URI, Dayton, Davidson Earn Votes In Preseason Polls

On November 2nd, the Associated Press Top 25 and USA Today Coaches Poll released their preseason top 25 rankings for the 2015-2016 NCAA Men's Basketball season.

In the AP Top 25, URI garnered 17 votes while Dayton received 12 votes. In the USA Today Coaches Poll, URI and Dayton failed to receive votes but nonetheless, Davidson was able to muster up 5 votes from coaches around the NCAA.

While the top three Atlantic 10 teams were unable to land in the top 25, having top 25 votes going into the preseason certainly doesn't hurt. If URI, Dayton, and Davidson were to put together early winning streaks to begin the season, one, two, or all three teams could make the leap into the top 25 sooner rather than later.

There is no denying that it would have been nice to have an A-10 team in the top 25 to open up the college basketball season, but at least the A-10 is receiving some nice attention before opening tip. It just goes to show how much the A-10 has improved over the last 10 years. The A-10 is respected and appreciated and it will only continue to be this way if all three teams end up in the top 25.