The top 25 teams in The Associated Press' men's preseason college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, 1998-99 records, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last season's final ranking:

                         Record    Pts  Pv 1. Connecticut (21)       34-2  1,669   3  2. Cincinnati (19)        27-6  1,630  11  3. Michigan St. (20)      33-5  1,607   2  4. Auburn (4)             29-4  1,567   4  5. Ohio St. (3)           27-9  1,432  14  6. North Carolina (3)    24-10  1,421  13  7. Temple (2)            24-11  1,381   -  8. Florida                22-9  1,341  23  9. Arizona                22-7  1,241  12 10. Duke                   37-2  1,034   1 11. Kansas                23-10    994  22 12. UCLA                   22-9    890  15 13. Stanford               26-7    752   7 14. Kentucky               28-9    747   8 15. Utah                   28-5    699   6 16. Illinois              14-18    688   - 17. Syracuse              21-12    660   - 18. St. John's             28-9    657   9 19. Tennessee              21-9    531  20 20. DePaul                18-13    452   - 21. Texas                 19-13    348   - 22. Oklahoma St.          23-11    257   - 23. Purdue                21-13    252   - 24. Gonzaga                28-7    227   - 25. Miami                  23-7    222  10 

Others receiving votes: Maryland 195, Wake Forest 151, Oklahoma 63, Georgia Tech 38, Indiana 22, New Mexico 21, Fresno St. 19, Louisville 18, Arkansas 17, N. Carolina St. 12, Oregon 12, UNLV 12, Virginia 12, Tulsa 11, Weber St. 11, Murray St. 10, Siena 9, Coll. of Charleston 8, Bradley 7, Rhode Island 7, Detroit 6, Mississippi St. 6, Massachusetts 5, Michigan 5, Delaware 4, New Mexico St. 4, Xavier 4, Akron 3, Memphis 2, Georgetown 2, N.C. Charlotte 2, Iowa 1, Missouri 1, Princeton 1.