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The top 25 teams in the USA Today-ESPN men's college basketball preseason poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, 2008-09 records, points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and final 2008-09 ranking:

Record Pts Pvs

1. Kansas (27) 27-8 770 10

2. Michigan State (3) 31-7 732 2

3. Texas 23-12 676 23

4. North Carolina (1) 34-4 653 1

5. Kentucky 22-14 635 -

6. Villanova 30-8 620 4

7. Purdue 27-10 586 14

8. Duke 30-7 528 11

9. West Virginia 23-12 501 -

10. Butler 26-6 408 25

11. Tennessee 21-13 406 -

12. California 22-11 370 -

13. Washington 26-9 364 16

14. Connecticut 31-5 361 3

15. Michigan 21-14 279 -

16. Oklahoma 30-6 244 7

17. Ohio State 22-11 241 -

18. Minnesota 22-11 151 -

19. Mississippi St. 23-13 149 -

20. Georgia Tech 12-19 136 -

21. Georgetown 16-15 134 -

22. Dayton 27-8 130 -

23. Louisville 31-6 123 5

24. Clemson 23-9 114 -

25. Syracuse 28-10 111 12

Others receiving votes: Maryland 100; Illinois 83; Siena 72; UCLA 59; Vanderbilt 38; Oklahoma State 29; Missouri 28; Xavier 25; Gonzaga 24; Notre Dame 22; Southern California 22; Pittsburgh 19; Tulsa 17; Brigham Young 16; Kansas State 16; Florida State 15; Florida 13; Wake Forest 13; San Diego State 8; Creighton 7; Boston College 4; Texas A&M 4; Cornell 3; Memphis 3; Mississippi 3; Southern Illinois 3; Utah State 3; UNLV 2; Northern Iowa 1; South Carolina 1.