The Florida Gators basketball team released its conference schedule Wednesday afternoon, nearly finalizing its entire 2025-26 schedule.
The Gators will visit the Missouri Tigers on Jan. 3 to tip off their conference schedule and wrap up the regular season on the road against the Kentucky Wildcats on March 7.
The Tigers were one of four teams to beat Florida last season, splitting two games with the Gators. Missouri upset UF 83-82 in January but failed to clinch the series in a 95-81 loss.
Following Florida’s conference opener, the Gators will host Georgia Jan. 6 or 7, then the Tennessee Volunteers Jan. 10. Florida lost just once against each team during its 2024-25 campaign, defeating the Volunteers to win the 2025 SEC Championship.
Florida will then take a week to visit Oklahoma and Vanderbilt before returning home to face Louisiana State Jan. 20 or 21.
Following its match against LSU, Florida will host Auburn on Jan. 24.
UF won both matchups against Auburn in 2025 — once on the road at Neville Arena and again in the Final Four to advance to the championship game.
The following week, the Gators will travel to South Carolina before returning home to close out the month with a face-off against Alabama on Jan. 31.
Florida rolled past Alabama 99-94 and 104-82 in 2025 and has an active four-game win streak against the Crimson Tide.
UF will kick off February with road games at Texas A&M and Georgia, before hosting Kentucky Feb. 14.
Despite the Wildcats handing Florida its first loss of the season in 2025, Florida won 14 of its next 17 conference matchups en route to its championship title.
After its bout with Kentucky, UF will face South Carolina for a second time at home prior to a two-game road stretch where the Gators will face Texas and Ole Miss Feb. 21 and Feb. 25, respectively.
Then, as February rolls into March, the Gators will look to finish strong on their home turf, hosting Arkansas Feb. 28 and Mississippi State March 3 or 4 before visiting Kentucky to end the regular season.
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Curan is the men's tennis beat reporter and a second-year journalism sports & media major. He enjoys spending his free time with pets, at the beach and fishing.
