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The AP preseason top 25 poll has just been released. Kansas received 55 of the 65 first place votes. The Big East had five teams in the poll, led by #5 Villanova and #8 West Virginia. The USA Today coach's poll has six Big East teams in its poll. The Big Ten has six teams in the AP's preseason poll. The Atlantic Coast Conference had four and the Big 12 and Southeastern Conference three each.

Here is the poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, final 2008-09 records, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote; last year's final ranking:

1. Kansas (55);27-8;1,612;14
2. Michigan St. (5);31-7;1,515;8
3. Texas (1);23-12;1,397; not ranked
4. Kentucky (3);22-14;1,372; not ranked
5. Villanova;30-8;1,347;11
6. North Carolina (1);34-4;1,320;2
7. Purdue;27-10;1,284;17
8. West Virginia;23-12;1,115;not ranked
9. Duke;30-7;1,064;6
10. Tennessee;21-13;897;not ranked
11. Butler;26-6;864;22
12. Connecticut;31-5;844;5
13. California;22-11;800;not ranked
14. Washington;26-9;776;15
15. Michigan;21-14;578; not ranked
16. Ohio St.;22-11;465;not ranked
17. Oklahoma;30-6;410;7
18. Mississippi St.;23-13;393;not ranked
19. Louisville;31-6;335;1
20. Georgetown;16-15;326;not ranked
21. Dayton;27-8;318;not ranked
22. Georgia Tech;12-19;301;not ranked
23. Illinois;24-10;282;not ranked
24. Clemson;23-9;217;24
25. Minnesota;22-11;172;not ranked.

Others receiving votes: Maryland 171, Siena 112, Notre Dame 107, Florida St. 92, Vanderbilt 90, Syracuse 83, Oklahoma St. 65, UCLA 63, Florida 53, Wake Forest 50, Xavier 42, Gonzaga 37, South Carolina 28, Kansas St. 24, BYU 21, N. Iowa 16, Tulsa 16, Mississippi 15, Texas A&M 10, Missouri 8, Boston College 6, Pittsburgh 4, Utah St. 2, Va. Commonwealth 2, W. Kentucky 2, Holy Cross 1, Old Dominion 1.

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