Defending national champion LSU is No. 1 in the CBI Preseason Composite Poll.
The Tigers are first in three of the five national polls and second in the other two.
UCLA checks in at No. 2. The Bruins are first in two polls, second in two polls and fifth in the other.
Georgia Tech holds down the third spot. The Yellow Jackets are second in one poll, fourth in three polls and fifth in the other.
Texas takes fourth. The Longhorns are third in three polls and eighth in the other.
Mississippi State sits in fifth. The Dawgs are third in one poll, fourth in one and sixth in the other three.
There are nine schools from the SEC in the CBI Preseason Composite Poll. There are seven from the ACC, single entries from the Big Ten, Big 12 and Sun Belt, and one independent.
| Rnk | Team | BA | D1 | NCBWA | PG | USAT | Points | Prev |
| 1 | LSU (53-15) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
| 2 | UCLA (48-18) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 6 |
| 3 | Georgia Tech (41-19) | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 19 | NR |
| 4 | Texas (44-14) | 8 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 25 | 15 |
| 5 | Mississippi State (36-23) | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 25 | NR |
| 6 | Arkansas (50-15) | 10 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 31 | 3 |
| 7 | Auburn (41-20) | 5 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 41 | 12 |
| 8 | Coastal Carolina (56-13) | 11 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 7 | 48 | 2 |
| 9 | TCU (39-20) | 9 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 49 | NR |
| 10 | North Carolina (46-15) | 7 | 11 | 12 | 18 | 8 | 56 | 9 |
| 11 | Oregon State (48-16-1) | 15 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 57 | 4 |
| 12 | Tennessee (46-19) | 13 | 14 | 15 | 3 | 15 | 60 | 11 |
| 13 | Georgia (43-17) | 6 | 15 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 62 | 19 |
| 14 | Louisville (42-24) | 18 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 11 | 63 | 5 |
| 15 | Florida State (42-16) | 12 | 16 | 14 | 9 | 14 | 65 | 10 |
| 16 | Florida (39-22) | 22 | 13 | 16 | 12 | 16 | 79 | NR |
| 17 | Clemson (45-18) | 20 | 19 | 17 | 20 | 17 | 93 | NR |
| 18 | Vanderbilt (43-18) | 17 | 23 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 95 | 17 |
| 19 | Virginia (32-18) | 14 | 26 | 24 | 14 | 22 | 100 | NR |
| 20 | NC State (35-21) | 26 | 17 | 19 | 22 | 19 | 103 | NR |