The USA Today Top 25 Coaches Poll was released this afternoon, and, frankly, there’s not a whole lot in there to quibble with.
Missouri and St. Joseph’s are far too low, but that’s just my opinion, and you know what they say about opinions.
Usually, preseason polls -- especially the coaches poll -- provides us with ample blog fodder. But this year, the folks that voted (let’s be honest, it was probably a group of SIDs and graduate assistants) did a pretty decent job.
Here’s the top 25 in its entirety:
1. Indiana (21) 761
2. Louisville (5) 738
3. Kentucky (5) 718
4. Ohio State 617
5. Michigan 605
6. North Carolina State 581
7. Kansas 563
8. Duke 516
9. Syracuse 502
10. Florida 422
11. Arizona 411
12. North Carolina 401
13. UCLA 396
14. Michigan State 391
15. Creighton 325
16. Memphis 307
17. Missouri 289
18. Baylor 266
19. UNLV 203
20. San Diego State 196
21. Wisconsin 191
22. Gonzaga 166
23. Notre Dame 122
t24. Florida State 61
t24. Texas 61
Others receiving votes: Saint Louis 58, Virginia Commonwealth 40, Cincinnati 33, Murray State 30, Kansas State 13, Saint Mary’s 11, New Mexico 10, Tennessee 10, Minnesota 9, Pittsburgh 9, Marquette 8, Stanford 7, Oklahoma State 6, Butler 6, Colorado State 4, Middle Tennessee 3, Saint Joseph’s 2, Drexel 2, Georgia 2, Miami (FL) 2, Marshall 1