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North Carolina No. 1, Arkansas No. 10

North Carolina No. 1, Arkansas No. 10

The familiar faces of March 2022 are the same in October 2022 in college basketball.

The first Associated Press Poll of the 2022-23 season was released Monday. Few surprises were within, as defending national champion North Carolina was ranked No. 1, followed by Gonzaga, Houston and Kentucky.

Arkansas rounded out the Top 10 as the Razorbacks head into coach Eric Musselman’s fourth year. He has led the team to two straight Elite Eight apperances in the NCAA Tournament, though Arkansas has only two rotational players back from last year’s team.

Other SEC teams in the Top 25 included Tennessee at No. 11, Auburn at No. 15, and Alabama at No. 20. Texas A&M was a de facto No. 26. The only other confere with five ranked teams was the Big 12.

Arkansas kicked off its season with the Red-White Scrimmage on Sunday and will play two exhibition games against Rogers State and Texas before opening the regular season November 7 at home against North Dakota State.

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