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Purdue Basketball Ranked 20th in Preseason AP Poll

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For the 39th consecutive week Purdue is in the college basketball AP top 25, keeping alive the 7th longest currently active streak of being ranked. The AP Poll just came out and Purdue will begin the season 20th with 362 points.

1 Duke (33) 0-0 1,572

2 Michigan State (13) 0-0 1,520

3 Arizona (18) 0-0 1,506

4 Kansas (1) 0-0 1,439

5 Kentucky 0-0 1,340

6 Villanova 0-0 1,284

7 Wichita State 0-0 1,270

8 Florida 0-0 1,100

9 North Carolina 0-0 1,047

10 USC 0-0 995

11 West Virginia 0-0 840

12 Cincinnati 0-0 837

13 Miami 0-0 836

14 Notre Dame 0-0 814

15 Minnesota 0-0 642

16 Louisville 0-0 570

17 Xavier 0-0 544

18 Gonzaga 0-0 500

19 Northwestern 0-0 473

20 Purdue 0-0 362

21 UCLA 0-0 340

22 Saint Mary's 0-0 333

23 Seton Hall 0-0 274

24 Baylor 0-0 163

25 Texas A&M 0-0 130

Others Receiving Votes: Alabama 86, Virginia 57, Rhode Island 49, TCU 46, Providence 34, Missouri 19, Virginia Tech 16, Wisconsin 14, Butler 13, Texas 10, Oklahoma 7, Maryland 7, Nevada 7, Michigan 6, Dayton 5, Middle Tennessee 4, Ball State 4, SMU 3, Oakland 2, Oregon 2, UCF 1, South Carolina 1, Harvard 1

I went through and bolded the teams that Purdue either will play or has a chance to play (it could play both Villanova and Arizona in the Bahamas), so we have plenty of chances to move higher.