1) UNC 775
2) UCONN 707
3) Louisville 694
4) UCLA 650
5) Duke 578
6) Pitt 576
7) Michigan State 572
8) Texas 538
9) Notre Dame 525
10) Purdue 465
11) Gonzaga 437
12) Memphis 425
13) Tennessee 408
14) Oklahoma 387
15) Arizona State 304
16) Miami 233
17) Marquette 219
18) Georgetown 175
19) Florida 161
20) Davidson 158
21) Southern California 153
21) Wisconsin 153
23) Kansas 130
24) Wake Forest 129
25) Villanova 122
Others Receiving Votes
26) UNLV 60
27) St. Mary's 59
28) Ohio St. 54
29) Baylor 47
30) Xavier 27
31) Syracuse 23
32) LSU 19
32) Texas A&M 19
34) Arizona 18
35) Virginia Tech 15
36) BYU 13
37) West Virginia 10
38) Siena 8
38) Washington 8
40) Kentucky 7
40) Vandy 7
42) Oklahoma St. 4
43) Clemson 2
44) Washington St. 1
Initial Thoughts on the poll:
-UConn is way overhyped they are not the second best team in the country, they aren't even the second best team in the Big East (Notre Dame, Louisville and Pitt)
-The Big East is by far the best league in college basketball, most years its a stretch to get 7 teams from one league into the tourney, the big east has 10 legitimate teams this year including 7 in the preseason poll.
-It won't take too long before Cornell and Siena enter the top 25.
-This will be an interesting year for everyone's most hated team Duke. It is proving time for Paulus and co before they supplant themselves as a failed group. Gerald Henderson came into his own last year and will light up the ACC this year and frosh Elliot Williams will make a impact as an athlete.
-Memphis is a pretender this year, don't buy the Tyreke Evans hype he won't make a major impact.
-The Freshman class nationally is pretty weak, but Jrue Holiday (UCLA) Kemba Walker (UConn) Demar DeRozan (USC) could all be major players come tourney time.
