Check back frequently for updates to the national honors list. Players listed are sorted alphabetically by school. 

AP Preseason All-America Team
First Team
AJ Dybantsa, BYU
JT Toppin, Texas Tech

Others receiving votes
Richie Saunders, BYU
Emanuel Sharp, Houston
Joseph Tugler, Houston
Darryn Peterson, Kansas
PJ Haggerty, K-State

2026 NABC Division I Player of the Year – Preseason Watch List (Oct. 30)
AJ Dybantsa, BYU
Milos Uzan, Houston
Darryn Peterson, Kansas
PJ Haggerty, Kansas State
JT Toppin, Texas Tech

Bob Cousy Award Preseason Top 20 Watch List
(Nation's top point guard, Oct. 27)
Rob Wright, BYU
MIlos Uzan, Houston
Tamin Lipsey, Iowa State
Darryn Peterson, Kansas
Christian Anderson, Texas Tech

Jerry West Award Preseason Top 20 Watch List
(Nation's top shooting guard, Oct. 28)
Brayden Burries, Arizona
Richie Saunders, BYU
Emanuel Sharp, Houston
PJ Haggerty, Kansas State
Anthony Roy, Oklahoma State

Julius Erving Award Preseason Top 20 Watch List
(Nation's top small forward, Oct. 29)
Tounde Yessoufou, Baylor
AJ Dybantsa, BYU
Isiah Harwell, Houston
Milan Momcilovic, Iowa State
LeJuan Watts, Texas Tech

Karl Malone Award Preseason Top 20 Watch List
(Nation's top power forward, Oct. 30)
Koa Peat, Arizona
Michael Rataj, Baylor
Joseph Tugler, Houston
Joshua Jefferson, Iowa State
JT Toppin, Texas Tech

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award Preseason Top 20 Watch List
(Nation’s top center, Oct. 31)
Moustapha Thiam, Cincinnati
Chris Cenac Jr., Houston
Flory Bidunga, Kansas