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Florida checks in at No. 7 in the first USA TODAY Coaches Poll for the 2014-15 men's basketball season — and the Gators will see a fair few ranked teams this season, in all likelihood.
Florida will play top-10 outfits Kentucky (No. 1) and Kansas (No. 5) for certain, during its SEC and non-conference schedules, respectively, but the Gators could also run into No. 4 Wisconsin and No. 6 North Carolina during their trip to the Bahamas for the Battle 4 Atlantis in November. Florida will host No. 15 UConn in a Final Four rematch to conclude non-conference play, and could also meet No. 19 Oklahoma in the Bahamas.
Florida's No. 7 ranking is its highest in a preseason poll since the 2006-07 season, when the defending national champion Gators were ranked No. 1 in both the Associated Press Top 25 and the coaches' poll.
Kentucky and Florida are the only two SEC teams ranked in the preseason poll.
| RANK | TEAM | RECORD | POINTS | 1ST PLACE VOTES |
| 1 | Kentucky | 29-11 | 785 | 24 |
| 2 | Arizona | 33-5 | 746 | 3 |
| 3 | Duke | 26-9 | 715 | 2 |
| 4 | Wisconsin | 30-8 | 706 | 3 |
| 5 | Kansas | 25-10 | 654 | 0 |
| 6 | North Carolina | 24-10 | 598 | 0 |
| 7 | Florida | 36-3 | 568 | 0 |
| 8 | Virginia | 30-7 | 519 | 0 |
| 9 | Louisville | 31-6 | 507 | 0 |
| 10 | Texas | 24-11 | 479 | 0 |
| 11 | Wichita State | 35-1 | 471 | 0 |
| 12 | Villanova | 29-5 | 439 | 0 |
| 13 | Gonzaga | 29-7 | 423 | 0 |
| 14 | Iowa St. | 28-8 | 323 | 0 |
| 15 | Connecticut | 32-8 | 292 | 0 |
| 16 | Virginia Commonwealth | 26-9 | 259 | 0 |
| 17 | San Diego State | 31-5 | 251 | 0 |
| 18 | Michigan State | 29-9 | 241 | 0 |
| 19 | Oklahoma | 23-10 | 237 | 0 |
| 20 | Ohio State | 25-10 | 223 | 0 |
| 21 | Nebraska | 19-13 | 156 | 0 |
| 22 | Southern Methodist Univ. | 27-10 | 149 | 0 |
| 23 | Michigan | 28-9 | 139 | 0 |
| 24 | Syracuse | 28-6 | 128 | 0 |
| 25 | Iowa | 20-13 | 56 | 0 |