{
  "id": 19184393,
  "title": "College basketball rankings: Florida edges Duke for No. 1 in USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/09/college-basketball-rankings-florida-edges-duke-for-no-1-in-usa-today",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-11-09T17:36:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Sports",
    "slug": "yahoo-sports",
    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/college-basketball-rankings-florida-edges-173604089.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The inaugural regular-season edition of the USA TODAY Sports men's basketball coaches poll was released following the commencement of the season. Florida maintains its top ranking with 23 out of 32 first-place votes. Duke holds the second position with nine first-place votes. Illinois claims the third spot, while Connecticut and Michigan State move up one place to the fourth and fifth positions, respectively. Arizona's ranking drops seven places to 11 as they lost to UCLA. Virginia climbs four spots to secure the sixth position, while Texas, Houston, and Tennessee retain their next three ranks. Louisville advances to the ninth position, completing the top 10. The preseason-unranked UCLA enters the poll at No. 15 after defeating their former Pac-12 rivals. Nebraska also enters at No. 24, while BYU remains at No. 25, just a single poll point ahead of Kentucky. Both Kentucky and Purdue fell out of the top 25 due to losses last week, including Purdue's double overtime loss to Valparaiso. This report was originally published on USA TODAY: College basketball rankings: Florida edges Duke for No. 1 in USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll.",
  "summary": "Florida held its position at No. 1 ahead of Duke in the first USA TODAY Sports men's basketball poll of the regular season.",
  "key_points": [
    "Florida edges Duke for No. 1 ranking in coaches poll",
    "Duke holds second position with nine first-place votes",
    "Illinois, Connecticut, and Michigan State move up one spot"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}