KU ranked No. 7 in AP preseason poll

By J-W Staff Reports     Oct 28, 2010

The Kansas men’s basketball team was ranked No. 7 in the preseason Associated Press poll released Thursday.

KU was one of four Big 12 teams picked in the top 16: Kansas State was No. 3, picking up two first-place votes; Missouri was 15th; and Baylor was 16th. Texas and Colorado also received votes but were not ranked.

The Jayhawks open the exhibition season at 7 p.m. Tuesday against Washburn.

AP preseason college basketball poll

  1. Duke (55)
  2. Michigan St. (8)
  3. Kansas St. (2)
  4. Ohio St.
  5. Pittsburgh
  6. Villanova
  7. Kansas
  8. North Carolina
  9. Florida
  10. Syracuse
  11. Kentucky
  12. Gonzaga
  13. Illinois
  14. Purdue
  15. Missouri
  16. Baylor
  17. Butler
  18. Washington
  19. Memphis
  20. Georgetown
  21. Virginia Tech
  22. Temple
  23. Tennessee
  24. BYU
  25. San Diego St.

Others Receiving Votes: Wisconsin 126, Texas 107, Georgia 67, West Virginia 65, Minnesota 55, Wichita St. 28, Florida St. 28, UNLV 21, Richmond 17, Murray St. 15, Vanderbilt 14, N.C. State 10, Connecticut 8, Arizona 8, Colorado 7, Mississippi Ohio 4, Miami (FL) 4, Dayton 3, Old Dominion 2, New Mexico 1, Georgia Tech 1, Wofford 1.

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