College basketball season is just around the corner and the initial USA TODAY Sports Men’s Basketball Coaches Poll has been released. For the first time since the 2016-2017 season, Texas debuts in the first poll. The Longhorns are No. 22, the lowest of the Big 12 teams that are ranked.
Baylor leads the way in the conference, being the top team in the entire country. Head coach Scott Drew team has some of the best talent returning after going 26-4 last season. A national championship push is in store for the Bears.
As usual, Kansas (No. 5) is highly ranked, debuting in the top five for the seventh consecutive season. Texas Tech (No. 13) and West Virginia (No. 15) are the other Big 12 teams in the top 25.
Here is the full top 25:
- Baylor (0-0)
- Gonzaga (0-0)
- Villanova (0-0)
- Virginia (0-0)
- Kansas (0-0)
- Iowa (0-0)
- Wisconsin (0-0)
- Duke (0-0)
- Kentucky (0-0)
- Illinois (0-0)
- Creighton (0-0)
- Michigan State (0-0)
- Texas Tech (0-0)
- Tennessee (0-0)
- West Virginia (0-0)
- North Carolina (0-0)
- Arizona State (0-0)
- Houston (0-0)
- Florida State (0-0)
- Oregon (0-0)
- UCLA (0-0)
- Texas (0-0)
- Rutgers (0-0)
- Ohio State (0-0)
- Alabama (0-0)
Others receiving votes
Louisville 55; Florida 52; Michigan 38; Louisiana State 27; San Diego St. 23; Dayton 23; Richmond 21; Maryland 15; Indiana 14; Seton Hall 12; Memphis 12; Connecticut 11; Stanford 10; Oklahoma State 9; Northern Iowa 8; Brigham Young 8; Syracuse 4; Providence 4; Purdue 3; Arkansas 2; Western Kentucky 1; Stephen F. Austin 1; Saint Mary’s 1; Loyola-Chicago 1; Georgia Tech 1.
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