FYI - USA Today Pre-Season Coach's Poll

[lion1983]

See this link: https://sportsdata.usatoday.com/basketball/ncaab/coaches-poll/2024-2025/2024-10-23

Highest Big Ten team is Purdue, at #13. Indiana is #18, UCLA is #22, Illinois is #24.

RU gets votes, coming in at #27. Michigan State is #30 and Oregon is #31. Other notables on RU's schedule: Alabama #2, Houston (now no longer on the schedule), #4 ... potential Vegas opponents in the other pod: Creighton # 14, Texas A&M #15, San Diego St (2 votes, tied for #41). Others: Princeton (2 votes tied for #41), , Ohio St #37, (tied), Maryland #39, Wisconsin - 1 vote, #46. FYI, St. Johns is right behind RU at #28.

 

[lion1983]

One more thing: 31 coaches participate, and it looks like it is limited to 1 coach per conference only ... Painter from Purdue from the Big Ten ... The Alabama head coach for the SEC ... Syracuse head coach for the ACC ... Drew of Baylor from the Big 12 ... Creighton coach from the Big East. If anyone cares.

 

[Nycrusupporter]

One more thing: 31 coaches participate, and it looks like it is limited to 1 coach per conference only ... Painter from Purdue from the Big Ten ... The Alabama head coach for the SEC ... Syracuse head coach for the ACC ... Drew of Baylor from the Big 12 ... Creighton coach from the Big East. If anyone cares.

A warning on these coaches polls. Many coaches do not take them seriously and have an assistant or someone else on staff fill them in and submit them.