Gavigator's Week Pre-Season Ballot
| Rank | Team | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Duke | Key Player to Watch/Best Player: Cooper Flagg |
| 2 | Iowa State | Keshon Gilbert |
| 3 | Alabama | Mark Sears |
| 4 | Kansas | Zeke Mayo |
| 5 | Houston | L.J. Cryer |
| 6 | Auburn | JP Pegues |
| 7 | UConn | Alex Karaban |
| 8 | North Carolina | RJ Davis |
| 9 | Gonzaga | Michael Ajayi |
| 10 | Tennessee | Chaz Lanier |
| 11 | Arizona | Trey Townsend |
| 12 | Baylor | Norchad Omier |
| 13 | Creighton | Pop Isaacs |
| 14 | Texas | Jordan Pope |
| 15 | Purdue | Fletcher Loyer |
| 16 | St. John's | Kadary Richmond |
| 17 | Texas Tech | Darrion Williams |
| 18 | Illinois | Kylan Boswell |
| 19 | Texas A&M | Wade Taylor IV |
| 20 | BYU | Dawson Baker |
| 21 | Marquette | Kam Jones |
| 22 | Clemson | Chase Hunter |
| 23 | Arkansas | Johnell Davis |
| 24 | Cincinnati | Dan Skillings Jr. |
| 25 | Florida | Walter Clayton Jr. |
Overall Rationale
Next Up: 26. UCLA 27. Indiana 28. Mississippi State 29. Wake Forest 30. Michigan State 31. Rutgers 32. Kentucky 33. Dayton 34. Ohio State 35. Oregon 36. Xavier Looking forward to a great season! Just trying to put who I think are the best 36 teams out there to start. Will do 36 teams every week to show who is close to being in.