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The Ohio State Buckeyes have opened the 2012-13 college basketball season ranked fourth in the Associated Press poll that was released on Friday.
The Buckeyes are behind Indiana, Louisville and Kentucky who were ranked as the top three teams in the country but ahead of Big 10 rivals No. 5 Michigan and No. 14 Michigan State.
Indiana received 43 first-place votes to earn the top spot in the poll. Louisville and Kentucky received 20 and two first-place votes respectively.
Wisconsin is ranked 23rd which gave the Big 10 five ranked teams in the preseason poll.
Here is the complete top 25:
| Team (First-place votes) | 2011-12 Record | Pts |
| 1. Indiana (43) | 27-9 | 1,592 |
| 2. Louisville (20) | 30-10 | 1,568 |
| 3. Kentucky (2) | 38-2 | 1,453 |
| 4. Ohio St. | 31-8 | 1,292 |
| 5. Michigan | 24-10 | 1,290 |
| 6. NC State | 24-13 | 1,270 |
| 7. Kansas | 32-7 | 1,210 |
| 8. Duke | 27-7 | 1,094 |
| 9. Syracuse | 34-3 | 1,062 |
| 10. Florida | 26-11 | 936 |
| 11. North Carolina | 32-6 | 904 |
| 12. Arizona | 23-12 | 902 |
| 13. UCLA | 19-14 | 840 |
| 14. Michigan St. | 29-8 | 789 |
| 15. Missouri | 30-5 | 664 |
| 16. Creighton | 29-6 | 622 |
| 17. Memphis | 26-9 | 539 |
| 18. UNLV | 26-9 | 488 |
| 19. Baylor | 30-8 | 486 |
| 20. San Diego St. | 26-8 | 463 |
| 21. Gonzaga | 26-7 | 384 |
| 22. Notre Dame | 22-12 | 297 |
| 23. Wisconsin | 26-10 | 285 |
| 24. Cincinnati | 26-11 | 120 |
| 25. Florida St. | 25-10 | 101 |
Others receiving votes: Murray St. 59, VCU 58, Saint Louis 46, Texas 46, Minnesota 40, Butler 33, Pittsburgh 32, Saint Joseph’s 25, Marquette 23, Tennessee 15, Oklahoma St. 14, Kansas St. 12, Georgetown 9, New Mexico 9, Ohio 9, Miami 8, Saint Mary’s (Cal) 6, West Virginia 6, Davidson 5, Drexel 5, N. Iowa 5, Valparaiso 3, Lehigh 2, Stanford 2, Colorado St. 1, Oral Roberts 1.