RetMaestro's Week Pre-Season Ballot
| Rank | Team | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gonzaga | |
| 2 | Kansas | |
| 3 | Kentucky | |
| 4 | Arkansas | |
| 5 | Duke | The talent alone should carry them, but hey high end talent only goes so far; ask Memphis |
| 6 | Houston | |
| 7 | Baylor | |
| 8 | UCLA | |
| 9 | Creighton | |
| 10 | Tennessee | |
| 11 | North Carolina | less high on them, believe the tourney run was more of a fluke but its a good foundation to build on |
| 12 | TCU | |
| 13 | Auburn | |
| 14 | Villanova | |
| 15 | Indiana | I feel like this will be a down year for the B1G, lots of good no great teams |
| 16 | Arizona | |
| 17 | Texas | |
| 18 | Virginia | |
| 19 | Oregon | |
| 20 | San Diego State | |
| 21 | Michigan | |
| 22 | Illinois | |
| 23 | Alabama | missing their top 3 scorers from last season leaves a lot of question marks, I hesitate to even rank them currently |
| 24 | Dayton | |
| 25 | Ohio State | other teams that could be ranked but arent; Miami, Purdue, Michigan State, UConn, Xavier, TAMU, UMD, Texas Tech, USC, Memphis, Iowa, Saint Louis, |
Overall Rationale
I fundamentally believe that pre-season poll are useless, i feel like im throwing shit against the wall hoping to be a clairvoyant guru. Would much prefer getting 3 weeks of games in before teams get ranked smh.