Arsid's Week Pre-Season Ballot
| Rank | Team | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Florida | |
| 2 | Duke | |
| 3 | UConn | |
| 4 | Arizona | |
| 5 | Illinois | I think a lot of people are expecting a TON out of Vaaks right off the transfer and I’m just not sure about it yet. He’s a ball chucker which leads to streaky play. And his defense isn’t that great. |
| 6 | Virginia | |
| 7 | Texas | The potential to be really good, but a lot is riding on the production of a few freshmen. I’m a little concerned at their depth if the freshmen aren’t immediately college ready. |
| 8 | Michigan State | I'm not sure MSU is #6 off the start, big question mark at the center position and frontcourt in general after losing 2 key contributors from last year. |
| 9 | Tennessee | |
| 10 | Houston | |
| 11 | Miami (FL) | underrated by AP poll. Even without Reneau, they’ve got strong returning talent like Henderson and a couple great transfer gets. We will see early with their matchup vs Florida how good this team is. |
| 12 | Louisville | |
| 13 | Arkansas | |
| 14 | Kansas | Kaufman-Renn bolsters this already strong team, though question remain as to his eligibility. |
| 15 | St. John's | |
| 16 | Gonzaga | |
| 17 | Iowa State | |
| 18 | Texas Tech | |
| 19 | Alabama | |
| 20 | Michigan | Not as high on them as the AP poll is. Brand new coach, Brandon McCoy out, Roddy Gayle Jr. may be not eligible, just a lot of question marks on the team. |
| 21 | USC | |
| 22 | Vanderbilt | |
| 23 | BYU | |
| 24 | Nebraska | Put some respect on Nebrasketball’s name, Fred Hoiberg is finally cooking with a team that kept getting better last year and is looking to another strong year. |
| 25 | UCLA | I’m just not seeing what everyone else is seeing putting this team in the top 25, but I’ll be cautiously optimistic and leave them in here. |
Overall Rationale
For preseason, I take the AP Preseason Poll and then adjust accordingly based on what I feel is off. The teams with big changes from the AP Poll has rationale described by each entry.