Preseason USA Today/ESPN Division I Rankings (As of 11/04/2009)
Rank	School	W-L	Points	Prev
1	Connecticut (31)	39-0	775	1
2	Stanford	33-5	739	3
3	Ohio St.	29-6	653	9
4	Baylor	29-6	649	6
5	North Carolina	28-7	561	17
6	Duke	27-6	547	14
7	Notre Dame	22-9	438	NR
8	Oklahoma	32-5	416	4
9	Tennessee (W)	22-11	412	NR
10	Michigan St.	22-11	353	22
11	Arizona St.	26-9	328	12
12	Florida St.	26-8	323	18
13	California	27-7	314	10
14	Texas	21-12	311	NR
15	Xavier	25-7	303	25
16	Texas A&M	27-8	302	7
17	LSU	19-11	298	NR
18	Virginia	24-10	246	24
19	Louisville	34-5	232	2
20	Vanderbilt	26-9	223	8
21	Maryland	31-5	209	5
22	Pittsburgh	25-8	127	15
23	Purdue	25-11	126	16
24	Iowa St.	27-9	125	11
25	DePaul	23-10	121	NR

OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: Middle Tennessee (28-6) 118; Kansas (22-14) 110; Rutgers (21-13) 106; Auburn (30-4) 84; Georgia (18-14) 76; Georgia Tech (22-10) 73; South Dakota State (32-3) 70; Mississippi State (23-10) 66; Gonzaga (27-7) 48; Kansas State (25-8) 39; San Diego State (24-8) 39; Florida (24-8) 31; TCU (20-11) 12; N.C. State (13-17) 11; Arizona (12-19) 10; Michigan (10-20) 10; Bowling Green (29-5) 7; South Florida (27-10) 6; Syracuse (17-15) 6; South Carolina (10-18) 3; Arkansas-Little Rock (26-7) 2; Ball State (26-9) 2; Georgetown (20-14) 2; Richmond (24-10) 2; Southern Methodist (20-12) 2; Temple (21-10) 2; Central Florida (17-17) 1; Charlotte (23-9) 1; Fresno State (24-9) 1; Hartford (20-12) 1; Minnesota (20-12) 1; West Virginia (18-15) 1; Western Kentucky (16-13) 1.

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