Florida Tops Preseason AP Top 25 Men’s Poll
Florida has been ranked No. 1 in the preseason AP Top 25 Men's Poll for the upcoming college basketball season, with Duke and Illinois also receiving first-place votes and ranking second and third, respectively.
Wheeling Steubenville, WV, October 20, 2026 —
Florida has been ranked No. 1 in the preseason AP Top 25 Men’s Poll for the upcoming college basketball season. Duke is ranked second and Illinois third, and both teams also received first-place votes.
The poll places Florida ahead of the other teams named in the summary, while the first-place votes for Duke and Illinois indicate that voters did not choose Florida unanimously. The number of votes for each team and the overall voting totals were not provided.
The ranking is identified as a preseason poll, but the summary does not specify the season year, when the poll was released, or how many teams received votes. It also does not provide details about the voting process, the teams’ schedules, or the players and coaches involved. No explanation was provided for the teams’ positions.
Based on the information available, Florida leads the listed rankings, followed by Duke and Illinois. The summary does not include rankings for any other teams, so the positions beyond the top three cannot be reported here. It also does not provide further information about how the preseason rankings compare with any earlier poll or how they may change during the season.
The ranking is a preseason assessment, and no results from the upcoming season are included in the summary. The available information establishes the order of the top three teams and notes that Duke and Illinois received first-place votes; additional poll data and background were not provided.
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