The AP voters pegged Kentucky at No. 16 to start the 2023-24 season. The previous low in the Calipari era was No. 11, which is where the 2010-11 team started the season before ultimately advancing to the Final Four, somewhere the Cats haven’t been since 2015. They were also ranked No. 10 to start the 2020-21 and 2021-22 seasons. In the other 11 of Calipari’s 14 preseasons here, UK was ranked in the top five nationally. Not this year. The AP ranking aligns with other preseason lists. ESPN has UK at No. 15, with CBS Sports ranking the Cats at No. 16, and the KenPom ratings placing them at No. 18. The annual preseason magazines and lists from other college basketball experts generally have Kentucky in that same 15-20 range.
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