NCAA Basketball Rankings: Florida Drops, Florida State Rises In Latest Edition Of Polls

After a tough road loss against one of the best teams in the country, the Florida Gators dropped down in the latest college basketball polls but stayed in the top ten. A seven point loss to the Ohio State Buckeyes is certainly nothing to be ashamed of, and that was reflected by the pollsters dropping them only three spots in the AP Top 25 and only one spot in the USA Today Top 25.

The Gators state rival in Tallahassee moved up in the Week 3 polls. Florida State was bumped up from 25th to 22nd in the country in the AP poll and jumped four spots, from 24th to 20th in the USA Today poll. While they may face off on the gridiron this week, the Gators and Noles will play on the hardwood Christmas week on December 22nd.

The complete polls are listed below

AP Poll
1 North Carolina (62) 3-0 1,621
2 Kentucky 4-0 1,528
3 Ohio State (1) 3-0 1,493
4 Connecticut (2) 4-0 1,426
5 Syracuse 4-0 1,353
6 Duke 4-0 1,305
7 Louisville 3-0 1,186
8 Memphis 1-0 1,123
9 Baylor 3-0 1,079
10 Florida 2-1 998
11 Wisconsin 3-0 916
12 Xavier 3-0 912
13 Alabama 5-0 820
14 Kansas 1-1 717
15 Michigan 3-0 587
16 Marquette 4-0 558
17 Pittsburgh 2-1 524
18 Vanderbilt 3-1 468
19 Gonzaga 3-0 454
20 California 3-0 420
21 Missouri 3-0 327
22 Florida State 4-0 323
23 Arizona 4-1 273
24 Mississippi State 4-1 215
25 Texas A&M 3-1 108

USA Today Poll

1 North Carolina (30) 3-0 774
2 Kentucky (1) 4-0 732
3 Ohio State 3-0 708
4 Connecticut 4-0 668
5 Syracuse 4-0 652
6 Duke 4-0 640
7 Louisville 3-0 555
8 Memphis 1-0 497
9 Florida 2-1 480
10 Baylor 3-0 443
11 Wisconsin 3-0 438
12 Xavier 3-0 394
13 Alabama 5-0 379
14 Kansas 1-1 327
15 Michigan 3-0 288
16 Pittsburgh 2-1 252
17 Marquette 4-0 241
18 California 3-0 216
19 Gonzaga 3-0 208
20 Florida State 4-0 189
21 Missouri 3-0 181
22 Vanderbilt 3-1 179
23 Arizona 4-1 134
24 Texas A&M 3-1 65
25 Creighton 4-0 62