Preseason AP Division I Ranking (As of 10/30/2009)
Rank	School	Points	Prev
1	Connecticut (40)	1000	1
2	Stanford	951	2
3	Ohio St.	862	10
4	Notre Dame	799	23
5	North Carolina	798	11
6	Duke	772	6
7	Baylor	744	5
8	Tennessee	676	18
9	LSU	600	NR
10	Michigan St.	521	NR
11	Xavier	492	20
12	Texas	487	25
13	Oklahoma	444	4
14	Virginia	394	24
15	Florida St.	385	12
16	Arizona St.	317	19
17	DePaul	301	NR
18	California	294	13
19	Georgia Tech	262	NR
20	Kansas	241	NR
21	Georgia	201	NR
22	Vanderbilt	165	14
23	Louisville	156	7
24	Middle Tenn.	143	NR
25	Rutgers	138	NR

OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: Texas A&M 137, Maryland 114, Mississippi State 110, San Diego State 78, South Dakota State 70, Pittsburgh 48, Purdue 45, Kansas State 33, Gonzaga 30, Marist 26, UCLA 26, Michigan 16, Iowa State 14, Minnesota 14, Boston College 12, Louisiana Tech 11, Tulane 9, Bowling Green 8, Arkansas 7, TCU 7, Wisconsin-Green Bay 7, Auburn 6, Nebraska 6, Texas Tech 6, USC 5, Florida 3, Fresno State 3, Oklahoma State 3, Delaware 1, Florida Gulf Coast 1, Temple 1.

DROPPED OUT: No. 3 Maryland, No. 8 Auburn, No. 9 Texas A&M, No. 15 Pittsburgh, No. 16 South Dakota State, No. 17 Iowa State, No. 21 Kansas State, No. 22 Florida.

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