The pre season NCAA Basketball Blog Poll. This one is run by Gabby at STormin the Floor and currently has 20 participants (11 voted in initial ballot). The poll below is sorted by the official pre season top 25 with my votes in the right hand column.
| Blog Poll Rank |
School | The Daily Gopher Rank |
| 1 | North Carolina (11) | 1 |
| 2 | UCLA | 4 |
| 3 | Connecticut | 2 |
| 4 | Louisville | 3 |
| 5 | Pittsburgh | 6 |
| 6 | Michigan State | 5 |
| 7 | Notre Dame | 7 |
| 8 | Texas | 8 |
| 9 | Tennessee | 10 |
| 10 | Gonzaga | 13 |
| 11 | Oklahoma | 9 |
| 12 | Memphis | 14 |
| 13 | Duke | 16 |
| 14 | Purdue | 17 |
| 15 | Arizona State | 11 |
| 16 | Davidson | NR |
| 17 | Miami (FL) | 12 |
| 18 | Marquette | 21 |
| 19 | Wake Forest | 18 |
| 20 | Georgetown | 24 |
| 21 | Florida | 19 |
| 22 | Wisconsin | 23 |
| 23 | USC | 20 |
| 24 | Baylor | 15 |
| 25 | Villanova | NR |
| Kansas | 22 | |
| Siena | 25 |
This one was my final ballot. This is a long season so I'll do my best to vote every week and allow you to critique before I submit my final version. Consider this my rough draft for the season. Who did I miss and challenge me on Baylor being #15 or Davidson not being ranked at all.!
HERE is the link to the compilation ballot to see how everyone else voted.