Chinyelu decided to declare for the NBA draft April 17, 2025, to take his career to the next level.
At the center of Florida’s progress is a trio — Laila Reynolds, Liv McGill and Me’Arah O’Neal — that has become increasingly influential as conference play has unfolded.
With all three of the other teams ranked in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association top 25, Florida (3-0) was the odd one out. Yet, they showed out.
Despite erasing a 15-point deficit at the half, Florida, led by Thomas Haugh’s 27 points, fell short to Auburn at home for the first time in 30 years.
The new men’s basketball coach is off to a winning start to the 2025-26 season
In a hostile environment in Auburn Friday night, the No. 1 Florida Gators gymnastics team set the tone early, but stumbled to the finish line with a poor vault rotation.
In its first match-up against Boston College, the Florida Ice Hockey Club was in for a high-octane battle.The two sides traded goals all evening, finding themselves tied up at 8-apiece at the end of regulation.
A rematch of last season’s Final Four is here, with No. 16 Florida taking on a new-look Auburn team Saturday in the O’Dome.
As the season approaches and Florida softball looks to return to the Women’s College World Series for the 14th time, three Florida stars were named to the 2026 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year award watch list.
No. 8 Florida women’s golf is coming into spring play on a high note. It finished first in its two most recent tournaments, second in the Inverness Intercollegiate and third in the season-opening Cougar Classic. In their most recent tournament, The Ally, the Gators ended with a season-best combined score of 838.
Rueben Chinyelu grabbed his fourth straight double-double, trying a career-high 21 rebounds and 15 points in No. 16 Florida’s 79-61 win over LSU.
Starting Friday and ending Saturday evening, the Florida Ice Hockey Club was looking to take home the cup at the 27th annual Savannah Hockey Classic.
The Gators are now 4-6 in road games against top-10 ranked opponents under Golden. While this record may not seem noteworthy, Florida held a 5-62 record in these games before Golden’s arrival.
In 2026, the Gators lost 34 players to the portal but picked more than 20 new additions in hopes of strengthening their roster under first-year Florida head coach Jon Sumrall.
Florida center Rueben Chinyelu was named SEC Player of the week after recording double-doubles against Oklahoma on Wednesday and then-No. 10 Vanderbilt on Saturday.
In the end, Florida beat out Missouri in a desperate scramble for the Gators' first Southeastern Conference win of the season.
After two seasons as quarterback of the Florida Gators, Lagway entered the transfer portal Dec. 15. He now heads to Baylor.
With under a minute to go, Xaivian Lee’s 3-pointer put the Gators up 95-94 en route to a massive UF road victory over Vanderbilt. The senior guard, wearing No. 99, had a 20-point outing.
Gators men’s tennis began its home opener with dominance and revenge on its mind. With flashbacks of their second-round exit in last year's DI Men’s Tennis Championship against No. 15 UCF fueling their play, Florida delivered a 4-3 dual match victory.
Florida women’s tennis showed up and showed out, opening the 2026 season with a win over Charleston Southern University.
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