USA Today Top 25 Poll

The USA TODAY Sports Top 25 men's basketball preseason poll, with first-place votes received in parenthesis, team's RECORDS FROM LAST YEAR, total points based on 25 for first place through one point for 25th and ranking in last years's final poll:

Dropped Out: No. 9 Kansas State (26-10); No. 15 Xavier (27-10); No. 23 Virginia (25-8); No. 24 Indiana (23-12).

Others Receiving Votes: Illinois (20-13) 45; Wisconsin (20-15) 43; Maryland (22-13) 29; TCU (22-13) 26; Colorado (18-17) 21; Xavier (27-10) 17; Ohio State (16-19) 16; St. John's (18-15) 13; Virginia (25-8) 13; Kansas State (26-10) 8; Indiana (23-12) 7; Auburn (21-13) 5; Florida (16-17) 5; Washington (16-16) 5; Missouri (25-10) 4; Memphis (26-9) 3; Oregon (21-15) 3; Iowa State (19-14) 2; Mississippi State (21-13) 2; Boise State (24-10) 1, Yale (21-9) 1.