Florida remains at No. 7 on the ESPN College Basketball Power Index after some movement over the past week. Despite a convincing win over Alabama on Sunday, Florida dropped to No. 9 during the week, but is back up to No. 7 as of Wednesday.
The Gators now have a BPI of 21.0, currently. Further broken down, the Gators have a 10.1 offensive BPI, which ranks 13th in the country, up 0.2 points. Defensively, Florida’s BPI also improved, from 10.6 (10th) to 10.8 (10th).
“The College Basketball Power Index (BPI) is a measure of team strength that is meant to be the best predictor of performance going forward,” ESPN explains. “BPI represents how many points above or below average a team is. Strength of Record (SOR) is a measure of team accomplishment based on how difficult a team’s W-L record is to achieve. Game predictions account for opponent strength, pace of play, site, travel distance, day’s rest and altitude, and are used to simulate the season 10,000 times to produce season projections.”
ESPN projects Florida to finish the season with a 22.7-8.3 overall record and a 13.7-4.3 conference record, a 0.4-game increase from the last projection.
Florida remains the team to beat in the SEC. The Gators now have 69.1% odds to win the conference, up from 64.3% before the win over Alabama. The Texas A&M Aggies (27.2%) have the next-best odds, followed by the Tennessee Volunteers (16.6%) and Vanderbilt Commodores (10.5%). No other SEC team has better than a 6.5% chance to win the conference.
Florida’s remaining strength of schedule is ranked 23rd in the country, the same as last week. The Gators have a 7-5 record against quality opponents and the sixth-strongest schedule in the country.
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Reporting by David Rosenberg, Gators Wire / Gators Wire
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