Florida up to No. 10 in top 25 polls; Beal awarded

By Adam Silverstein
December 26, 2011

The seventh editions of the regular season USA Today/ESPN and Associated Press Top 25 Polls were released on Monday, and the Syracuse Orange maintained their spot as the No. 1 team in the country for the third week in a row.

The Florida Gators moved up to No. 10 in both polls on the heels of consecutive blowout victories over Mississippi Valley State and Florida State. Florida is one of three Southeastern Conference teams listed in the respective rankings.

Additionally, Gators guard Brad Beal took home SEC Freshman of the Week honors for the second time in three weeks after posting 13 points and six rebounds as well as a team-high 21 points and six more boards in Florida’s two respective contests last week.

Athlete	Country	Sport
Mark Kolozsvary	USA	Baseball
Marife Torres	Puerto Rico	Golf
Leanne Wong	USA	Gymnastics
Adriana Leon	Canada	Soccer
Deanne Rose	Canada	Soccer
Michelle Moultrie	USA	Softball
Aubree Munro	USA	Softball
Kelsey Stewart	USA	Softball
Caeleb Dressel	USA	Swimming 4x100 free 100m free 50m free
Amro Al-Wir	Jordan	Swimming 200 breast
Natalie Hinds	USA	Swimming 4x100 free
Bobby Finke	USA	Swimming 800m free 1500m free
Eric Friese	Germany	Swimming 4x100 free
Enzo Martinez	Uruguay	Swimming 50m free
Alfonso Mestre	Venezuela	Swimming 800m free
Kieran Smith	USA	Swimming 400m free 200m free 4x200 free
Andres Arroyo	Puerto Rico	T&F 800m
Doneisha Anderson	Bahamas	T&F 4x400 relay
Lloydricia Cameron	Jamaica	T&F Shot put
Will Claye	USA	T&F Triple jump
Marquis Dendy	USA	T&F Long jump
Yanis David	France	T&F Triple jump Long jump
Joseph Fahnbulleh	Liberia	T&F 200m
Grant Holloway	USA	T&F 110m hurdles
Genevive LaCaze	Australia	T&F 3000m steeple
Eddie Lovett	U.S. Virgin	T&F 110m hurdles
Taylor Mason	USA	T&F
Cory McGee	USA	T&F 1500m
Hakim Sani Brown	Japan	T&F 200m
Marija Vucenovic	Serbia	T&F Javelin

[EXPAND Click to expand and view the full top 25 polls.]USA TODAY/ESPN COACHES POLL
This Week 1-5: Syracuse (30), Ohio State (1), Kentucky, Louisville, Duke
6-10: North Carolina, Baylor, Missouri, Connecticut, Florida
11-15: Wisconsin, Georgetown, Marquette, Mississippi State, Indiana
16-20: Michigan, Michigan State, Kansas, Creighton, UNLV
21-25: Murray State, Pittsburgh, Harvard, Virginia, Kansas State

Last Week 1-5: Syracuse (30), Ohio State (1), Kentucky, Louisville, Duke
6-10: North Carolina, Baylor, Missouri, Connecticut, Marquette
11-15: Kansas, Florida, Pittsburgh, Wisconsin, Xavier
16-20: Georgetown, Mississippi State, Indiana, Michigan, Michigan State
21-25: Creighton, Murray State, UNLV, Illinois, Harvard

ASSOCIATED PRESS TOP 25 POLL
This Week 1-5: Syracuse (54), Ohio State (5), Kentucky (4), Louisville (2), UNC
6-10: Baylor, Duke, Missouri, Connecticut, Florida
11-15: Wisconsin, Georgetown, Indiana, Marquette, Mississippi State
16-20: Michigan State, Kansas, Michigan, UNLV, Murray State
21-25: Creighton, Pittsburgh, Virginia, Harvard, San Diego State

Last Week 1-5: Syracuse (53), Ohio State (5), Kentucky (4), Louisville (2), UNC
6-10: Baylor, Duke, Connecticut, Missouri, Marquette
11-15: Florida, Kansas, Wisconsin, Xavier, Pittsburgh
16-20: Georgetown, Indiana, Mississippi State, Michigan State, Michigan
21-25: UNLV, Murray State, Creighton, Virginia, Illinois

*Numbers in parenthesis represent first-place votes.[/EXPAND]

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