My AP ballot:

1. Team media pretends is blueblood
2. "They brought a lot of guys back"
3. Team that's overrated just to draw attention to their marquee early season games
4. Token top 5 blueblood
5. B1G team that will be unranked in Jan
6. Team most likely to have COVID outbreak

7. Fun team that can't guard for shit
8. Team with ton of questions but coach we trust "will figure it out"
9. SEC team that cheats balls off and nobody talks about it
10. Lottery pick surrounded by garbage
11. SEC team that cheats balls off and everyone talks about it
12. Duke

13. The top Big East jobber to Villanova
14. 3rd-best Big 12 team
15. Team with huge social media following that's purposely underrated just to drive engagement
16. Pac-12 team that made you laugh when you saw they were ranked this high
17. Whoever wins the Xavier/Cincinnati game

18. The eventual B1G champion
19. Some sorry ass mid-major we have to pretend is good
20. The Fighting Bruins of UCLA led by head men's basketball coach Mick Cronin
21. Football school that's just happy to be here
22. Team coached by guy the general public assumes is in prison

23. Mid-major whose coach already has one foot out the door
24. Dormant program I can't bring myself to give up on yet
25. Rutgers