College Basketball Preseason Coaches Poll Was Released This Week

Five teams from the SEC; Kentucky, Florida, Auburn, LSU, and Tennessee are all ranked in the preseason AP Top 25 which came out on Monday.

Coaches Poll:
1. Michigan State
2. Kentucky
3. Kansas
4. Duke
5. Louisville
6. Florida
7. Gonzaga
8. Maryland
9. Virginia
10. Villanova
11. North Carolina
12. Texas Tech
13. Seton Hall
14. Oregon
15. Memphis
16. Ohio State
17. Arizona
18. Baylor
19. Utah State
20. Saint Mary's
21. Xavier
22. Purdue
23. Auburn
24. LSU
25. Tennessee

Others receiving votes: VCU 76, Marquette 62, Washington 59, Florida State 47, Michigan 28, Colorado 28, Houston 17, Creighton 13, Davidson 11, USC 9, Providence 8, Mississippi State 7, Wisconsin 6, Syracuse 6, Texas 6, UCLA 6, Georgetown 6, Dayton 5, Liberty 5, Harvard 4, Oklahoma 3, Illinois 2, NC State 1