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5 Big Ten teams ranked in preseason USA Today Coaches Poll

Are y'all ready to overanalyze preseason rankings?

Mike Carter-USA TODAY Sports

College basketball is almost back! On Thursday, USA Today released their preseason Coaches Poll and, as expected, the Big Ten is well represented. Highlighted by No. 3 Maryland, a total of eight teams received votes, including five in the Top 25.

The Fighting Illini weren't mentioned at all, but that was absolutely expected given what took place during this disastrous offseason. But let's not forget that this is a preseason poll. If Illinois can get healthy and take care of business during the first month of the season, they'll surely get a few votes thrown their way.

Preseason Coaches Poll

TEAM RECORD POINTS
1 Kentucky (11) 38-1 749
1 North Carolina (12) 26-12 749
3 Maryland (5) 28-7 723
4 Duke (3) 35-4 686
5 Kansas (1) 27-9 675
6 Virginia 30-4 667
7 Iowa St. 25-9 541
8 Oklahoma 24-11 520
9 Villanova 33-3 498
10 Arizona 34-4 477
11 Gonzaga 35-3 468
12 Wichita St. 30-5 461
13 Michigan St 27-12 386
14 California 18-15 350
15 Indiana 20-14 312
16 Utah 26-9 250
17 Wisconsin 36-4 181
18 Notre Dame 32-6 172
19 Louisiana State 22-11 163
20 Vanderbilt 21-14 153
21 Baylor 24-10 145
22 Butler 23-11 132
23 West Virginia 25-10 125
24 Purdue 21-13 110
24 Connecticut 20-15 110

Others Receiving Votes:

Michigan 108; Louisville 93; Texas A&M 58; UCLA 48; Georgetown 45; Cincinnati 43; North Carolina State 36; Oregon 33; Texas 29; Xavier 25; Florida State 25; Miami (Fla.) 11; San Diego State 10; Iowa 8; Davidson 5; Boise State 5; Providence 5; Stephen F. Austin 2; Belmont 2; Ohio State 2; Tulsa 1; Dayton 1; Old Dominion 1; Marquette 1.

Also, here are the 32 coaches that will participate in the poll for the 2015-16 season:

Randy Bennett, Saint Mary's; Jim Boeheim, Syracuse; Todd Bozeman, Morgan State; Glenn Braica, St. Francis Brooklyn; Scott Cherry, High Point; Tim Cluess, Iona; Ed Conroy, Tulane; Keith Dambrot, Akron; Cameron Dollar, Seattle; Scott Drew, Baylor; Matt Driscoll, North Florida; Steve Fisher, San Diego State; Bruiser Flint, Drexel; Mark Fox, Georgia; John Gallagher, Hartford; Matthew Graves, South Alabama; Ray Harper, Western Kentucky; George Ivory, Arkansas-Pine Bluff; Ben Jacobson, Northern Iowa; Rob Jeter, Wisconsin-Milwaukee; James Jones, Yale; Mike McConathy, Northwestern State; Greg McDermott, Creighton; Chris Mooney, Richmond; Matt Painter, Purdue; Randy Rahe, Weber State; Heath Schroyer, Tennessee-Martin; Joe Scott, Denver; Zach Spiker, Army; Wayne Tinkle, Oregon State; Bob Williams, UC-Santa Barbara; Mike Young, Wofford.