The Kentucky men’s basketball team will start the 2010-11 basketball season at No. 11 in the Associated Press Top 25 Poll. Duke, last year’s national champion, heads the preseason poll with 55 first-place votes, followed by Michigan State, Kansas State, Ohio State and Pittsburgh.Kentucky has been ranked in the preseason AP Top 25 in 19 of the last 20 seasons dating back to the 1991-92 season. The 2008-09 season, Billy Gillispie’s second and final season at UK, was the lone year Kentucky started out of the polls.UK will play three ranked opponents (North Carolina, Florida and Tennessee) with the possibility of a fourth (Washington) in the EA Sports Maui Invitational.Complete rankings below:1. Duke2. Michigan State3. Kansas State4. Ohio State5. Pittsburgh6. Villanova7. Kansas8. North Carolina9. Florida 10. Syracuse11. Kentucky12. Gonzaga13. Illinois14. Purdue15. Missouri16. Baylor17. Butler18. Washington19. Memphis20. Georgetown21. Virginia Tech22. Temple23. Tennessee24. BYU25. San Diego State