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By KEVIN BROCKWAY
Sun sports writer

3:21 pm, November 2, 2007

It's official, Associated Press members and coaches don't expect much from the two-time defending national champion Florida men's basketball team.

The Gators were in the Others-receiving-votes category of The Associated Press preseason poll released today. That was the same category the Gators, who received 35 votes, were selected to in the USA Today coaches poll.

Florida was the preseason No. 1 last year and the Gators went on to repeat as national champions. The players who started on the two title teams are gone.

North Carolina was selected as the preseason No. 1 team. UCLA, Memphis, Kansas and Georgetown round out the top five.

The Associated Press Top 25

The top 25 teams in The Associated Press' preseason college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, final records, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and final ranking:

Team, Record, Points. Previous ranking
1. North Carolina (29), 31-7, 1,728, 4
2. UCLA (24), 30-6, 1,710, 7
3. Memphis (18), 33-4, 1,680, 5
4. Kansas, 33-5, 1,568, 2
5. Georgetown (1), 30-7, 1,504, 8
6. Louisville, 24-10, 1,380, 16
7. Tennessee, 24-11, 1,371, 25
8. Michigan St., 23-12, 1,296, —
9. Indiana, 21-11, 1,145, —
10. Washington St., 26-8, 1,103, 13
11. Marquette, 24-10, 1,002, 20
12. Oregon, 29-8, 918, 10
13. Duke, 22-11, 868, —
14. Gonzaga, 23-11, 711, —
15. Texas, 25-10, 638, 11
16. Texas A&M, 27-7, 623, 9
17. Arizona, 20-11, 499, —
18. Southern Cal, 25-12, 480, 23
19. Arkansas, 21-14, 468, —
20. Kentucky, 22-12, 372, —
21. N.C. State, 20-16, 338, —
22. Pittsburgh, 29-8, 293, 12
23. Stanford, 18-13, 290, —
24. S. Illinois, 29-7, 222, 14
25. Kansas St., 23-12, 216, —

Others receiving votes: Villanova 144, Ohio St. 128, Butler 114, Syracuse 103, Clemson 83, Xavier 73, Connecticut 50, Davidson 50, Mississippi St. 38, Florida 35, West Virginia 20, Va. Commonwealth 19, Virginia 19, Notre Dame 18, Wisconsin 15, Alabama 14, Missouri 8, Maryland 6, Nevada 6, Vanderbilt 6, Washington 6, New Mexico St. 4, Utah St. 4, BYU 3, Providence 3, Akron 2, Illinois 2, Southern Miss. 2, George Mason 1, Houston 1.