The Associated Press may have released a poll last week for the regular season despite the fact it was essentially the exact same as the preseason one. But, here at Student Union, we use logic and brainpower. For that reason, we waited until we had an actual sample size of games before releasing our first regular season poll. Following the Champions Classic and other preseason tournaments, we begin to have some view of what level teams are on.

The Results

  1. Duke
  2. Arizona
  3.  Kansas
  4. Wichita State
  5. Villanova
  6. Michigan State
  7. North Carolina
  8. Florida
  9. Kentucky
  10. Notre Dame
  11. Miami
  12. USC
  13. Cincinnati
  14. Texas A&M
  15. Xavier
  16. Minnesota
  17. Gonzaga
  18. Seton Hall
  19. Baylor
  20. Louisville
  21. Purdue
  22. St. Mary’s
  23. West Virginia
  24. Alabama
  25. Creighton

Others receiving votes: TCU (9), UCLA (7), Texas Tech (6), Oklahoma (5), Virginia (4), Providence (4), Eastern Michigan (1)