College Basketball Polls
AP preseason Top 25
The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ 1997-98 preseason basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, 1996-97 records, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and final ranking:
W-L Pts Pvs 1. Arizona (30) 25-9 1,708 15 2. Kansas (28) 34-2 1,684 1 3. Duke (8) 24-9 1,601 8 4. North Carolina (4) 28-7 1,582 4 5. Clemson 23-10 1,323 14 6. UCLA 24-8 1,319 7 7. South Carolina 24-8 1,257 6 8. Kentucky 35-5 1,256 5 9. Purdue 18-12 1,246 - 10. Xavier, Ohio 23-6 1,070 13 11. New Mexico 25-8 1,015 11 12. Connecticut 18-15 813 - 13. Fresno St. 20-12 760 - 14. Stanford 22-8 720 21 15. Iowa 22-10 634 - 16. Utah 29-4 530 2 17. Indiana 22-11 525 - 18. N.C. Charlotte 22-9 512 - 19. Georgia 24-9 345 17 20. Oklahoma 19-11 310 - 21. Rhode Island 20-10 278 - 22. Texas 18-12 248 - 23. Mississippi 20-9 235 - 24. Temple 20-11 204 - 25. Louisville 26-9 203 25
Others receiving votes: Michigan 190, Maryland 183, Cincinnati 175, Illinois St. 173, Arkansas 115, St. John’s 90, UNLV 79, Minnesota 74, Florida St. 71, Syracuse 69, Wake Forest 60, Iowa St. 45, Massachusetts 39, Wisconsin 38, Illinois 27, Hawaii 23, Texas Christian 23, St. Joseph’s 22, George Washington 20, Villanova 20, Mississippi St. 18, Long Island U. 17, E. Michigan 14, Virginia 12, N. Carolina St. 11, New Mexico St. 11, Marquette 10, Tennessee 9, West Virginia 9, Nebraska 8, Pacific 8, South Alabama 8, Washington 6, Princeton 5, California 4, Colorado St. 3, SW Missouri St. 3, Georgetown 2, Coppin St. 1, N. Arizona 1, Oklahoma St. 1.
USA Today/ESPN preseason Top 25
The top 25 teams in the preseason USA Today/ESPN coaches college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, 1996-97 records, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and previous ranking:
W-L Pts Prv 1. Arizona (16) 25-9 727 1 2. (tie) Duke (6) 24-9 672 11 2. (tie) N.Carolina (1) 28-7 672 4 4. Kansas (7) 34-2 666 5 5. UCLA 24-8 563 7 6. Purdue 18-12 561 NR 7. Clemson 23-10 554 8 8. South Carolina 24-8 512 14 9. Kentucky 35-5 505 2 10. New Mexico 25-8 432 19 11. Xavier 23-6 372 22 12. Stanford 22-8 362 NR 13. Connecticut 18-15 322 NR 14. Utah 29-4 273 6 15. Fresno St. 20-11 244 NR 16. Iowa 22-10 243 NR 17. UNC Charlotte 22-9 216 NR 18. Indiana 22-11 197 NR 19. Louisville 26-9 180 10 20. Michigan 23-11 145 24 21. Oklahoma 19-11 142 NR 22. Georgia 24-9 107 NR 23. Maryland 22-11 104 NR 24. Texas 18-12 97 20 25. Rhode Island 20-10 89 NR
Others receiving votes: Illinois State 76, Temple 76, Mississippi 73, Cincinnati 68, Wake Forest 53, Minnesota 52, Syracuse 50, Arkansas 45, Iowa State 35, St. John’s 33, Florida State 29, St. Joseph’s (Pa.) 21, UNLV 17, Massachusetts 16, Illinois 14, Pacific 14, New Mexico State 13, Wisconsin 12, Nebraska 11, North Carolina State 11, South Alabama 10, College of Charleston 8, Eastern Michigan 7, Hawaii 7, Texas Christian 7, Princeton 6, Memphis 5, Bradley 4, George Washington 4, Georgetown 3, Murray State 3, Washington 3, Mississippi State 2, Nevada 1, Pepperdine 1, San Francisco 1, Saint Louis 1, Tennessee State 1.