Purdue has never been ranked No. 1 in the Men’s Basketball AP Poll.
It has only been ranked in the top 10 of the preseason poll six times.
It has only been ranked in the top 5 of the preseason poll three times: 1970, 1987, and 1988.
The most anticipated season in decades for Purdue men’s basketball is less than four weeks away, and that means the preseason polls are coming out. There have been number of articles across college basketball media member that have been very complimentary of Purdue, and the media backed it up with a top 10 ranking in the AP Poll:
- Gonzaga (55) 1,562
- UCLA (8) 1,459
- Kansas 1,427
- Texas 1,315
- Michigan 1,255
- Purdue 1,213
- Baylor 992
- Duke 963
- Kentucky 894
- Illinois 861
- Memphis 831
- Oregon 775
- Alabama 713
- Houston 694
- Arkansas 673
- Tennessee 563
- North Carolina 547
- Maryland 294
- Auburn 267
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