Duke runaway No. 1 in preseason AP Top 25; Kentucky is No. 2

(AP) — Duke is the runaway No. 1 in The Associated Press preseason college basketball poll.

The Blue Devils, who return three starters from last season's team and have what is considered one of the top recruiting classes in the nation, received 58 of the 65 first-place votes from the national media panel on Monday.

Kentucky, which had two No. 1 votes, is second with Kansas third. Defending national champion Villanova had four first-place votes and was fourth with Oregon, which had the other No. 1 vote is fifth.

North Carolina, Xavier, Virginia, Wisconsin and Arizona round out the top 10.

Indiana is 11th followed by Michigan State, Louisville, Gonzaga, Purdue, UCLA, Saint Mary's, Connecticut, Syracuse and West Virginia.

The last five ranked teams are Texas, Creighton, Rhode Island, Iowa State and Maryland.

The ACC and Big Ten are tied with five ranked teams each while the Big 12 has four.

 

The Top Twenty Five
The Associated Press

The top 25 teams in The Associated Press' preseason 2016-17 college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, final 2015-16 records, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last year's final ranking

RecordPtsPrv
1. Duke (58)25-11161219
2. Kentucky (2)27-9147910
3. Kansas33-514761
4. Villanova (4)35-514656
5. Oregon (1)31-713435
6. North Carolina33-713143
7. Xavier28-611679
8. Virginia29-811494
9. Wisconsin22-131135-
10. Arizona25-9100417
11. Indiana27-891714
12. Michigan St.29-69032
13. Louisville23-875516
14. Gonzaga28-8699-
15. Purdue26-967212
16. UCLA15-17540-
17. Saint Mary's (Cal)29-6512-
18. UConn25-11504-
19. Syracuse23-14464-
20. West Virginia26-93608
21. Texas20-13250-
22. Creighton20-15231-
23. Rode Island17-15199-
24. Iowa St.23-1216822
25. Maryland27-914418

Others receiving votes: Cincinnati 110, Dayton 98, Florida St. 88, California 74, San Diego St. 48, Miami 35, NC State 29, Butler 21, Wichita St. 21, Florida 18, Virginia Tech 18, Ohio St. 18, Mississippi St. 14, Texas A&M 14, Oklahoma 11, Colorado 10, Michigan 8, Monmouth (NJ) 7, Notre Dame 6, Washington 5, Seton Hall 5, Princeton 2, Ohio 1, Harvard 1, Vanderbilt 1.

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