The AP Top 25 men's and women's college basketball polls dropped this week.⁠ ⁠ North Carolina surprised just about everyone last year when a talented team led by first-year coach Hubert Davis parlayed a No. 8 seed in the NCAA Tournament into a run to the national title game.⁠ ⁠ The Tar Heels won't be sneaking up on anyone this year. North Carolina is No. 1 in the preseason AP Top 25 men's basketball poll. Gonzaga is No. 2, followed by Houston and Kentucky. Kansas and Baylor, the last two national champions, are tied for fifth.⁠ ⁠ South Carolina is the unanimous No. 1 team in the preseason AP Top 25 women's basketball poll. The defending national champions went wire-to-wire as the No. 1 team last year and have been the top team for 20 straight weeks. Stanford, Texas, Iowa and Tennessee round out the top five.⁠ ⁠ The Gamecocks were the unanimous choice of the 30-member national media panel in the preseason poll released Tuesday. It’s the third consecutive season South Carolina is the preseason favorite.⁠ ⁠ See the full polls at the link in our bio.⁠ ⁠ #APPhoto by Charlie Neibergall