UK No. 7, Kansas No. 1 in Blue Ribbon poll

Blue Ribbon magazine — the, uh, blue ribbon pre-season publication in college basketball, has made Kentucky No. 7 in its rankings going into the 2009-10 season.

Kansas was an unanimous selection as the No. 1 team.

No UK player made the Blue Ribbon first team All-America team. Forward Patrick Patterson made the second team.

Kansas returns its top nine scorers, including all five starters, and more than 94 percent in every statistical category form last season’s 27-8 team.

Kansas fans will be happy to know that Blue Ribbon named eventual national champion North Carolina as its pre-season No. 1 team going into the 2008-09 season.

Here’s the Blue Ribbon top 25 and All-America teams:

1. KANSAS

2. Michigan State

3. Texas

4. Villanova

5. North Carolina

6. Purdue

7. Kentucky

8. California

9. Duke

10. Tennessee

11. Butler

12. West Virginia

13. Georgia Tech

14. Minnesota

15. Syracuse

16. Ohio State

17. Oklahoma

18. Connecticut

19. Dayton

20. Maryland

21. Oklahoma State

22. Michigan

23. Washington

24. Georgetown

25. (tie) Siena

25. Illinois

BLUE RIBBON COLLEGE BASKETBALL YEARBOOK

PRESEASON ALL-AMERICA TEAMS

Player of the Year - COLE ALDRICH, 6-11, JR, Kansas

Newcomer of the Year - DERRICK FAVORS, 6-10, FR, Georgia Tech

2008-09 Blue Ribbon All-America Teams

FIRST TEAM

COLE ALDRICH, Kansas, 6-11 JR

KYLE SINGLER, Duke, 6-8 JR

LUKE HARANGODY, Notre Dame, 6-8 SR

SHERRON COLLINS, Kansas, 5-11 SR

EVAN TURNER, Ohio State, 6-7 JR

SECOND TEAM

PATRICK PATTERSON, Kentucky, 6-8 JR

DAMION JAMES, Texas, 6-7 SR

GREG MONROE, Georgetown, 6-11 SO

WILLIE WARREN, Oklahoma, 6-4 SO

SCOTTIE REYNOLDS, Villanova, 6-2 SR

THIRD TEAM

TALOR BATTLE, Penn State, 5-11 JR

TYLER SMITH, Tennessee, 6-7 SR

TREVOR BOOKER, Clemson, 6-7 SR

ROBBIE HUMMEL, Purdue, 6-8 JR

Craig Brackins, Iowa State, 6-10 JR

FOURTH TEAM

GREIVIS VASQUEZ, Maryland, 6-6 SR

JARVIS VARNADO, Mississippi State, 6-9 SR

RAYMAR MORGAN, Michigan State, 6-8 SR

JAMES ANDERSON, Oklahoma State, 6-6 JR

ED DAVIS, North Carolina, 6-9 SO