Indiana tops preseason Associated Press top 25 poll

  • 10/26/2012 12:10 pm in

As expected, Indiana is the No. 1 team in the preseason Associated Press top 25 poll released today after receiving 43 of 65 first-place votes from a panel of national media. The Hoosiers are also No. 1 in the preseason USA Today/ESPN coaches top 25 poll.

Indiana’s last appearance at No. 1 in the Associated Press top 25 poll came during the 1992-93 season.

This is the third time Indiana has opened as the preseason No. 1 team in the AP poll.

The Hoosiers were the preseason AP No. 1 in 1975-1976, when they went undefeated and won the national championship and also in 1979-1980.

As was the case in the USA Today/ESPN coaches top 25 poll, Louisville and Kentucky round out the top three.

The complete top 25 is available after the jump.

1. Indiana (43)
2. Louisville (20)
3. Kentucky (2)
4. Ohio St.
5. Michigan
6. NC State
7. Kansas
8. Duke
9. Syracuse
10. Florida
11. North Carolina
12. Arizona
13. UCLA
14. Michigan St.
15. Missouri
16. Creighton
17. Memphis
18. UNLV
19. Baylor
20. San Diego St.
21. Gonzaga
22. Notre Dame
23. Wisconsin
24. Cincinnati
25. Florida St.

Others receiving votes: Murray St. 59, VCU 58, Saint Louis 46, Texas 46, Minnesota 40, Butler 33, Pittsburgh 32, Saint Joseph’s 25, Marquette 23, Tennessee 15, Oklahoma St. 14, Kansas St. 12, Georgetown 9, New Mexico 9, Ohio 9, Miami 8, Saint Mary’s (Cal) 6, West Virginia 6, Davidson 5, Drexel 5, N. Iowa 5, Valparaiso 3, Lehigh 2, Stanford 2, Colorado St. 1, Oral Roberts 1.

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