James Madison, the Runner Ups in the 2026 National Championship, are #1 in the 26-27 NCBBA-M Tytan Athletics Preseason Top 20 Poll.  They received 1 First Place vote.

UCLA (4 first place votes) #2, Florida (4 first place votes) #3,  Ohio State comes in at #4, and Boston College sits #5 to round out the top-5 respectively. 32 teams received votes in the preseason.

The 26-27 season starts November 1st where teams will be opening up conference play that weekend, Nov. 7-8!

Stay tuned… The next poll will be released on November 19th. Which will be Week 3 of the season.