Gonzaga Opens at No. 15 in Preseason AP Poll

Coach Mark Few and the Gonzaga Bulldogs debut at No. 15 in the Associated Press Poll before the start of the 2026-27 campaign.

The Zags have now appeared in 17 straight preseason polls. The only other college basketball programs to do that are the Duke Blue Devils, Kansas Jayhawks, and Kentucky Wildcats. True blue bloods.

In the preseason KenPom rankings, Gonzaga starts at No. 14. The Zags currently own the No. 7 offensive rating at 121.2, the No. 21 defensive rating at 95.5, and the No. 62 tempo rating at 72.9.

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Gonzaga is preparing for their season opener against the unranked Purdue Boilermakers at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Nov. 2.

Arden Cravalho is a Gonzaga University graduate from the Bay Area… Follow him on X @a_cravalho

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Publish date : 2026-10-20 01:38:00

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