Purdue carries its first ranking, preseason or otherwise, since the 2010-11.
ESPN/USA Today released the preseason college basketball poll for this coming year and our Boilers are recognized as the No. 24 team in all the land! Here is your full poll:
| 1 | Kentucky | 38-1 | 749 | 11 | NR | 0 | – |
| 1 | North Carolina | 26-12 | 749 | 12 | NR | 0 | – |
| 3 | Maryland | 28-7 | 723 | 5 | NR | 0 | – |
| 4 | Duke | 35-4 | 686 | 3 | NR | 0 | – |
| 5 | Kansas | 27-9 | 675 | 1 | NR | 0 | – |
| 6 | Virginia | 30-4 | 667 | 0 | NR | 0 | – |
| 7 | Iowa St. |