2009 USA Today/ESPN Top 25 Preseason Coaches’ Poll

RANK SCHOOL PTS.

1 Connecticut (39-0) 775

2 Stanford (33-5) 739

3 Ohio State (29-6) 653

4 Baylor (29-6) 649

5 North Carolina (28-7) 561

6 Duke (27-6) 547

7 Notre Dame (22-9) 438

8 Oklahoma (32-5) 416

9 Tennessee (22-11) 412

10 Michigan State (22-11) 353

11 Arizona State (26-9) 328

12 Florida State (26-8) 323

13 California (27-7) 314

14 Texas (21-12) 311

15 Xavier (25-7) 303

16 Texas A&M (27-8) 302

17 LSU (19-11) 298

18 Virginia (24-10) 246

19 Louisville (34-5) 232

20 Vanderbilt (26-9) 223

21 Maryland (31-5) 209

22 Pittsburgh (25-8) 127

23 Purdue (25-11) 126

24 Iowa State (27-9) 125

25 DePaul (23-10) 121



Others Receiving Votes: Middle Tennessee (28-6), 118; Kansas (22-14), 110; Rutgers (21-13), 106; Auburn (30-4), 84; Georgia (18-14), 76; Georgia Tech (22-10), 73; South Dakota State (32-3), 70; Mississippi State (23-10), 66; Gonzaga (27-7), 48; Kansas State (25-8), 39; San Diego State (24-8), 39; Florida (24-8), 31; TCU (20-11), 12; N.C. State (13-17), 11; Arizona (12-19), 10; Michigan (10-20), 10; Bowling Green (29-5), 7; South Florida (27-10), 6; Syracuse (17-15), 6; South Carolina (10-18), 3; UALR (26-7), 2; Ball State (26-9), 2; Georgetown (20-14), 2; Richmond (24-10), 2; SMU (20-12), 2; Temple (21-10), 2; Central Florida (17-17), 1; Charlotte (23-9), 1; Fresno State (24-9), 1; Hartford (20-12), 1; Minnesota (20-12), 1; West Virginia (18-15), 1; Western Kentucky (16-13), 1.