2012 NCAA Men's Basketball Rankings - USA Today Coaches Poll Preseason (Nov. 7)


USA Today Coaches Poll
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1
Tournament Results: vs LIU Brooklyn W 102-87, vs Washington W 86-83, vs Marquette W 81-63, vs Kentucky L 76-69
This Week:  @ Michigan St W 67-55, @ UNC-Asheville W 91-75
2
Tournament Results: vs Princeton W 59-57, vs West Virginia W 71-63, @ Ohio St W 62-60, @ North Carolina W 76-69, @ Connecticut L 56-55
This Week:  vs Marist W 108-58
3
Tournament Results: vs UTSA W 75-46, vs George Mason W 98-66, vs Kentucky L 62-60
This Week:  vs Wright St W 73-42
4
Tournament Results: vs Bucknell W 81-52, vs Cincinnati W 69-58, @ San Diego St W 74-67, vs Arizona W 65-63, vs Kentucky W 56-55, vs Butler W 53-41
This Week:  vs Columbia W 70-57
5
Tournament Results: vs Indiana St W 77-60, vs Marquette L 66-62
This Week:  vs Fordham W 78-53
6
Tournament Results: vs Hampton W 87-45, vs Michigan W 73-71, vs Arizona L 93-77
This Week:  vs Belmont W 77-76, vs Presbyterian W 96-55
7
Tournament Results: vs Richmond L 69-66
This Week:  vs Oregon W 78-64, vs Cleveland St L 71-58
8
Tournament Results: vs Morehead St L 62-61
This Week:  vs Tenn-Martin W 83-48, vs Lamar W 68-48
9
Tournament Results: @ Arizona L 77-75
This Week: No games scheduled.
10
Tournament Results: vs UCSB W 79-51, vs UCLA W 73-65, vs BYU W 83-74, vs Butler L 74-71
This Week:  vs Jackson St W 99-59
11
Tournament Results: vs UNC-Asheville W 74-51, vs Butler L 71-70
This Week:  vs Albany W 89-56, vs Rider W 86-78
12
Tournament Results: No Games Played
This Week:  vs Texas Southern W 77-57, vs Jackson St W 92-59
13
Tournament Results: vs Boston U W 72-53, vs Illinois W 73-59, vs Richmond W 77-57, vs VCU L 71-61
This Week:  vs Towson W 100-54
14
Tournament Results: vs Belmont W 72-58, vs Kansas St W 70-65, vs Butler L 61-54
This Week:  vs Kennesaw St W 85-31
15
Tournament Results: vs Marquette L 66-55
This Week:  vs Morgan St W 74-63
16
Tournament Results: vs Memphis W 77-75, @ Texas W 70-69, @ Duke W 93-77, @ Connecticut L 65-63
This Week:  vs Valparaiso W 73-64, vs Duquesne W 67-59, vs Ball St W 73-63
17
Tournament Results: vs Coast Carolina W 68-44, vs New Mexico W 74-67, vs Miami (FL) W 79-64, @ Colorado W 62-61, vs Wichita St L 66-57
This Week:  vs North Florida W 64-44
18
Tournament Results: vs Tennessee W 75-45, @ Duke L 73-71
This Week:  vs Ferris St W 59-33
19
Tournament Results: vs Florida St L 57-50
This Week:  vs Liberty W 81-59, vs Southern W 83-58
20
Tournament Results: vs Michigan St W 78-76, @ Florida L 73-65
This Week:  vs Loyola Mary L 69-58
21
Tournament Results: @ Xavier W 66-55, @ Syracuse W 66-62, @ North Carolina L 81-63
This Week:  vs Mount St. Mary's W 91-37
22
Tournament Results: vs Missouri W 78-63, @ Connecticut L 69-58
This Week:  vs Alabama St W 65-40
23
Tournament Results: @ St. John's W 86-71, @ BYU L 89-67
This Week:  vs E Washington W 77-69
24
Tournament Results: vs Ole Miss W 77-74, @ Colorado L 89-72
This Week:  vs UC Irvine W 77-56, vs G. Washington W 81-54
25
Tournament Results: @ Cincinnati L 78-63
This Week:  vs SE Missouri St W 83-68
  • Others receiving votes: Florida State 108, Texas 107, Michigan State 73, Temple 59, Washington 29, Butler 25, New Mexico 22, Creighton 19, Villanova 18, Purdue 17, UNLV 16, West Virginia 13, George Mason 12, Mississippi State 11, St. John's 11, Saint Mary's 5, Virginia 5, Virginia Commonwealth 4, Drexel 2, Kansas State 2, Long Beach State 2, Notre Dame 1, Brigham Young 1
  • Dropped from rankings: Butler 2, Virginia Commonwealth 6, Brigham Young 13, Notre Dame 14, Texas 16, Purdue 17, Florida State 19, Washington 23, Kansas State 24
  • The USA TODAY Sports Board of Coaches is made up of 31 head coaches at Division I institutions. All are members of the National Association of Basketball Coaches. The board for the 2012-13 season: Tommy Amaker, Harvard; Tevester Anderson, Jackson State; Ronnie Arrow, South Alabama; Randy Bennett, Saint Marys; Eddie Biedenbach, North Carolina-Asheville; Jim Boeheim, Syracuse; Rick Byrd, Belmont; Tim Cluess, Iona; Keith Dambrot, Akron; Steve Donahue, Boston College; Scott Drew, Baylor; Matt Driscoll, North Florida; Steve Fisher, San Diego State; Bruiser Flint, Drexel; Tim Floyd, Texas-El Paso; Mark Fox, Georgia; Ben Jacobson, Northern Iowa; Rob Jeter, Wisconsin-Milwaukee; Mike McConathy, Northwestern State; Bob McKillop, Davidson; Ron Fang Mitchell, Coppin State; Matt Painter, Purdue; Dave Paulsen, Bucknell; Saul Phillips, North Dakota State; Steve Pikiell, Stony Brook; Randy Rahe, Weber State; Herb Sendek, Arizona State; Shaka Smart, Virginia Commonwealth; Andrew Toole, Robert Morris; DonVerlin, Idaho; Bob Williams, UC-Santa Barbara.