Posted at 6:54 a.m., Friday, October 26, 2007
CBK: North Carolina No. 1 in USA Today preseason poll
Associated Press
USA Today-ESPN coaches' pollThe top 25 teams in the preseason USA Today-ESPN men's college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, final 2006-07 records, points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last year's final ranking:
Record Pts Pvs
1. North Carolina(10) 31-7 739 5t
2. UCLA (12) 30-6 734 3
3. Memphis (8) 33-4 731 7
4. Kansas (1) 33-5 669 5t
5. Georgetown 30-7 625 4
6. Louisville 24-10 620 20
7. Tennessee 24-11 598 18
8. Michigan State 23-12 503 - 9. Indiana 21-11 479 - 10. Washington State 26-8 464 17
11. Duke 22-11 390 - 12. Marquette 24-10 381 - 13. Oregon 29-8 360 8
14. Gonzaga 23-11 252 - 14. Texas A&M 27-7 252 9
16. Texas 25-10 216 16
17. Arizona 20-11 205 - 18. Southern Cal 25-12 189 15
19. Arkansas 21-14 173 - 20. Pittsburgh 29-8 160 10
21. Stanford 18-13 158 - 22. Kentucky 22-12 155 - 23. Southern Illinois 29-7 137 11t
24. N.C. State 20-16 119 - 25. Villanova 22-11 111 - Others receiving votes: Kansas State (23-12) 94; Syracuse (24-11) 69; Ohio State (35-4) 65; Clemson (25-11) 56; Connecticut (17-14) 55; Butler (29-7) 42; Davidson (29-5) 39; Xavier (25-9) 38; Alabama (20-12) 31; Mississippi State (21-14) 30; Florida (35-5) 26; Wisconsin (30-6) 21; Illinois (23-12) 16; Brigham Young (25-9) 12; Washington (19-13) 12; Nevada (29-5) 8; Bradley (22-13) 7; Virginia (21-11) 7; Virginia Commonwealth (28-7) 5; Utah (11-19) 4; Baylor (15-16) 3; Old Dominion (24-9) 3; St. Joseph's (18-14) 3; Fresno State (22-10) 2; George Mason (18-15) 2; Utah State (23-12) 2; California (16-17) 1; Maryland (25-9) 1; Notre Dame (24-8) 1.
