Preseason USA Today/ESPN Coaches' Poll (As of 10/29/2009)
Rank	School	Points	Prev
1	Kansas (27)	770	10
2	Michigan St. (3)	732	2
3	Texas	676	23
4	North Carolina (1)	653	1
5	Kentucky	635	NR
6	Villanova	620	4
7	Purdue	586	14
8	Duke	528	11
9	West Virginia	501	NR
10	Butler	408	25
11	Tennessee	406	NR
12	California	370	NR
13	Washington	364	16
14	Connecticut	361	3
15	Michigan	279	NR
16	Oklahoma	244	7
17	Ohio St.	241	NR
18	Minnesota	151	NR
19	Mississippi St.	149	NR
20	Georgia Tech	136	NR
21	Georgetown	134	NR
22	Dayton	130	NR
23	Louisville	123	5
24	Clemson	114	NR
25	Syracuse	111	12

OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: Maryland 100, Illinois 83, Siena 72, UCLA 59, Vanderbilt 38, Oklahoma State 29, Missouri 28, Xavier 25, Gonzaga 24, Notre Dame 22, USC 22, Pittsburgh 19, Tulsa 17, Kansas State 16, Brigham Young 16, Florida State 15, Florida 13, Wake Forest 13, San Diego State 8, Creighton 7, Boston College 4, Texas A&M 4, Southern Illinois 3, Utah State 3, Cornell 3, Memphis 3, Mississippi 3, UNLV 2, South Carolina 1, UNI 1.

DROPPED OUT: No. 6 Pittsburgh, No. 8 Missouri, No. 9 Memphis, No. 13 Gonzaga, No. 15 Xavier, No. 17 LSU, No. 18 UCLA, No. 19 Arizona State, No. 20 Wake Forest, No. 21 Marquette, No. 22 Florida State, No. 24 Arizona.

Ranking includes number of first-place votes and record in parentheses, total points and previous ranking