College Basketball Rankings: No Mountain West Team Cracks USA Today Preseaosn Poll

by Jeremy Mauss on Oct 20, 2011 10:26 AM PDT in College Basketball RPI

The USA Today preseason basketball coaches poll was released today and no Mountain West team made the list. Only the New Mexico Lobos and UNLV Rebels came in and received votes. Some time this season those two should be ranked as should the San Diego St. Aztecs.

The No. 1 team is the North Carolina Tar Heels who received 30 out of 31 first -place votes and is a team that UNLV could face in a tournament early in the season.

Here is the complete poll:

Rank	Team (first-place votes)	2010 Record	Points	2010-11 Final Ranking
1.	North Carolina (30)	29-8	774	8
2.	Kentucky (1)	29-9	721	3
3.	Ohio State	34-3	702	5
4.	Connecticut	32-9	655	1
5.	Syracuse	27-8	649	18
6.	Duke	32-5	635	7
7.	Vanderbilt	23-11	567	NR
8.	Louisville	25-10	514	22
9.	Memphis	25-10	482	NR
10.	Florida	29-8	474	10
11.	Pittsburgh	28-6	471	12
12.	Baylor	18-13	358	NR
13.	Kansas	35-3	331	4
14.	Wisconsin	25-9	313	15
15.	Xavier	24-8	277	NR
16.	Arizona	30-8	269	9
17.	Alabama	24-11	194	NR
18.	Michigan	21-14	187	NR
19.	Texas A&M	24-9	161	NR
20.	UCLA	23-11	147	NR
21.	Marquette	22-15	145	20
22.	Cincinnati	26-9	141	NR
23.	Gonzaga	25-10	125	NR
24.	California	18-15	111	NR
25.	Missouri	23-11	110	NR

Others receiving votes
Florida State (23-11) 108; Texas (28-8) 107; Michigan State (19-15) 73; Temple (26-8) 59; Washington (24-11) 29; Butler (28-10) 25; New Mexico (22-13) 22; Creighton (23-16) 19; Villanova (21-12) 18; Purdue (26-8) 17; UNLV (24-9) 16; West Virginia (21-12) 13; George Mason (27-7) 12; Mississippi State (17-14) 11; St. John's (21-12) 11; Saint Mary's (25-9) 5; Virginia (16-15) 5; Virginia Commonwealth (28-12) 4; Drexel (21-10) 2; Kansas State (23-11) 2; Long Beach State (22-12) 2; Brigham Young (32-5) 1; Notre Dame (27-7) 1.

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Could be a tough year for SDSU

The Aztecs’ will have to mesh quickly and avoid the injury bug because their non-conference schedule is brutal and frontcourt depth is paper thin.

by Smoove V on Oct 20, 2011 12:11 PM PDT reply actions

I think they have talent to make it, at least I think they do.

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by Jeremy Mauss on Oct 20, 2011 12:38 PM PDT up reply actions

Shows how far the program has come

when I think a tough year means no Top 25 and only around 20 wins.

by Smoove V on Oct 20, 2011 1:47 PM PDT up reply actions

As usual

the Mountain West gets no respect. Both New Mexico and UNLV will be strong and it won’t take either too long to crack the Top 25. Aztecs have a lot of new players but are talented. It won’t take Fisher long to get them going in stride.

by LoboJo on Oct 20, 2011 3:12 PM PDT reply actions