USA Today/ESPN Top 25 Poll
Duke ranks sixth while defending national champion Maryland ranks 15th.



The top 25 teams in the preseason USA Today-ESPN men's college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, final 2001-02 records, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and final ranking:

RecordPtsPvs
1. Arizona (27)24-10 77010
2. Kansas (3)33-4 7402
3. Oklahoma (1)31-5 6804
4. Pittsburgh29-6 6139
5. Texas22-12 58318t
6. Duke31-4 5745
7. Florida22-9 55423
8. Alabama27-8 49414
9. Oregon26-9 4756t
10. Michigan State19-12 439NR
11. Xavier26-6 38624
12. UCLA21-12 32220
13. Mississippi State27-8 32121
14. Connecticut27-7 314 6t
15. Maryland32-4 2851
16. Georgia22-10 269NR
17. Kentucky22-10 26213
18. Missouri24-12 22115
19. Marquette26-7 21518t
20. Cincinnati31-4 1688
21. Indiana25-12 1673
22. Gonzaga29-4 16316
23. Western Kentucky28-4 151NR
24. Minnesota18-13 86NR
25. Illinois26-9 8311

Others receiving votes: North Carolina State 82; Virginia 76; Tulsa 67; Wisconsin 58; Wyoming 42; Syracuse 40; Villanova 40; Oklahoma State 37; Ohio State 37; Notre Dame 31; Creighton 30; Texas Tech 29; Boston College 17; Wake Forest 17; Georgia Tech 16; UNLV 13; California 11; Iowa State 11; Ball State 10; Hawaii 10; Louisville 10; Mississippi 10; Southern California 9; Pepperdine 7; Southern Illinois 7; Georgetown 6; Pennsylvania 3; UC-Santa Barbara 3; Dayton 2; Stanford 2; Temple 2; Hampton 1; Kent State 1; LSU 1; Miami (Fla.) 1; Utah State 1.