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Florida Gators hold at No. 5 in the latest AP poll despite home loss

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Florida, USA; Florida Gators guard Will Richard (5) dunks the ball against the Texas Longhorns during the second half at Exactech Arena at the Stephen C. O'Connell Center. (Matt Pendleton-Imagn Images)

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Florida Gators remained in the top five of the latest Associated Press Poll on Monday after splitting their two homes games in conference play this past week.

Florida held at No. 5 in the new AP Top 25 despite losing to Missouri last Tuesday, snapping a 16-game winning streak in the O’Dome. UF bounced back on Saturday with an 84-60 win over Texas.

“Just really happy and proud of our team. I thought our players did a great job tonight answering the challenge,” Gators coach Todd Golden said after beating the Longhorns. “I didn’t think our mentality was where it needed to be on Tuesday night against a really good Missouri team that came in here and took advantage of it. … We just cannot allow it to happen where a team comes in here and plays harder than us.

“And to the credit of our players and our staff, I thought we played incredibly hard. We were not perfect. We had some, silly turnovers in transition, some missed coverages here and there. But when we play with that level of effort, it allows us to make some mistakes and still be victorious. And I thought for us to win the game the way we did, and to extend it and win by 24 was a great statement coming back off Tuesday night.”

RELATED: Takeaways from Florida Gators’ 84-60 win over Texas

The Florida Gators (16-2, 3-2 SEC) are back on the road Saturday against South Carolina (10-8, 0-5 SEC). Tip is at 7 p.m. ET on SEC Network.

Here’s the latest AP poll.

AP Poll Top 25 after Week 11

1. Auburn 
2. Duke (+1)
3. Iowa State (-1)
4. Alabama
5. Florida
6. Tennessee 
7. Houston (+3)
8. Michigan State (+4)
9. Kentucky (-1)
10. Marquette (-3)
11. Purdue (+6)
12. Kansas (-3)
13. Texas A&M (-2)
14. Mississippi State (+1)
15. Oregon (-2)
16. Ole Miss (+5)
17. Illinois (+2)
18. Wisconsin (+6)
19. UConn (-5)
20. St. John’s
21. Michigan (-1)
22. Missouri
23. West Virginia
24. Memphis (-6)
25. Louisville

Others receiving votes in AP Poll: Texas Tech 104, Utah St. 38, Vanderbilt 35, Gonzaga 34, Georgia 30, Clemson 30, Arizona 21, Saint Mary’s 12, Cincinnati 4, Baylor 4, UC Irvine 3, Wake Forest 2, Creighton 2, Bradley 1, Maryland 1.

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