TommyTwoTaps's Week Pre-Season Ballot
| Rank | Team | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | UConn | |
| 2 | Kansas | |
| 3 | Houston | |
| 4 | Iowa State | |
| 5 | Duke | |
| 6 | Gonzaga | |
| 7 | North Carolina | |
| 8 | Tennessee | |
| 9 | Auburn | |
| 10 | Alabama | |
| 11 | Texas | |
| 12 | Arizona | |
| 13 | Purdue | |
| 14 | Baylor | |
| 15 | Creighton | |
| 16 | Arkansas | |
| 17 | Marquette | |
| 18 | Texas A&M | |
| 19 | Kentucky | |
| 20 | UCLA | |
| 21 | Illinois | |
| 22 | Indiana | |
| 23 | Rutgers | |
| 24 | St. John's | |
| 25 | Cincinnati |
Overall Rationale
A lot of guess work to start the year. UConn at 1 is easy given the back to back titles, until they show they aren’t worthy of #1, that’s where they’ll be. Towards the bottom, St John’s and Arkansas are both interesting to watch as the coaching bumps them up higher than they might be. Good coaching goes along way in CBB. Rutgers is intriguing given the talent they have. A lot of teams at the top are based on the talent coming in. As the games start happening, it’ll be much easier. I predict as always a lot of movement in rankings early on.