Oregon will open the season unranked for the third straight year.

The Ducks received 98 points in the preseason AP men’s college basketball poll released Monday, 27th overall.

Oregon, which made it to the second round of the NCAA Tournament last season, received the seventh most votes among Big Ten teams, with No. 1 Purdue, No. 7 Michigan, No. 12 UCLA, No. 17 Illinois, No. 22 Michigan State and No. 24 Wisconsin ranked in the preseason poll.

Oregon opens the season against Hawaii on Nov. 4 (7:30 p.m., Big Ten Network).

Oregon in preseason AP poll under Dana Altman

2025-26: unranked No. 27

2024-25: unranked No. 36, finished season unranked

2023-24: unranked, finished season unranked No. 27

2022-23: No. 21, finished season unranked

2021-22: No. 13, finished regular season unranke

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