ATHENS, Ga. — The Georgia Bulldogs are ranked No. 25 in this week’s Associated Press poll, which was released on Monday. Among the teams receiving votes in the USA Today coaches poll, the Bulldogs are No. 26 this week.

Georgia last appeared in the AP poll last season on Jan. 13 when the Bulldogs were No. 23 in both the AP and coaches polls. This is the first time Georgia has been ranked in the AP poll in consecutive seasons since the 2001-02 and 2002-03 campaigns.

Georgia is 9-1 on the season and currently leads all 365 Division I programs in four statistical categories – scoring offense (98.3 ppg), scoring margin (+27.7 ppg), fastbreak scoring (27.6 ppg) and blocks (8.5 ppg). According to the metric Barttorvik.com, the “Dunkyard Dawgs” also are the nation’s top team in percentage of field goals that are dunks at 22.4 percent.

The Bulldogs feature one of the nation’s deepest rosters playing at one of the fastest paces in college basketball. Georgia is the only Power Conference team with an 11-player rotation with every player averaging double-digit minutes and seeing action in every game. According to kenpom.com, the Bulldogs’ have the nation’s third-quickest average offensive possession (14.2 seconds) and fifth-fastest adjusted tempo (74.8 possessions per 40 minutes).

Georgia opens a four-game homestand against Western Carolina on Thursday night at 7:00 p.m. The Bulldogs also will face West Georgia on Dec. 22 at 2:00 p.m.; LIU on Dec. 29 at 7:00 p.m.; and Auburn in the SEC opener on Jan. 3 at 1:00 p.m. Tickets for all of Georgia’s remaining home games are available here.