Kansas is ranked No. 1 ahead of Alabama and defending champion UConn in the 2024-25 preseason AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll released Monday. The Jayhawks earned 30 of a possible 60 first-place votes to earn the honor for a second consecutive season.
Alabama earned 14 first-place votes and ranks No. 2 in the preseason. UConn and Houston earned 11 and four first-place votes, respectively, and rank No. 3 and No. 4. Gonzaga, ranked No. 6, was the only other team to earn a first-place vote with one. Iowa State, which ranked No. 5 in the poll, was the only top-five team to not earn any first-place votes.
Kansas has now been the preseason No. 1 team in college basketball five times since Bill Self took over the KU program more than two decades ago. KU struggled to validate its high expectations after being ranked No. 1 in the preseason a year ago, stumbling to a 23-win season and failing to make the second weekend of the NCAA Tournament for a second consecutive year.
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1. Kansas (30 first-place votes)
2. Alabama (14)
3. UConn (11)
4. Houston (4)
5. Iowa State
6. Gonzaga (1)
7. Duke
8. Baylor
9. North Carolina
10. Arizona
11. Auburn
12. Tennessee
13. Texas A&M
14. Purdue
15. Creighton
16. Arkansas
17. Indiana
18. Marquette
19. Texas
20. Cincinnati
21. Florida
22. UCLA
23. Kentucky
24. Ole Miss
25. Rutgers
Also receiving votes: Illinois 92, St. John’s 91, Xavier 73, Texas Tech 58, Wake Forest 37, Kansas State 30, Michigan State 29, Ohio State 29, Michigan 19, BYU 14, Oregon 12, McNeese 11, Miami 11, Boise State 9, Saint Louis 9, Clemson 9, Providence 9, Mississippi State 6, VCU 6, Wisconsin 5, Saint Mary’s 5, Louisville 4, UAB 4, Little Rock 3, Grand Canyon 3, Arizona State 2, San Diego State 2, Princeton 2, High Point 1, Maryland 1.
