College Basketball Rankings: Purdue at 15 in Preseason AP Poll

Purdue will start the 2016-17 season as a top 15 team in both the AP and coaches poll! Last week the coaches poll was released and Purdue was at No. 15 in it, just behind Louisville and ahead of UConn. This morning the AP Poll is out and Purdue is also at No. 15:

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		Duke (58) ACC Record: 25-11	PV Rank 19 Points 1,612
2		Kentucky (2) SEC Record: 27-9	10 1,479
3		Kansas Big 12 Record: 33-5	1 1,476
4		Villanova (4) Big East Record: 35-5	6 1,465
5		Oregon (1) Pac-12 Record: 31-7	5 1,343
6		North Carolina ACC Record: 33-7	3 1,314
7		Xavier Big East Record: 28-6	9 1,167
8		Virginia ACC Record: 29-8	4 1,149
9		Wisconsin Big Ten Record: 22-13	- 1,135
10		Arizona Pac-12 Record: 25-9	17 1,004
11		Indiana Big Ten Record: 27-8	14 917
12		Michigan State Big Ten Record: 29-6	2 903
13		Louisville ACC Record: 23-8	16 755
14		Gonzaga West Coast Record: 28-8	- 699
15		Purdue Big Ten Record: 26-9	12 672
16		UCLA Pac-12 Record: 15-17	- 540
17		Saint Mary's (Cal) West Coast Record: 29-6	- 512
18		Connecticut American Athletic Conference (AAC) Record: 25-11	- 504
19		Syracuse ACC Record: 23-14	- 464
20		West Virginia Big 12 Record: 26-9	8 360
21		Texas Big 12 Record: 20-13	- 250
22		Creighton Big East Record: 20-15	- 231
23		Rhode Island Atlantic 10 Record: 17-15	- 199
24		Iowa State Big 12 Record: 23-12	22 168
25		Maryland Big Ten Record: 27-9	18 144

The Boilers get a great chance to move up with No. 4 Villanova coming to town TWO WEEKS FROM TODAY! Purdue also plays No. 9 Wisconsin, No. 11 Indiana (twice) No. 12 Michigan State (twice) No. 13 Louisville, and No. 25 Maryland.