The first of the 2016 NCAA Men’s Basketball preseason rankings came out on Thursday and we see co-number one teams in the USA Today Coaches Poll.
The Kentucky Wildcats and North Carolina Tar Heels top the Coaches Poll. The pair is followed by the Maryland Terrapins, Duke Blue Devils and Kansas Jayhawks in the top five.
The UConn men’s basketball team comes in at No. 24 in a tie with the Purdue Boilermakers. There are no other teams from the American Athletic Conference ranked.
The Cincinnati Bearcats and Tulsa Golden Hurricane are the only teams from the American in the others receiving votes.
| USA Today Coaches Poll | |||
| RK | TEAM | RECORD | PTS |
| 1 | Kentucky (11) | 0-0 | 749 |
| 1 | North Carolina (12) | 0-0 | 749 |
| 3 | Maryland (5) | 0-0 | 723 |
| 4 | Duke (3) | 0-0 | 686 |
| 5 | Kansas (1) | 0-0 | 675 |
| 6 | Virginia | 0-0 | 667 |
| 7 | Iowa State | 0-0 | 541 |
| 8 | Oklahoma | 0-0 | 520 |
| 9 | Villanova | 0-0 | 498 |
| 10 | Arizona | 0-0 | 477 |
| 11 | Gonzaga | 0-0 | 468 |
| 12 | Wichita St | 0-0 | 461 |
| 13 | Michigan State | 0-0 | 386 |
| 14 | California | 0-0 | 350 |
| 15 | Indiana | 0-0 | 312 |
| 16 | Utah | 0-0 | 250 |
| 17 | Wisconsin | 0-0 | 181 |
| 18 | Notre Dame | 0-0 | 172 |
| 19 | LSU | 0-0 | 163 |
| 20 | Vanderbilt | 0-0 | 153 |
| 21 | Baylor | 0-0 | 145 |
| 22 | Butler | 0-0 | 132 |
| 23 | West Virginia | 0-0 | 125 |
| 24 | Connecticut | 0-0 | 110 |
| 24 | Purdue | 0-0 | 110 |
| Dropped from rankings: | |||
| Louisville 10, Northern Iowa 14, Arkansas 20, Xavier 22, NC State 24, Oregon 25 | |||
| Others receiving votes: | |||
| Michigan 108, Louisville 93, Texas A&M 58, UCLA 48, Georgetown 45, Cincinnati 43, NC State 36, Oregon 33, Texas 29, Florida State 25, Xavier 25, Miami (FL) 11, San Diego State 10, Iowa 8, Providence 5, Davidson 5, Boise State 5, Ohio State 2, Stephen F Austin 2, Belmont 2, Tulsa 1, Dayton 1, Marquette 1, Old Dominion 1 | |||
