The coaches picked SMU to win the AAC despite the team being barred from participating in the 2015-16 postseason and the conference tournament due to multiple NCAA violations.
Connecticut, which took the national championship in 2014 but did not make it to the NCAA tournament last season, vies for second with two first-place votes and Cincinnati sits in third place with one first-place vote.
Tulane is not a stranger to the bottom of the preseason coaches' poll. The 2015-16 season marks Tulane's second year of membership in the AAC, as well as the second year in a row that the Wave is anticipated to finish last in the conference.