Florida Opens At No. 1 In Preseason AP Men's Basketball Top 25

Florida is No. 1 in the preseason AP Top 25 men's basketball poll. The Gators received 47 of 59 first-place votes. It is their first time at No. 1 since the final poll of 2025, after they beat Houston for the school's third national championship. Duke is No. 2 with 10 first-place votes, and Illinois is No. 3 with the other two. UConn and Arizona complete the top five. "It's cool," said Florida coach Todd Golden, "but like, we've been No. 1 before. We won a national championship before. That's...