The 2021-22 preseason poll for Big Ten men’s basketball was released on Wednesday prior to the league’s Media Days in Indianapolis on Thursday and Friday. Rutgers was picked to finish in 8th place by the media this season. The Scarlet Knights received 11 fewer votes than seventh place Indiana and 58 more votes than ninth place Iowa, who finished one vote above tenth place Wisconsin.
The poll is organized by The Athletic and The Columbus Dispatch and features 28 media voters that includes two reporters that cover each Big Ten program. Jerry Carino of the Asbury Park Press and James Kratch of NJ Advance Media were the two media members who cover Rutgers that voted.