GREENSBORO, N.C. (theACC.com) – Led by No. 1-ranked North Carolina, three Atlantic Coast Conference teams are ranked in the Associated Press Preseason Men’s Basketball Top 25 Poll, which was released Monday. Duke is ranked No. 7, while Virginia earned a No. 18 ranking.
 
Miami, Florida State, Virginia Tech and Notre Dame all received votes.

UNC is ranked preseason No. 1 for a record 10th time, breaking a tie with Duke. The Tar Heels are preseason No. 1 for the first time since the 2015-16 season.
 
This is the 22nd time an ACC program has earned the AP’s preseason No. 1 ranking, with the last being Duke prior to the 2017-18 season.

The 70^th season of ACC men’s basketball begins on Monday, Nov. 7.
 
The ACC’s current 15 member schools have captured three of the last seven NCAA Championships, with 92 NCAA Tournament wins in that seven-year span. Current ACC schools have won eight NCAA titles in the last 21 years and own 17 national championships overall. Current ACC member schools have combined for 66 Men’s Final Four appearances and a national-best 657 NCAA Tournament wins. Duke and North Carolina advanced to the Final Four last year with UNC making the championship game.
 
The ACC posted a 14-5 record (.737) in the 2022 NCAA Tournament – the most wins and best winning percentage of any multi-bid conference – and has the highest all-time NCAA Tournament winning percentage of any league (.619).
 
All 15 league members own 1,000 or more all-time wins, including eight schools with 1,500 or more victories. Four of the top eight and six of the top 30 winningest programs in NCAA Division I basketball history currently reside in the ACC.