The USA TODAY Sports Top 25 men’s preseason basketball poll, with team’s RECORDS FROM LAST YEAR, total points based on 25 for first place through one point for 25th, ranking in last season’s final poll and first-place votes received:
Record | Pts | Pvs | |
---|---|---|---|
1. North Carolina (23) | 29-10 | 778 | 2 |
2. Gonzaga (5) | 28-4 | 759 | 5 |
3. Houston (1) | 32-6 | 713 | 7 |
4. Kentucky (3) | 26-8 | 697 | 16 |
5. Kansas | 34-6 | 660 | 1 |
6. Baylor | 27-7 | 632 | 9 |
7. UCLA | 27-8 | 560 | 11 |
8. Duke | 32-7 | 552 | 3 |
9. Creighton | 23-12 | 500 | NR |
10. Arkansas | 28-9 | 498 | 8 |
11. Tennessee | 27-8 | 486 | 15 |
12. Texas | 22-12 | 449 | NR |
13. Arizona | 33-4 | 352 | 6 |
14. Indiana | 21-14 | 334 | NR |
15. Auburn | 28-6 | 318 | 14 |
16. TCU | 21-13 | 317 | NR |
17. Villanova | 30-8 | 300 | 4 |
18. Virginia | 21-14 | 287 | NR |
19. Alabama | 19-14 | 176 | NR |
20. San Diego State | 23-9 | 173 | NR |
21. Oregon | 20-15 | 128 | NR |
22. Michigan | 19-15 | 122 | 25 |
23. Illinois | 23-10 | 115 | 19 |
24. Texas Tech | 27-10 | 107 | 12 |
25. Dayton | 24-11 | 75 | NR |
Dropped Out: No. 10 Purdue (29-8); No. 13 Providence (27-6); No. 16 Miami (Fla.) (26-11); No. 18 Wisconsin (25-8); No. 20 Saint Mary’s (26-8); No. 21 Iowa (26-10); No. 22 Murray State (31-3); No. 23 Iowa State (22-13); No. 24 Saint Peter’s (22-12).
Others receiving votes: Purdue (29-8) 44; Texas A&M (27-13) 37; Connecticut (23-10) 31; Miami (Fla.) (26-11) 31; Michigan State (23-13) 29; Iowa (26-10) 22; Providence (27-6) 22; Florida State (17-14) 13; Syracuse (16-17) 13; Southern California (26-8) 9; Virginia Tech (23-13) 9; Saint Mary’s (26-8) 8; Wisconsin (25-8) 7; Wyoming (25-9) 7; Alabama-Birmingham (27-8) 6; Florida (20-14) 5; Ohio State (20-12) 5; Iowa State (22-13) 4; Xavier (23-13) 3; Drake (25-11) 2; Rutgers (18-14) 2; Toledo (26-8) 2; Boise State (27-8) 1.
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