Tennessee got into the Associated Press preseason Top 25 for men’s basketball, but not by much.

The Vols were at No. 25 in the poll released Monday.

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The Preseason Top Twenty Five

The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ preseason college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, 2005-06 records, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last year’s final ranking:

Record Pts Pvs

1. Florida (63) 33-6 1,788 11

2. North Carolina (9) 23-8 1,704 10

3. Kansas 25-8 1,636 12

4. Pittsburgh 25-8 1,407 16

5. LSU 27-9 1,399 19

6. UCLA 32-7 1,394 t7

7. Ohio St. 26-6 1,391 6

8. Georgetown 23-10 1,271 23

9. Wisconsin 19-12 1,197 |—

10. Arizona 20-13 1,157 |—

11. Alabama 18-13 1,106 |—

12. Duke 32-4 1,051 1

13. Texas A&M 22-9 |868 |—

14. Memphis 33-4 |811 4

15. Boston College 28-8 |772 t7

16. Marquette 20-11 |554 |—

17. Washington 26-7 |487 17

18. Connecticut 30-4 |399 2

19. Creighton 20-10 |384 |—

20. Syracuse 23-12 |367 21

21. Texas 30-7 |366 9

22. Kentucky 22-13 |332 |—

23. Georgia Tech 11-17 |262 |—

24. Nevada 27-6 |212 20

25. Tennessee 22-8 |203 18

Others receiving votes: Wichita St. 181, S. Illinois 131, Gonzaga 129, Xavier 99, Florida St. 65, Louisville 62, Villanova 37, Illinois 31, Hofstra 24, Arkansas 20, San Diego St. 19, DePaul 16, Indiana 16, Oklahoma St. 13, Virginia Tech 8, Bucknell 6, Michigan 6, Houston 5, Southern Cal 5, Kansas St. 4, Akron 1, BYU 1, George Mason 1, Missouri St. 1, Oregon 1.