The 2016 NCAA men’s basketball preseason rankings are out for the AP Poll and we find the UConn Huskies men’s basketball team ranked No. 20. The UConn men’s basketball team came in at No. 24 in the Coaches Poll.
The North Carolina Tar Heels are the No. 1 ranked team. They are followed by the Kentucky Wildcats, Maryland Terrapins, Kansas Jayhawks and Duke Blue Devils.
There are no other teams from the American Athletic Conference ranked in the top 25. The SMU Mustangs and Cincinnati Bearcats are the only teams from the Americans among the others receiving votes.
| AP Top 25 | |||
| RK | TEAM | REC | PTS |
| 1 | North Carolina (35) | 0-0 | 1,566 |
| 2 | Kentucky (10) | 0-0 | 1,520 |
| 3 | Maryland (14) | 0-0 | 1,487 |
| 4 | Kansas (5) | 0-0 | 1,410 |
| 5 | Duke | 0-0 | 1,350 |
| 6 | Virginia (1) | 0-0 | 1,347 |
| 7 | Iowa State | 0-0 | 1,185 |
| 8 | Oklahoma | 0-0 | 1,088 |
| 9 | Gonzaga | 0-0 | 1,047 |
| 10 | Wichita St | 0-0 | 1,032 |
| 11 | Villanova | 0-0 | 1,013 |
| 12 | Arizona | 0-0 | 917 |
| 13 | Michigan State | 0-0 | 838 |
| 14 | California | 0-0 | 757 |
| 15 | Indiana | 0-0 | 755 |
| 16 | Utah | 0-0 | 499 |
| 17 | Wisconsin | 0-0 | 433 |
| 18 | Vanderbilt | 0-0 | 393 |
| 19 | Notre Dame | 0-0 | 360 |
| 20 | Connecticut | 0-0 | 307 |
| 21 | LSU | 0-0 | 268 |
| 22 | Baylor | 0-0 | 265 |
| 23 | Purdue | 0-0 | 236 |
| 24 | Butler | 0-0 | 223 |
| 25 | Michigan | 0-0 | 126 |
| Dropped from rankings: | |||
| Northern Iowa 11, Louisville 17, SMU 18, West Virginia 20, Arkansas 21, Georgetown 22, VCU 25 | |||
| Others receiving votes: | |||
| Oregon 116, SMU 112, West Virginia 84, Texas A&M 72, Cincinnati 63, Miami (FL) 48, Louisville 46, Georgetown 23, NC State 19, Texas 18, Florida State 18, Rhode Island 17, Dayton 12, Xavier 12, Providence 10, Iowa 6, BYU 5, Valparaiso 5, Boise State 4, Old Dominion 3, San Diego State 2, UCLA 2, Oklahoma State 2, Yale 1, UC Irvine 1, Iona 1, Central Michigan 1 | |||
