The Virginia Cavaliers check in at No. 25 in the first AP Top 25 poll of the 2021-2022 college basketball season. It’s the lowest Virginia has been ranked by the AP in the preseason since the 2017-2018 season when the Hoos were unranked (garnering enough votes for No. 27). That season...did not end well.
There are no ACC teams in the top five, with Duke leading the conference at No. 9 in Mike Krzyzewski’s final season. UNC comes in next at No. 19, while Florida State checks in at No. 20. Virginia Tech, Syracuse, Louisville, and Notre Dame all also received votes.