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Kansas is No. 7 in the preseason Associated Press college basketball poll. Indiana received 43 of 65 first-place votes.
Kansas State received 12 votes, good for 37th place.
| Record | Pts | Prv | |
| 1. Indiana (43) | 27-9 | 1,592 | 16 |
| 2. Louisville (20) | 30-10 | 1,568 | 17 |
| 3. Kentucky (2) | 38-2 | 1,453 | 1 |
| 4. Ohio St. | 31-8 | 1,292 | 7 |
| 5. Michigan | 24-10 | 1,290 | 13 |
| 6. NC State | 24-13 | 1,270 | — |
| 7. Kansas | 32-7 | 1,210 | 6 |
| 8. Duke | 27-7 | 1,094 | 8 |
| 9. Syracuse | 34-3 | 1,062 | 2 |
| 10. Florida | 26-11 | 936 | 25 |
| 11. North Carolina | 32-6 | 904 | 4 |
| 12. Arizona | 23-12 | 902 | — |
| 13. UCLA | 19-14 | 840 | — |
| 14. Michigan St. | 29-8 | 789 | 5 |
| 15. Missouri | 30-5 | 664 | 3 |
| 16. Creighton | 29-6 | 622 | 19 |
| 17. Memphis | 26-9 | 539 | — |
| 18. UNLV | 26-9 | 488 | 23 |
| 19. Baylor | 30-8 | 486 | 9 |
| 20. San Diego St. | 26-8 | 463 | 22 |
| 21. Gonzaga | 26-7 | 384 | — |
| 22. Notre Dame | 22-12 | 297 | — |
| 23. Wisconsin | 26-10 | 285 | 14 |
| 24. Cincinnati | 26-11 | 120 | — |
| 25. Florida St. | 25-10 | 101 | 10 |
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.
