The Mid-American Conference released it’s annual preseason poll recently, with a three-way race for the top spot immediately apparent. The gap between #1 and #3 is just 8 votes, and all their teams receiving at least two first place votes. Personally, I think their number 3 team, Akron, is going to win it all... though, I’ve been wrong before.
They also released a first and a second team, with no preseason player of the year, nor any of the other individual awards, a bit of a surprise, as it is typically tradition for most CBB conferences this time of year.