The top 25 teams in The Associated Press' preseason college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and last season's final ranking:
1. Kentucky (34)
2. Kansas (24)
3. Villanova (2)
4. UCLA (4)
5. Georgetown
6. Connecticut
7. Massachusetts
8. Iowa
9. Mississippi St.
10. Utah
11. Wake Forest
12. Louisville
13. Memphis
14. Missouri
15. Maryland
16. Arkansas
17. Michigan
18. Stanford
19. Virginia
20. North Carolina
21. Cincinnati
22. Virginia Tech
23. Indiana
24. Purdue
25. California
Others receiving votes: Oklahoma 169, Arizona 136, Washington St. 56, Duke 55, Georgia Tech 49, Tulane 43, Santa Clara 33, Syracuse 32, Illinois 27, Georgia 21, W. Kentucky 17, Mississippi 16, New Mexico 16, Temple 15, Marquette 12, Miami, Ohio 12, LSU 11, Wisconsin 10, St. John's 9, Arizona St. 8, Texas Tech 7, Tulsa 7, Fresno St. 6, Utah St. 6, Old Dominion 5, Nebraska 4, Rice 4, Penn St. 3, Texas 3, Xavier, Ohio 3, Colgate 2, Minnesota 2, Ohio U. 2, Oklahoma St. 2, Pittsburgh 2, Bradley 1, Clemson 1, George Washington 1, Hawaii 1, Manhattan 1, SW Missouri St. 1, South Carolina 1, South Florida 1.