DAYTON – The University of Dayton men's basketball team is ranked 24th in the Associated Press Preseason Top 25 that was announced today.  

It's the first time Dayton has been ranked since the final poll of the 2019-20 season, when the Flyers were ranked third.

This is also the third time UD has been ranked in the preseason AP poll.  The other times were in 1967-68, when the Flyers were ranked sixth and when they were 21st in 2009-10.

Dayton returns all five starters from a team that finished 24-11 in 2021-22, and tied for second in the A-10 with a 14-4 record. Included in those 24 wins was a win over eventual national champion Kansas, another Elite Eight team (Miami), an NIT semifinalist (St. Bonaventure) and four teams that won their regular season or conference championship in Kansas (who did both), Virginia Tech, Davidson and Richmond.  

UD will host Capital in an exhibition game on Saturday, Oct. 29.  Game time is 7 p.m. 

The Flyers open the season on Monday, Nov. 7 against Lindenwood.  Game time for the Lindenwood game will be announced when the season's non-conference television schedule is finalized.

2022-23 AP Top 25 Poll
1 North Carolina 
2 Gonzaga   
3 Houston  
4 Kentucky 
5 Kansas        
5 Baylor          
7 Duke       
8 UCLA       
9 Creighton      
10 Arkansas        
11 Tennessee     
12 Texas        
13 Indiana         
14 TCU          
15 Auburn      
16 Villanova      
17 Arizona    
18 Virginia            
19 San Diego State   
20 Alabama        
21 Oregon       
22 Michigan      
23 Illinois          
24 DAYTON     
25 Texas Tech