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Geoff Grammer's AP Top 25 preseason men's basketball ballot
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Here's to another season of college basketball coverage, including being a voter for the Associated Press Top 25 men's basketball poll.
While there were 61 ballots turned in for this season's preseason poll, I think you will all agree this is the only entirely accurate ballot.
My 25-26 AP preseason poll
1. Purdue
2. Houston
3. Florida
4. Duke
5. UConn
6. UCLA
7. St. John's
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8. BYU
9. Texas Tech
10. Kentucky
11. Michigan
12. Louisville
13. Arkansas
14. Arizona
15. Alabama
16. Iowa State
17. Illinois
18. Tennessee
19. Kansas
20. Michigan State
21. Auburn
22. Creighton
23. Gonzaga
24. San Diego State
25. Wisconsin
Consensus Top 25 poll
And here's the consensus AP college basketball poll, released Monday, with first-place votes in parentheses.
1. Purdue (35)
2. Houston (16)
3. Florida (8)
4. UConn (2)
5. St. John's
6. Duke
7. Michigan
8. BYU
9. Kentucky
10. Texas Tech
11. Louisville
12. UCLA
13. Arizona
14. Arkansas
15. Alabama
16. Iowa St.
17. Illinois
18. Tennessee
19. Kansas
20. Auburn
21. Gonzaga
22. Michigan St.
23. Creighton
24. Wisconsin
25. North Carolina
Others receiving votes: NC State 101, Oregon 98, San Diego St. 74, Texas 35, Ohio St. 23, Kansas St 13, Mississippi 11, Southern Cal 10, Missouri 8, Washington 7, Vanderbilt 7, Iowa 6, Boise St. 4, Mississippi St. 3, VCU 2, Virginia 2, Saint Mary's 2, Indiana 1, Oklahoma 1, Baylor 1.
