With all of the attention focused on football, it’s hard to believe the men’s basketball season is right around the corner. Oregon has its first game in exactly three weeks and when the Ducks take the court on Nov. 7 to take on Florida A&M, they’ll be ranked No. 21, according to the first Associated Press poll that was released today.
UCLA is the top-ranked Pac-12 team (No. 8), and Arizona is ranked No. 17. Whether coincidence or not, Michigan and its coach Juwan Howard, who said last week they don’t owe Oregon a return game from 2019, is ranked just below the Ducks at No. 22.
Here is the full preseason poll to begin the 2022-23 season:
- North Carolina
- Gonzaga
- Houston
- Kentucky
- Baylor
- Kansas
- Duke
- UCLA
- Creighton
- Arkansas
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Indiana
- TCU
- Auburn
- Villanova
- Arizona
- Virginia
- San Diego State
- Alabama
- Oregon
- Michigan
- Illinois
- Dayton
- Texas Tech
Others receiving votes: Texas A&M 112, UConn 101, Miami 66, Purdue 56, Saint Louis 36, Michigan St. 35, Florida St. 32, Xavier 29, Wyoming 25, Ohio St. 23, Iowa 13, Rutgers 4, Southern Cal 3, Florida 3, Toledo 1, UAB 1, Memphis 1, Virginia Tech 1, Notre Dame 1.
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