The Top Twenty Five
The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ preseason 2021-22 college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, final 2020-21 records, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last year’s final ranking
| Record | Pts | Prv | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. North Carolina (47) | 0-0 | 1532 | - |
| 2. Gonzaga (12) | 0-0 | 1479 | 1 |
| 3. Houston (1) | 0-0 | 1404 | 15 |
| 4. Kentucky (2) | 0-0 | 1364 | 7 |
| 5. Kansas | 0-0 | 1200 | 3 |
| 5. Baylor | 0-0 | 1200 | 4 |
| 7. Duke | 0-0 | 1168 | 9 |
| 8. UCLA | 0-0 | 1093 | 11 |
| 9. Creighton | 0-0 | 1060 | - |
| 10. Arkansas | 0-0 | 1026 | 17 |
| 11. Tennessee | 0-0 | 880 | 5 |
| 12. Texas | 0-0 | 844 | 25 |
| 13. Indiana | 0-0 | 745 | - |
| 14. TCU | 0-0 | 735 | - |
| 15. Auburn | 0-0 | 623 | 8 |
| 16. Villanova | 0-0 | 578 | 6 |
| 17. Arizona | 0-0 | 543 | 2 |
| 18. Virginia | 0-0 | 462 | - |
| 19. San Diego St. | 0-0 | 394 | - |
| 20. Alabama | 0-0 | 281 | - |
| 21. Oregon | 0-0 | 260 | - |
| 22. Michigan | 0-0 | 229 | - |
| 23. Illinois | 0-0 | 215 | 19 |
| 24. Dayton | 0-0 | 170 | - |
| 25. Texas Tech | 0-0 | 122 | 12 |
Others receiving votes: Texas A&M 112, UConn 101, Miami 66, Purdue 56, Saint Louis 36, Michigan St. 35, Florida St. 32, Xavier 29, Wyoming 25, Ohio St. 23, Iowa 13, Rutgers 4, Southern Cal 3, Florida 3, Toledo 1, UAB 1, Memphis 1, Virginia Tech 1, Notre Dame 1.