The Kansas Jayhawks have topped the preseason coaches poll, despite a few off-season distractions.

Kansas junior guard Brady Morningstar was suspended from first-semester games after he was arrested earlier this month on suspicion of driving while intoxicated.

The arrest was the latest embarrassment for the Jayhawks, as university police opened an investigation into September’s brawl involving members of the school’s football and men’s basketball teams.

Rounding out the top 5 along with Kansas are Michigan State, Texas, North Carolina and Kentucky, returning to old, yet familiar territory. But how much does this poll really matter?

Not at all. In fact, it’s probably a hex more than anything to be at the top of such a hypothetical poll. Now everyone will be gunning for these teams (as if they wouldn’t have been anyway), making the trip to the Final Four even more difficult.

At least this poll means that college basketball is just around the corner, signaling the busiest time of the year for sports. World Series baseball, NFL, NBA, NHL, College Football and College Basketball. My weekends are officially booked.

[via ESPN]