Kansas has been the preseason No. 1 team in college basketball five times since Bill Self took over the program over two decades ago. After starting last season as the preseason top-ranked team, the Jayhawks failed to meet expectations and lost during the first weekend of the NCAA Tournament for the second consecutive year.

Kansas is No. 1 in the AP Top 25 preseason men's basketball poll ahead of Alabama and two-time defending national champion UConn.

Dawn Staley and the South Carolina women's basketball team will head into this season's NCAA title defense with a No. 1 ranking in the AP Top 25

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.

The men's college basketball preseason AP Top 25 poll for the 2024-25 season is out. Here's what to know about each team, from No. 1 Kansas to No. 25 Rutgers.

The preseason AP Top 25 poll was released on Monday. Here's where Big Ten men's teams came in the first rankings of the 2024-25 season:

Ole Miss women's basketball was ranked No. 20 in the preseason top 25, their second straight year entering the season ranked.