willweaverrva's Week Pre-Season Ballot

Rank	Team	Reason
1	Houston	See the overall rationale below for these. It's hard to give discrete reasons when no one's played any meaningful games yet.
2	Duke
3	Florida
4	Purdue
5	UConn
6	Illinois
7	Michigan
8	Kentucky
9	Tennessee
10	BYU
11	St. John's
12	Arizona
13	Iowa State
14	UCLA
15	Gonzaga
16	Kansas
17	Louisville
18	Texas Tech
19	Alabama
20	Baylor
21	Creighton
22	Wisconsin
23	Michigan State
24	USC
25	NC State

Overall Rationale

ALMOST FAMOUS: 26. Arkansas, 27. Dayton, 28. San Diego State, 29. Saint Mary's, 30. Vanderbilt. ON THE RADAR (no particular order): Mississippi State, Auburn, North Carolina, Ohio State, Clemson, Marquette, Oregon, Missouri, VCU, Texas A&M. NOTE: Preseason polls are hard. This is mainly based on metrics, available preseason conference polls, and my gut. I expect a TON of changes once we start playing some games.