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Best Ranking for Preseason Unranked Team

Best Ranking for Preseason Unranked Team
PlaceSeasonTeamBest ranking
1.2023-2024Kansas State2
2.1976-1977St. Joseph's3
2.1992-1993Ohio State3
2.2009-2010Nebraska3
2.2022-2023Utah3
2.2023-2024NC State3
7.1998-1999Colorado State4
8.1976-1977Tennessee5
8.1978-1979Cheyney5
8.2001-2002Wisconsin5
8.2013-2014West Virginia5
12.1991-1992Miami6
12.1995-1996Old Dominion6
12.2000-2001Florida6
12.2021-2022LSU6
12.2024-2025TCU6
17.1997-1998Washington7
17.2001-2002South Carolina7
17.2009-2010West Virginia7
17.2010-2011DePaul7
17.2011-2012Delaware7
17.2014-2015Florida State7
23.1976-1977NC State8
23.1977-1978Valdosta State8
23.1985-1986Rutgers8
23.1990-1991Western Kentucky8
23.1997-1998NC State8
23.2006-2007George Washington8
23.2009-2010Texas A&M8
23.2011-2012Ohio State8
23.2022-2023UCLA8
23.2023-2024Oregon State8
23.2025-2026Ohio State8
34.1984-1985Auburn9
34.1987-1988Maryland9
34.1988-1989Colorado9
34.1988-1989Purdue9
34.1996-1997LSU9
34.1998-1999Virginia Tech9
34.2001-2002Kansas State9
34.2003-2004Houston9
34.2008-2009Florida9
34.2011-2012Green Bay9
34.2014-2015Arizona State9
34.2016-2017Duke9
34.2022-2023Duke9
47.1978-1979UNLV10
47.1981-1982Memphis10
47.1982-1983Missouri10
47.1991-1992Missouri State10
47.1996-1997Clemson10
47.1998-1999Clemson10
47.2007-2008Old Dominion10
47.2009-2010Oklahoma State10
47.2010-2011Miami10
47.2011-2012Texas Tech10
47.2013-2014NC State10
47.2015-2016UCLA10
47.2020-2021Georgia10
47.2022-2023Villanova10
61.1976-1977LSU11
61.1979-1980Kansas State11
61.1979-1980Kentucky11
61.1981-1982Villanova11
61.1983-1984Alabama11
61.1983-1984Virginia11
61.1984-1985Washington11
61.1984-1985Western Kentucky11
61.1985-1986Oklahoma11
61.1986-1987NC State11
61.1986-1987Vanderbilt11
61.1988-1989Stephen F. Austin11
61.1991-1992Houston11
61.1991-1992Northwestern11
61.1991-1992West Virginia11
61.1997-1998Florida International11
61.1997-1998Utah11
61.2002-2003Villanova11
61.2012-2013Dayton11
61.2012-2013North Carolina11
61.2012-2013UCLA11
61.2013-2014Arizona State11
61.2014-2015Mississippi State11
61.2018-2019Kentucky11
61.2019-2020Arizona11
61.2019-2020Gonzaga11
61.2019-2020Northwestern11
61.2024-2025Tennessee11
61.2025-2026West Virginia11
90.1977-1978Penn State12
90.1979-1980Detroit12
90.1979-1980San Francisco12
90.1981-1982Illinois12
90.1984-1985Kentucky12
90.1989-1990Hawaii12
90.1991-1992Hawaii12
90.1991-1992Texas Tech12
90.1997-1998Nebraska12
90.1998-1999Penn State12
90.1999-2000Mississippi State12
90.2000-2001Texas12
90.2000-2001Xavier12
90.2001-2002Texas12
90.2003-2004DePaul12
90.2007-2008Utah12
90.2009-2010Georgetown12
90.2012-2013Texas12
90.2018-2019Gonzaga12
90.2018-2019Minnesota12
90.2020-2021South Florida12
90.2021-2022Oklahoma12
112.1976-1977Texas13
112.1977-1978Memphis13
112.1977-1978Missouri13
112.1981-1982Arizona State13
112.1981-1982Colorado13
112.1982-1983UCLA13
112.1983-1984Louisiana-Monroe13
112.1984-1985Texas Tech13
112.1989-1990Northwestern13
112.1991-1992Kansas13
112.1997-1998Missouri State13
112.1999-2000Tulane13
112.2000-2001Utah13
112.2002-2003South Carolina13
112.2003-2004Vanderbilt13
112.2006-2007Louisville13
112.2007-2008Oklahoma State13
112.2009-2010Iowa State13
112.2010-2011Green Bay13
112.2011-2012Nebraska13
112.2014-2015Princeton13
112.2018-2019Iowa State13
112.2020-2021Tennessee13
112.2021-2022Georgia13
112.2024-2025Georgia Tech13
137.1976-1977Mississippi14
137.1976-1977Southeastern Louisiana14
137.1978-1979Long Beach State14
137.1979-1980Delta State14
137.1981-1982Kansas State14
137.1982-1983Auburn14
137.1983-1984Clemson14
137.1983-1984North Carolina14
137.1986-1987Southern Illinois14
137.1987-1988James Madison14
137.1987-1988Montana14
137.1988-1989South Carolina14
137.1990-1991Stephen F. Austin14
137.1993-1994Seton Hall14
137.1994-1995Arkansas14
137.1994-1995Duke14
137.1995-1996Clemson14
137.1997-1998Clemson14
137.2001-2002Minnesota14
137.2003-2004Baylor14
137.2004-2005Iowa State14
137.2007-2008Auburn14
137.2008-2009Kansas State14
137.2008-2009Pittsburgh14
137.2012-2013South Carolina14
137.2014-2015Georgia14
137.2018-2019Rutgers14
137.2018-2019Utah14
