7 ACC teams land in preseason AP Top 25 Basketball Poll, the most of any conference

The AP has released its first top 25 poll of the college basketball season. Kansas claimed the No. 1 overall spot in the poll, but seven ACC teams — the most of any conference — land in the top 25, including two top-five teams: Duke and Virginia.

  • No. 4 Duke
  • No. 5 Virginia
  • No. 8 North Carolina
  • No. 15 Virginia Tech
  • No. 16 Syracuse
  • No. 17 Florida State
  • No. 22 Clemson

With Duke, Virginia and UNC, the ACC composes 30 percent of the preseason top 10; additionally, the ACC has four top-15 teams and six top-20 teams.

Several other ACC squads also received votes in the poll: Notre Dame (22), Louisville (11), Miami (10) and NC State (1).

 

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