Kansas will enter the college basketball season next month as the No. 1 team in both the AP Top 25 and Coaches Polls. The former poll was released last week and the latter was released on Wednesday, with the Jayhawks earning 15 of a possible 31 first-place votes.

The men's college basketball preseason AP Top 25 poll for the 2024-25 season is out. Here's what to know about each team, from No. 1 Kansas to No. 25 Rutgers.

Dawn Staley and the South Carolina women's basketball team will head into this season's NCAA title defense with a No. 1 ranking in the AP Top 25

Kansas has been the preseason No. 1 team in college basketball five times since Bill Self took over the program over two decades ago. After starting last season as the preseason top-ranked team, the Jayhawks failed to meet expectations and lost during the first weekend of the NCAA Tournament for the second consecutive year.

With one glance at the preseason AP Top 25 men's college basketball poll, this much is clear - the Big 12 is clearly more respected as a basketball conference.

The preseason AP Top 25 poll was released on Monday. Here's where Big Ten men's teams came in the first rankings of the 2024-25 season:

LSU women's basketball lost some of its star power with the exit of Angel Reese to the WNBA but those around women's college basketball still expect plenty out of Kim Mulkey's team in the 2024-25 season.

Could the 2024-25 college basketball season be a rebuilding year for the Big Ten? The conference only had four teams listed in the preseason USA TODAY Coaches Poll on Wednesday, with Purdue leading the way at No.

The preseason men's college basketball looks the same at the top as last season with Kansas starting again at No. 1. But the SEC dominating the Top 25

Thursday saw the release of the women's basketball USA TODAY Sports preseason coaches poll. Coach Kristy Curry and the Alabama Crimson Tide are ranked No. 25 entering the 2024-25 season. Curry led Ala