*Numbers in parenthesis represent first-place votes.

One Comment

  1. Jackson says:

    Way too high IMO. I was thinking around #25 to start the season.

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