Gary Johnson believes his Yeovil side are currently the favourites for the Johnstone's Paint Trophy.
The Glovers travel to Bristol Rovers for their first-round match unbeaten in the league so far this season.
That form has put Johnson's men joint-top of the League One table, and the Huish Park boss believes it makes them the team to beat in the cup competition.
He told the Western Daily Press: "If it is only first and second division teams, we are favourites because we are top at this point and if we stay top we will be favourites to win this competition.
"There will be a lot of other teams that will want a say in that, but positionally we will be favourites."
He added: "The next game is Bristol Rovers and that is really important because it is a Wembley final and that will be nice for the lads so we would like to do well in that."
