Kentucky comes in at No. 9 in Preseason Coaches Poll

LEXINGTON, Ky. (ABC 36 NEWS NOW) – The 2025 preseason coaches poll was announced Wednesday ahead of the 2025-25 men’s college basketball season and for Kentucky they come in at the same spot as they did in the Associated Press Top 25. Kentucky will begin the season ranked ninth in the coaches poll, hopefully a sign of good things to come for the Wildcats.

The full preseason coaches poll is listed below:

1. Purdue (AP: 1)
2. Houston (AP: 2)
3. Florida (AP: 3)
4. UConn (AP: 4)
5. Duke (AP: 6)
6. St. John’s (AP: 5)
7. Michigan (AP: 7)
8. BYU (AP: 8)
9. KENTUCKY (AP: 9)
10. Louisville (AP: 11)
11. Texas Tech (AP: 10)
12. UCLA (AP: 12)
13. Arizona (AP: 13)
14. Illinois (AP: 17)
15. Arkansas (AP: 14)
16. Alabama (AP: 15)
17. Tennessee (AP: 18)
18. Iowa St. (AP: 16)
19. Kansas (AP: 19)
20. Gonzaga (AP: 21)
21. Michigan St. (AP: 22)
22. Auburn (AP: 20)
23. Creighton (AP: 23)
24. Wisconsin (AP: 24)
25. North Carolina (AP: 25)