The Kentucky men’s basketball team will start at No. 11 in the USA Today Coaches Poll after landing in the No. 10 spot last week in the preseason Associated Press Top 25.
Gonzaga opens as the preseason No. 1 team followed by UCLA, Kansas, Villanova and Texas in the top five. Michigan, Purdue, Baylor, Duke and Illinois round out the top 10.
The full preseason rankings are available at USAToday.com. The voting was done by a panel of Division I head coaches in consultation with the National Association of Basketball Coaches.
The Wildcats will begin the season ranked among the nation’s top 11 in the Coaches’ Poll for the 13th straight season under John Calipari.