SleveMcDichael4's Week Pre-Season Ballot
| Rank | Team | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gonzaga University | Gonzaga is a mid-major. #StopTheHate |
| 2 | Kentucky | Maybe I meant to put Houston #2 and Kentucky #3. I can't really tell the logos apart. |
| 3 | University of Houston | About to be the Big 12's best basketball program |
| 4 | North Carolina | Huuuuge Tournament inertia from the AP putting them at #1, oof. |
| 5 | Baylor | I reserve the right to never rank you again if you successfully lobby the NCAA to expand the Tournament to 128. |
| 6 | Kansas | Trust your Self. |
| 7 | Tennessee | At least 25 wins before Selection Sunday and out in the first weekend; we know the drill |
| 8 | San Diego State | No one is going to score against this team and their schedule is kind of weak sauce, so don't be surprised if they're the last undefeated team remaining like they were three years ago. |
| 9 | TCU | Not many teams in the country with as many experienced impact players as the Frogs. |
| 10 | Arizona | They lost their two best players but I'm sold on Tommy Lloyd. |
| 11 | University of Arkansas | You're kinda scummy for reneging on Toledo at the last second to schedule a depleted South Dakota State, but you're also good at basketball, and that's what I'm ranking you on. |
| 12 | UCLA | This team has a pretty low floor given that the last Mick Cronin UCLA team to heavily feature freshmen was garbage, but their high projections make me wary of being too harsh. UCLA isn't a blue blood. |
| 13 | Duke | I think not enough people are taking into account that the literal greatest college basketball coach of all time no longer leads this team. Scheyer can recruit all he wants, but he's not Coach K. |
| 14 | Texas | Chris Beard's first year in Austin was pretty embarrassing by the lofty standards they had set, and this team is probably worse than that one. |
| 15 | Indiana | The floor here is subterranean but the ceiling is a runaway B1G title. Mike Woodson isn't your average first-year coach. |
| 16 | Miami (FL) | This team is loaded with the best players from other, worse teams. |
| 17 | Dayton | i cant believe the dayton flyers are just so f***ing a**. its embarrassing. they got a top 25 recruiting class and now they will mostly all transfer if s*** doesnt step up. |
| 18 | Villanova | They lost a lot more than just Jay Wright. |
| 19 | Auburn | I guess Auburn should go somewhere in here. |
| 20 | Wyoming | Wyoming doesn't exist. It's a social experiment formulated by the federal government in 1892 to determine how many Americans questioned what they learned in school. |
| 21 | Creighton | Am I losing it? Why is this team getting so much hype? |
| 22 | Virginia Tech | Premature congratulations to Hunter Cattoor for breaking Steph Curry's NBA career 3pt record. |
| 23 | Illinois | I guess this team is second in the B1G? This conference is gonna be trash. |
| 24 | UConn | I'm higher than most on Tristen Newton, I think. |
| 25 | Alabama | I'm just gonna rank Alabama #25 every week again like I did for the second half of last year. |
Overall Rationale
I'm not ranking Virginia lmao; KenPom loves them again but they gotta do something on the court. I was going to rank Texas Tech before they lost Aimaq, who was probably their best player.