By Chris Harris Contributor
Updated 10/20/23 6:21am ET
The first Associated Press Top-25 rankings show disparities with oddsmakers, although the two parties see eye-to-eye with most of the top teams.
Kansas is the overall +1000 betting favorite at FanDuel, while receiving 46 of 63 first-place votes in the preseason poll. #2 Duke (+1200), #3 Purdue (+1200), #4 Michigan State (+1500) and #6 Connecticut (+2200) also received at least one top vote. #5 Marquette has +2000 odds.
The largest discrepancy is with 16th-ranked Kentucky, which has the fifth-shortest odds at +1800. John Calipari and the Wildcats have not reached the Sweet 16 since 2019.
2023-2024 Preseason AP Top 25 w/ NCAA Championship Odds (FanDuel)
1. Kansas +1000
2. Duke +1200
3. Purdue + 1200
4. Michigan State +1500
5. Marquette +2000
6. UConn +2200
7. Houston +2000
8. Creighton +2000
9. Tennessee +2000
10. FAU +4000
11. Gonzaga +3000
12. Arizona +2500
13. Miami (FL) +4000
14. Arkansas +3000
15. Texas A&M +4000
16. Kentucky +1800
17. San Diego State +7500
18. Texas +3500
19. North Carolina +3000
20. Baylor +4500
21. USC +3500
22. Villanova +3500
23. Saint Mary’s +4500
24. Alabama +2500
25. Illinois +5000
The A.P. rankings are compiled by polling 62 sportswriters and broadcasters from across the nation. Each voter provides their own ranking of the top 25 teams, and the individual rankings are then aggregated by giving a team 25 points for a first-place vote, 24 for a second-place vote, etc.
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