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The college basketball season is just around the corner, and in anticipation, the preseason Coaches Poll was announced.
Baylor earned the top spot.
The Kansas Jayhawks checked in at No. 5.
Where does your favorite team stand?
The full preseason top 25 AP Poll can be seen below.
- Baylor
- Gonzaga
- Villanova
- Virginia
- Kansas
- Iowa
- Wisconsin
- Duke
- Kentucky
- Illinois
- Creighton
- Michigan State
- Texas Tech
- Tennessee
- West Virginia
- North Carolina
- Arizona State
- Houston
- Florida State
- Oregon
- UCLA
- Texas
- Rutgers
- Ohio State
- Alabama
About the Associated Press Top 25 Poll
The Associated Press college basketball poll started on Jan. 20, 1949. The original poll had 20 teams, with Saint Louis the first school to hold the No. 1 ranking. From the 1961-62 season through 1967-68 only 10 teams were ranked. It expanded again to 20 teams from 1968-69 through 1988-89. The Top 25 began the next season, and it has stayed at that number ever since. The AP’s final poll is released after the field for the NCAA Tournament is selected.