With the 2018-19 college basketball season getting underway in two weeks, the preseason AP Poll was released on Monday. Kansas enters the season as the No. 1 squad, with Bill Self’s squad looking to make the Final Four for the second straight season. Kentucky, Gonzaga, Duke, and Virginia round out the top five.
NCAA basketball rankings: Kansas Jayhawks No. 1 in preseason AP poll
ACC has six teams ranked and Gonzaga is top-three.
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The ACC leads the way with seven teams represented, including three in the Top-10. The SEC is second with five teams ranked, followed by the Big 12 with four and the Big Ten and Pac-12 each with three. Villanova, the reigning national champions, check in at No. 9 and are the only Big East squad in the Top-25.
Gonzaga, which finished last season with a loss to Florida State in the Sweet 16, comes in at No. 3.
Here’s the full poll:
AP Poll - Preseason
Rank | Team | Conference |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kansas | Big 12 |
| 2 | Kentucky | SEC |
| 3 | Gonzaga | West Coast |
| 4 | Duke | ACC |
| 5 | Virginia | ACC |
| 6 | Tennessee | SEC |
| 7 | Nevada | Mountain West |
| 8 | North Carolina | ACC |
| 9 | Villanova | Big East |
| 10 | Michigan State | Big Ten |
| 11 | Auburn | SEC |
| 12 | Kansas State | Big 12 |
| 13 | West Virginia | Big 12 |
| 14 | Oregon | Pac-12 |
| 15 | Virginia Tech | ACC |
| 16 | Syracuse | ACC |
| 17 | Florida State | ACC |
| 18 | Mississippi State | SEC |
| 19 | Michigan | Big Ten |
| 20 | TCU | Big 12 |
| 21 | UCLA | Pac-12 |
| 22 | Clemson | ACC |
| 23 | LSU | SEC |
| 24 | Purdue | Big Ten |
| 25 | Washington | Pac-12 |
This story has been updated to reflect an error by the AP with the original rankings released.
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