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Butler, surprise winner of the preseason NIT, probably will get heavy support in the first regular-season Mid-Major 25, a ranking of mid-major men’s basketball teams voted upon by a panel of coaches, on Dec. 4. The preseason poll, with records through Saturday:

*--* Rk. Team Rec. Pts 1. Creighton 2-1 741 2. Gonzaga 5-1 729 3. Hofstra 2-3 681 4. Southern Illinois 3-1 629 5. Wichita State 4-0 610 6. Bucknell 1-4 565 7. George Mason 2-2 561 8. Akron 3-1 507 9. Winthrop 3-2 438 10. Western Kentucky 4-1 435 11. Missouri State 4-1 382 12. Toledo 2-2 292

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*--* 13. Loyola (Chicago) 5-1 274 14. Oral Roberts 3-1 273 15. Drexel 2-1 257 16. Loyola Marymount 5-1 252 17. Marist 3-2 174 18. Northern Arizona 3-2 166 19. Montana 1-4 156 20. Penn 3-2 155 21. Old Dominion 5-1 135 22. Coll. of Charleston 2-2 133 23. Long Beach State 2-2 128 24. Sam Houston State 4-2 113 25. Albany 2-1 108

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Source: collegeinsider.com