Florida ranked in preseason basketball polls

By Adam Silverstein
October 28, 2010

The defending national champion Duke Blue Devils earned the No. 1 spot in both the Associated Press and ESPN/USA Today preseason polls released over the last two weeks. The Florida Gators were voted No. 9 and No. 11 in the respective polls.

The preseason top-10 for each poll was voted as follows:

Associated Press: Duke (55), Michigan State (8), Kansas State (2), Ohio State, Pittsburgh, Villanova, Kansas, North Carolina, Florida, Syracuse

ESPN/USA Today: Duke (29), Michigan State (2), Kansas State, Pittsburgh, Ohio State, Villanova, Kansas, Purdue, North Carolina, Kentucky

Other Southeastern Conference schools ranked in the preseason Top 25s include No. 11/10 Kentucky and No. 23/20 Tennessee.

Florida is set to play No. 4/5 Ohio State in Gainesville, FL, on Nov. 16 and No. 3/3 Kansas State at the Orange Bowl Basketball Classic in Sunrise, FL, on Dec. 18.

The Gators finished the 2009-10 season unranked in both polls.

2 Comments

Gatorbuc15 says:

October 28, 2010 at 5:13 pm

Alright we’re ranked #9 in the AP Poll. At least they have enough sense to rank us ahead of UK.

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Basshole says:

October 28, 2010 at 6:34 pm

I really like it when we play games like OSU and K. State early. Win or lose I think it really helps the team, both with their body of work and also prepping for the NCAA tourney.

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