verdenvidia's Week Pre-Season Ballot
| Rank | Team | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | North Carolina | |
| 2 | Houston | |
| 3 | Gonzaga | |
| 4 | Tennessee | |
| 5 | Kansas | |
| 6 | UCLA | |
| 7 | Kentucky | |
| 8 | Duke | |
| 9 | Creighton | |
| 10 | Texas Tech | |
| 11 | Baylor | |
| 12 | Arkansas | |
| 13 | Texas | |
| 14 | TCU | |
| 15 | Michigan | |
| 16 | Alabama | |
| 17 | Arizona | |
| 18 | Dayton | |
| 19 | Indiana | |
| 20 | Virginia | |
| 21 | Oregon | |
| 22 | Colorado State | |
| 23 | San Diego State | |
| 24 | Wyoming | |
| 25 | Villanova |
Overall Rationale
Let's be honest - preseason polls are a crapshoot. I'm going mostly on what I saw at the end of last year and if I feel they can recreate it, and partially on big departures (Jay Wright comes to mind).