After missing the cut in the USA Today Coaches Poll, Michigan will start the season ranked 25th in the Associated Press Top 25 Preseason Poll.
The Wolverines start the season ranked in the AP Top 25 for the fifth consecutive season.
Maryland (No. 3), Michigan State (No. 13), Indiana (No. 15), Wisconsin (No. 17 and Purdue (No. 23) are the other Big Ten teams ranked in the Top 25. The Wolverines will also face No. 20 ranked UConn in the opening round of the Battle 4 Atlantis on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving.
Here’s the full AP top 25 poll:
| 1 |  |
North Carolina (35)
ACC
Record: 0-0
|
PV Rank
– Points
1,566 |
| 2 |  |
Kentucky (10)
SEC
Record: 0-0
|
–
1,520
|
| 3 |  |
Maryland (14)
Big Ten
Record: 0-0
|
–
1,487
|
| 4 |  |
Kansas (5)
Big 12
Record: 0-0
|
–
1,410
|
| 5 |  |
Duke
ACC
Record: 0-0
|
–
1,350
|
| 6 |  |
Virginia (1)
ACC
Record: 0-0
|
–
1,347
|
| 7 |  |
Iowa State
Big 12
Record: 0-0
|
–
1,185
|
| 8 |  |
Oklahoma
Big 12
Record: 0-0
|
–
1,088
|
| 9 |  |
Gonzaga
West Coast
Record: 0-0
|
–
1,047
|
| 10 |  |
Wichita State
Missouri Valley
Record: 0-0
|
–
1,032
|
| 11 |  |
Villanova
Big East
Record: 0-0
|
–
1,013
|
| 12 |  |
Arizona
Pac-12
Record: 0-0
|
–
917
|
| 13 |  |
Michigan State
Big Ten
Record: 0-0
|
–
838
|
| 14 |  |
California
Pac-12
Record: 0-0
|
–
757
|
| 15 |  |
Indiana
Big Ten
Record: 0-0
|
–
755
|
| 16 |  |
Utah
Pac-12
Record: 0-0
|
–
499
|
| 17 |  |
Wisconsin
Big Ten
Record: 0-0
|
–
433
|
| 18 |  |
Vanderbilt
SEC
Record: 0-0
|
–
393
|
| 19 |  |
Notre Dame
ACC
Record: 0-0
|
–
360
|
| 20 |  |
Connecticut
American Athletic Conference (AAC)
Record: 0-0
|
–
307
|
| 21 |  |
LSU
SEC
Record: 0-0
|
–
268
|
| 22 |  |
Baylor
Big 12
Record: 0-0
|
–
265
|
| 23 |  |
Purdue
Big Ten
Record: 0-0
|
–
236
|
| 24 |  |
Butler
Big East
Record: 0-0
|
–
223
|
| 25 |  |
Michigan
Big Ten
Record: 0-0
|
–
126
|
