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2026-27 Updated Early Composite Men’s Hoops Rankings

The 2026-27 men’s basketball season is a few months away, and some prognosticators have published their way-too-early rankings.

We’ve brought them all together for you with the most recent updates.

So far, we’ve aggregated 16 media rankings (shown below) by assigning a No. 1 ranking the value of 25 points, a No. 2 ranking of 24 points, and so on.

The rounded result is divided by 16 and subtracted from 25, yielding the SuperWest Composite Rank.


Updated Early Composite Rankings as of May 7, 2026

Composite Ranking
7. Arizona
11. Gonzaga
20. USC
22. BYU
23. UCLA

Teams from West in 2026 Preseason Media Basketball Rankings

ESPN CBS Sports On3 Seth Davis
10. Arizona 9. Gonzaga 10. Arizona 3. Arizona
14. USC 10. Arizona 11. Gonzaga 10. Gonzaga
24. Gonzaga 16. USC 25. USC 16. USC
22. BYU 20. UCLA
25. BYU

USA TODAY The Athletic Sports Illustrated Sporting News
5. Arizona 3. Arizona 11. Arizona 9. Gonzaga
11. Gonzaga 12. Gonzaga 17. Gonzaga 18. Arizona
15. BYU 21. USC

Bleacher Report Yahoo Sports Busting Brackets Clutch Points
3. Arizona 5. Arizona 7. Gonzaga 10. USC
18. BYU 10. Gonzaga 14. Arizona 13. Gonzaga
19. Gonzaga 22. USC 22. UCLA 14. Arizona
23. USC 17. BYU

FOX Sports Jon Rothstein Bart Torvik Katz/NCAA.com
7. Arizona 8. Arizona 3. Arizona 3. Arizona
10. Gonzaga 14. Gonzaga 8. Gonzaga 13. Gonzaga
12. USC 18. UCLA 19. UCLA 21. BYU
22. BYU 21. USC 24. USC
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