The Florida Gators remain at No. 4 in the KenPom ratings following a 25-6 finish to the 2025-26 college basketball regular season.
Florida now has a plus-35.34 net rating, up 0.03 points from the last update. The Gators’ offense is scoring 126.6 points per 100 possessions — up 0.4 points and ranked seventh in the country — while the defense is allowing just 91.1 points per 100 possessions, which is good for fourth overall following a 0.2-point increase.
The Orange and Blue began the 2025-26 campaign ranked second in the nation, dropped as low as No. 15 and have steadily climbed back into the top five with an impressive 15-2 record in SEC play. Florida recently overtook Illinois for the No. 4 spot but trails No. 3 Arizona by just under two points.
Breaking down more KenPom ratings
Florida is playing at an adjusted tempo of 71.0 possessions per 40 minutes, 0.2 possessions more than before its regular-season finale against the Kentucky Wildcats.
Florida’s luck rating (-.051) ranks 314th, which is a high point for the Gators since dropping four games in non-conference play. The Gators have the seventh-worst ranking in this metric among SEC teams and are the second-most unlucky team in the top 30, behind the Tennessee Volunteers (-.058)
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 is the sixth-toughest in the country, with opponents boasting a plus-15.57 net rating. Further broken down, Florida’s opponents score 119.3 points per 100 possessions, the third-most in the country, and allow 103.8 points, which is good for 26th overall. The non-conference strength of schedule is ranked 32nd at plus-8.17.
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This article originally appeared on Gators Wire: Florida basketball’s KenPom ratings ahead of SEC Tournament
Reporting by David Rosenberg, Gators Wire / Gators Wire
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