The Florida Gators are coming off a win over the South Carolina Gamecocks, but still dipped a spot to No. 6 in the KenPom ratings.

Florida now has a plus-32.60 net rating, down 0.37 points from the last update. The Gators began the 2025-26 campaign ranked second in the nation, dropped as low as No. 15 and have steadily climbed back near the top of the list with an impressive 11-2 record in SEC play. The Gators sit between the No. 5 Houston Cougars and No. 7 Iowa State Cyclones. The Illinois Illini recently jumped to No. 4, leading to the one-spot drop.

The offense is scoring 124.5 points per 100 possessions (16th in the country) and the defense is allowing just 91.8 points per 100 possessions (fourth) — a 0.1 and 0.4 increase, respectively.

Breaking down more KenPom ratings

Florida is playing with an adjusted tempo of 70.3 possessions per 40 minutes, the same as the last update.

Florida’s luck rating (-.064) remains among the bottom tenth in the country at No. 329, but it’s the Gators’ best figure since the end of November. The Orange and Blue have the sixth-worst ranking in this metric among SEC teams.

KenPom’s luck rating is the deviation in winning percentage between a team’s actual record and its expected record using the correlated Gaussian method.

Strength of Schedule according to KenPom

Florida’s strength of schedule fell one spot to the fifth-toughest in the country, with opponents boasting a plus-14.06 net rating. Further broken down, Florida’s opponents score 118.5 points per 100 possessions, the fourth-most in the country, and allow 104.4 points, which is good for 24th overall. The non-conference strength of schedule is ranked 35th at plus-7.51.

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