137.2021-2022Notre Dame14
137.2023-2024Gonzaga14
167.1976-1977Memphis15
167.1977-1978Kansas15
167.1978-1979Memphis15
167.1978-1979South Carolina15
167.1980-1981Illinois State15
167.1980-1981Minnesota15
167.1980-1981Virginia15
167.1983-1984St. John's15
167.1986-1987Illinois15
167.1990-1991Providence15
167.1992-1993Nebraska15
167.1992-1993Vermont15
167.1993-1994Washington15
167.1996-1997Illinois15
167.1998-1999Oregon15
167.2000-2001Clemson15
167.2004-2005Temple15
167.2007-2008Kansas State15
167.2007-2008Wyoming15
167.2009-2010Pittsburgh15
167.2009-2010St. John's15
167.2011-2012Georgia Tech15
167.2016-2017Colorado15
167.2016-2017NC State15
167.2016-2017Virginia Tech15
167.2018-2019Michigan State15
167.2021-2022BYU15
167.2021-2022Duke15
167.2021-2022Florida15
167.2022-2023Gonzaga15
167.2024-2025Michigan State15
167.2025-2026Minnesota15
199.1977-1978Ohio State16
199.1978-1979Northwestern16
199.1979-1980Clemson16
199.1979-1980Mercer16
199.1981-1982Auburn16
199.1984-1985St. Joseph's16
199.1984-1985UNLV16
199.1987-1988UNLV16
199.1987-1988Wake Forest16
199.1988-1989UNLV16
199.1992-1993DePaul16
199.1993-1994Florida International16
199.1995-1996Auburn16
199.1995-1996Florida16
199.1997-1998Hawaii16
199.1999-2000Virginia16
199.2000-2001Colorado16
199.2000-2001Iowa16
199.2001-2002Boston College16
199.2001-2002North Carolina16
199.2001-2002Virginia Tech16
199.2002-2003Green Bay16
199.2003-2004Virginia Tech16
199.2004-2005UCLA16
199.2005-2006New Mexico16
199.2006-2007Bowling Green16
199.2006-2007Marquette16
199.2006-2007Middle Tennessee16
199.2008-2009Iowa State16
199.2008-2009South Dakota State16
199.2009-2010Kentucky16
199.2011-2012St. Bonaventure16
199.2013-2014Vanderbilt16
199.2015-2016California16
199.2015-2016DePaul16
199.2015-2016Florida16
199.2015-2016Miami16
199.2021-2022North Carolina16
199.2025-2026Texas Tech16
238.1976-1977Kentucky17
238.1976-1977Michigan State17
238.1977-1978UNLV17
238.1979-1980USC17
238.1979-1980Villanova17
238.1980-1981Auburn17
238.1980-1981Colorado17
238.1980-1981East Carolina17
238.1980-1981Jackson State17
238.1982-1983LSU17
238.1982-1983Oregon State17
238.1983-1984Western Kentucky17
238.1985-1986Duke17
238.1985-1986Houston17
238.1985-1986James Madison17
238.1986-1987Villanova17
238.1986-1987Washington17
238.1987-1988Stephen F. Austin17
238.1989-1990Northern Illinois17
238.1989-1990Southern Mississippi17
238.1991-1992Alabama17
238.1992-1993Clemson17
238.1992-1993UNLV17
238.1993-1994Boise State17
238.1993-1994Montana17
238.1993-1994Rutgers17
238.1995-1996Northwestern17
238.1998-1999Auburn17
238.1998-1999LSU17
238.1998-1999Ohio State17
238.1999-2000Oklahoma17
238.2001-2002Auburn17
238.2003-2004Miami17
238.2003-2004Michigan State17
238.2005-2006Boston College17
238.2005-2006Louisiana Tech17
238.2006-2007NC State17
238.2009-2010Gonzaga17
238.2009-2010Green Bay17
238.2012-2013Kansas17
238.2013-2014Florida State17
238.2014-2015Chattanooga17
238.2015-2016Oklahoma State17
238.2017-2018Georgia17
238.2019-2020Iowa17
238.2019-2020South Dakota17
238.2019-2020Tennessee17
238.2019-2020West Virginia17
238.2020-2021Texas17
238.2020-2021West Virginia17
238.2022-2023Arkansas17
238.2023-2024Duke17
238.2023-2024Oklahoma17
238.2023-2024Syracuse17
238.2024-2025Iowa17
238.2024-2025Oklahoma State17
294.1976-1977Indiana State18
294.1977-1978Cal Poly Pomona18
294.1979-1980Central Missouri18
294.1980-1981Oregon State18
294.1981-1982Mississippi18
294.1982-1983North Carolina18
294.1984-1985Memphis18
294.1984-1985UCLA18
294.1985-1986Southern Illinois18
294.1986-1987Oregon18
294.1987-1988New Mexico State18
294.1988-1989La Salle18
294.1989-1990Penn State18
294.1989-1990Providence18
294.1990-1991Northern Illinois18
294.1993-1994Northwestern18
294.1993-1994Southern Mississippi18
294.1996-1997George Washington18
294.1998-1999Tulane18
294.2001-2002LSU18
294.2002-2003Arizona18
294.2002-2003Rutgers18
294.2003-2004Boston College18
294.2004-2005Iowa18
294.2005-2006BYU18
294.2005-2006Virginia Tech18
294.2007-2008UTEP18
294.2012-2013Colorado18
294.2012-2013Florida State18
294.2017-2018Arizona State18
294.2017-2018Iowa18
294.2017-2018Villanova18
294.2023-2024Marquette18
294.2024-2025California18