Florida is the new No. 1 in The Associated Press poll, the Gators' first time on top of the rankings since they repeated as national champions in 2007.

The Gators were No. 1 for eight weeks that season, including two as a unanimous choice.

The Gators (25-2) moved up one place Monday, replacing Syracuse (25-2), which lost twice last week and dropped to fourth.

Florida coach Billy Donovan wasn't impressed with the top ranking, which marked the first time the SEC has had two different teams ranked No. 1 in the same season since 2002-03 (Kentucky was ranked No. 1 the first two polls this season).

"Although it's a nice honor and it's great, if you really want to break it down, what does it mean?" Donovan told ESPN.com. "It means that some teams in front of us lost. It means that we obviously were given that ranking. But whether we're 15, 2, 1, not ranked, we've got to play [Tuesday] against Vanderbilt. To me, the ranking doesn't do anything for us, it doesn't give us anything. It doesn't."

Florida senior forward Will Yeguete thinks the Gators will handle the challenge well.

"Our lives aren't really changing," Yeguete said. "We're No. 1. That's a really good accomplishment, especially for us being No. 1. But I think Coach D will use that to motivate us. We've been No. 2 before. We know what it is to be ranked really high. We know you just take one game at a time."

Syracuse lost to Boston College and at Duke last week to become the first No. 1 team to lose two games in the same week since Texas in January 2010. Those losses started a rough end to the season for Texas, which started 17-0 then lost seven of nine and dropped out of the Top 25.