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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.

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