Houston Cougars Men's Basketball ranked 3rd in AP Preseason Poll

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POSTED: October 17, 2022 -- 11:18 a.m. CT

The Houston Cougars men's basketball team is ranked 3rd in the Associated Press Preseason Top 25 poll. The number 3 preseason ranking equals the highest Houston has appeared in the AP preseason poll since 1983-84 when Houston was ranked 3rd in November 1983.

The number 3 ranking is Houston Basketball's highest ranking in any poll since finishing at number 3 in the last Coaches poll of the season on April 6, 2021.

The North Carolina Tar Heels are ranked number 1 followed by the Gonzaga Bulldogs at number 2.

1. North Carolina

2. Gonzaga

3. Houston

4. Kentucky

T5. Baylor

T5. Kansas

7. Duke

8. UCLA

9. Creighton

10. Arkansas

11. Tennessee

12. Texas

13. Indiana

14. TCU

15. Auburn

16. Villanova

17. Arizona

18. Virginia

19. San Diego State

20. Alabama

21. Oregon

22. Michigan

23. Illinois

24. Dayton

25. Texas Tech

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