PEMBROKE PARK, Fla. – A victory against Miami was enough to propel the Gators into The Associated Press college basketball top 25 poll.
Florida is ranked No. 24 in the latest AP poll released Monday.
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The Gators (6-1) defeated the Hurricanes (4-2) in Sunday's third-place game at the AdvoCare Invitational.
Kentucky and Villanova remain the top two teams, while Baylor made the week's biggest jump from No. 20 to ninth.
The Kentucky Wildcats (6-0) received 40 first-place votes Monday from the 65-member national media panel while Villanova, also known as the Wildcats, was No. 1 on 20 ballots.
North Carolina (7-0), which moved up one place to third after winning the Maui Invitational, got four No. 1 votes. Kansas, Duke and Virginia all moved up one place to fourth through sixth. Xavier moved up two places to seventh and Gonzaga went up three spots to eighth.
Baylor (6-0), which beat Michigan State and Louisville in winning the Battle 4 Atlantis, got the other first-place vote and was followed in the top 10 by Creighton (6-0).
Florida State, meanwhile, fell out of the top 25 after an 89-86 loss to Temple in the NIT Tip-Off. The Seminoles (5-1) received five votes this week after jumping into the top 25 last week.