Mississippi State Basketball Receives AP Top 25 Votes

The Mississippi State Bulldogs received votes in the AP Preseason Top 25 that was released on Monday.

Kentucky is the only SEC Team Ranked being #2 in the Country. Florida receives 18 votes, Mississippi State and Texas A&M both receive 14 votes and Vanderbilt rounds out the poll receiving one vote.

1		Duke (58) ACC Record: 25-11	PV Rank 19 Points 1,612
2		Kentucky (2) SEC Record: 27-9	10 1,479
3		Kansas Big 12 Record: 33-5	1 1,476
4		Villanova (4) Big East Record: 35-5	6 1,465
5		Oregon (1) Pac-12 Record: 31-7	5 1,343
6		North Carolina ACC Record: 33-7	3 1,314
7		Xavier Big East Record: 28-6	9 1,167
8		Virginia ACC Record: 29-8	4 1,149
9		Wisconsin Big Ten Record: 22-13	- 1,135
10		Arizona Pac-12 Record: 25-9	17 1,004
11		Indiana Big Ten Record: 27-8	14 917
12		Michigan State Big Ten Record: 29-6	2 903
13		Louisville ACC Record: 23-8	16 755
14		Gonzaga West Coast Record: 28-8	- 699
15		Purdue Big Ten Record: 26-9	12 672
16		UCLA Pac-12 Record: 15-17	- 540
17		Saint Mary's (Cal.) West Coast Record: 29-6	- 512
18		Connecticut American Athletic Conference (AAC) Record: 25-11	- 504
19		Syracuse ACC Record: 23-14	- 464
20		West Virginia Big 12 Record: 26-9	8 360
21		Texas Big 12 Record: 20-13	- 250
22		Creighton Big East Record: 20-15	- 231
23		Rhode Island Atlantic 10 Record: 17-15	- 199
24		Iowa State Big 12 Record: 23-12	22 168
25		Maryland Big Ten Record: 27-9	18 144

Others receiving votes: Cincinnati 110, Dayton 98, Florida St. 88, California 74, San Diego St. 48, Miami 35, NC State 29, Butler 21, Wichita St. 21, Florida 18, Virginia Tech 18, Ohio St. 18, Mississippi St. 14, Texas A&M 14, Oklahoma 11, Colorado 10, Michigan 8, Monmouth (NJ) 7, Notre Dame 6, Washington 5, Seton Hall 5, Princeton 2, Ohio 1, Harvard 1, Vanderbilt 1

So the AP Top 25 expects the SEC Basketball Standings to be something like this:

1. Kentucky
2. Florida
3. Mississippi State
4. Texas A&M
5. Vanderbilt

If Mississippi State does indeed finish in the top 5 of the SEC, It would be a huge step for Second Year Head Coach Ben Howland as the majority of his team this year is freshmen. While many Bulldog fans expect that the Bulldogs will take a step forward in 2018, Don’t be surprised if the Bulldogs are able to make the postseason in 2017.