Notre Dame Men’s Basketball: Irish received votes in the preseason AP Top 25

The AP Top 25 preseason men’s basketball poll was released this week, and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish make an appearance.

No, the Irish aren’t a ranked team right now — but “others receiving votes” is certainly the first step into becoming a ranked team again.

The men’s basketball team hasn’t been ranked since they were #18 in the middle of December in 2017. So, again, being on the cusp of a top 25 ranking before the season feels like a big win.

The ACC isn’t represented in the top 25 as much as they normally are in past years. The preseason poll has 4 teams ranked:

• #9 Duke Blue Devils
• #19 North Carolina Tar Heels
• #20 Florida State Seminoles
• #25 Virginia Cavaliers

Besides the Irish, three other schools in the ACC received votes:

• Virginia Tech Hokies
• Syracuse Orange
• Louisville Cardinals

The Irish have two massive non-conference games in December against #10 Kentucky Wildcats, and #11 Illinois Fighting Illini.

The season starts off with two exhibition games on October 29 and November 5. The regular season will start on November 13th against Cal State Northridge.