The USA TODAY Sports preseason men's basketball poll will be led by Florida for the first time in 20 years but there's several contenders lurking.

Houston basketball's season came to a heart-breaking end Monday night when the Coogs fell to Florida 65-63 in the 2025 NCAA National Championship game.

Florida tops the 2026-27 preseason AP Top 25 for the first time since 2006, ahead of Duke, Illinois and UConn.

Here is where Houston basketball is ranked in the preseason AP Poll that came out on Monday. Houston Cougars On SI Where Alabama sits in preseason 2026-27 college basketball AP Poll Alabama is ranked to begin the 2026-27 college basketball season ...

Florida State Seminoles men's basketball hits the road to face No. 8 Houston in the Houston Hoops Showdown at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas on Saturday evening at 8 p.m. The game will be shown on Peacock. A stream can be found here.

Florida basketball has learned which teams it will face in the upcoming Players Era tournament. Florida will open against Notre Dame on Nov. 17 at Michelob ULTRA Arena in Las Vegas. The Gators will then face either Rutgers or Houston, with the latter being ...