Kentucky Ranked No. 23 in Preseason AP, Coaches Polls

LEXINGTON, Ky. – The Kentucky men’s basketball team received a No. 23 preseason ranking in both the Associated Press College Basketball Poll and USA Today Coaches Poll, released Monday. It marks the 59th time in 66 preseason AP polls that the Wildcats are among the teams ranked to begin the year, and the 61st time the Cats have appeared in the first coaches’ poll of the season. Kentucky leads all programs with 998 appearances in the weekly AP poll and 981 total selections in the coaches’ poll. Nine opponents on Kentucky’s 2026-27 schedule are ranked ahead of the upcoming season…