The Associated Press released its Preseason Men’s Basketball Top 25 earlier today. The Baylor Bears, fresh off of 4th place finish in the final AP Poll last season, check in tied for 5th with reigning national champions (and conference competitors), the Kansas Jayhawks.
FIRST AP POLL OF THE 2022-23 SEASON!
1. North Carolina
2. Gonzaga
3. Houston
4. Kentucky
T5. Baylor
T5. Kansas
7. Duke
8. UCLA
9. Creighton
10. Arkansas— NCAA March Madness (@MarchMadnessMBB) October 17, 2022This marks the third consecutive season where Baylor is ranked in the Top 10 nationally without having played a single game.