While Florida remains ranked No. 5 in the latest Pomeroy College Basketball Ratings<\/a>, it now has a plus-32.97 net rating, up 0.64 points from the last update<\/a>. The Gators began the 2025-26 campaign ranked second in the nation, dropped as low as No. 15 and steadily climbed back into the top five with an impressive 10-2 record in SEC play. The Gators sit between the No. 4 Houston Cougars and No. 6 Illinois Illini.<\/p>\n The offense is scoring 124.4 points per 100 possessions (16th in the country) and the defense is allowing just 91.4 points per 100 possessions (fourth) \u2014 a 2.0 and 0.7 improvement, respectively.<\/p>\n Florida is playing with an adjusted tempo of 70.3 possessions per 40 minutes, a 0.6-possession increase from the last update.<\/p>\n Florida’s luck rating (-.068) remains among the bottom tenth in the country at No. 329, but it’s the Gators’ best figure since the end of November. Somehow, the Orange and Blue has the fifth-worst ranking in this metric among SEC teams. The Ole Miss Rebels (-.072, No. 335), South Carolina Gamecocks (-.075, No. 339), Texas Longhorns<\/a> (-.082, No. 343) and Oklahoma Sooners<\/a> (-.101, No. 351) have all been unluckier this season.<\/p>\n KenPom’s luck rating is the deviation in winning percentage between a team\u2019s actual record and its expected record using the\u00a0correlated Gaussian method.<\/p>\n Strength of Schedule according to KenPom<\/p>\n Florida’s strength of schedule remains the fourth-toughest in the country, with opponents boasting a plus-14.66 net rating. Further broken down, Florida’s opponents score 118.2 points per 100 possessions, the third-best in the country, and allow 103.5 points, which is good for 15th overall.<\/p>\n Follow us\u00a0@GatorsWire<\/a>\u00a0on X, formerly known as Twitter, as well as Bluesky<\/a>, and like our page on\u00a0Facebook<\/a>\u00a0to follow ongoing coverage of Florida Gators news, notes and opinions.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1771317617_517_88682821007-usatsi-28238780.jpg\")
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