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Louisville basketball No. 13 in preseason AP Top 25

By Mike Rutherford
Jamie Rhodes-USA TODAY Sports

The Louisville basketball team will begin the 2016-17 college hoops season ranked No. 13 in the Associated Press Top 25. The Cards were previously voted No. 14 in the preseason coaches' poll.

Duke was the AP's overwhelming choice as the nation's top team, picking up 58 of the possible 65 first-place votes. Kentucky, Kansas, Villanova and Oregon round out the top five.

In addition to the Blue Devils, ACC brethren North Carolina (6), Virginia (8) and Syracuse (19) also made appearances in the pill. The Cardinals will also play non-conference games against ranked teams in Kentucky (2), Indiana (11), Purdue (15), and potentially against No. 12 Michigan State in the Battle 4 Atlantis.

Here's the full poll:

AP Top 25
RK TEAM RECORD PTS
1 Duke (58) 0-0 1,612
2 Kentucky (2) 0-0 1,479
3 Kansas 0-0 1,476
4 Villanova (4) 0-0 1,465
5 Oregon (1) 0-0 1,343
6 North Carolina 0-0 1,314
7 Xavier 0-0 1,167
8 Virginia 0-0 1,149
9 Wisconsin 0-0 1,135
10 Arizona 0-0 1,004
11 Indiana 0-0 917
12 Michigan State 0-0 903
13 Louisville 0-0 755
14 Gonzaga 0-0 699
15 Purdue 0-0 672
16 UCLA 0-0 540
17 Saint Mary's 0-0 512
18 Connecticut 0-0 504
19 Syracuse 0-0 464
20 West Virginia 0-0 360
21 Texas 0-0 250
22 Creighton 0-0 231
23 Rhode Island 0-0 199
24 Iowa State 0-0 168
25 Maryland 0-0 144
  • Others receiving votes: Cincinnati 110, Dayton 98, Florida State 88, California 74, San Diego State 48, Miami 35, NC State 29, Butler 21, Wichita St 21, Ohio State 18, Virginia Tech 18, Florida 18, Texas A&M 14, Mississippi State 14, Oklahoma 11, Colorado 10, Michigan 8, Monmouth 7, Notre Dame 6, Washington 5, Seton Hall 5, Princeton 2, Ohio 1, Vanderbilt 1, Harvard 1

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