Ablett is the bookies’ favourite for the game’s highest individual honour, ahead of 2007 winner Jimmy Bartel, North Melbourne’s Brent Harvey and another teammate, Joel Corey. But he claims the Brownlow hasn’t been occupying too much of his attention.
"I haven't thought about it too much. I'm just trying to concentrate on this week," Ablett said on Sunday.
"I'll get there Monday and whatever happens, happens. I can't change what's going to happen and I'm just going to try and enjoy the night and hopefully one of us Geelong boys get up."
For Ablett, the week is all about preparing for his part in a back-to-back premiership.
He says last year’s experience of the grand final build-up will be a huge help to the Cats.
"You know what you've got to go through. You've got the parade and a lot of things you've got to go around to and we know what to expect this year. It'll be a lot easier to prepare," he said.
"But if you don't get out there and don't play good footy on the day, I don't think it's going to make a difference."
Despite Geelong winning its first grand final since 1963 last season, Ablett said the expectation on the club was still enormous, considering it has lost just one match this year.
"I think it was tough coming into the preliminary final because there was a lot of pressure on us, with this expectation that we only lost once this year and we really should make the grand final.
"It's good to get that out of the way and we know we're there now and we can relax going into it and just play our best footy. If we can play our best footy, we can beat anyone."
Ablett praised the preliminary final performance of forward Travis Varcoe, claiming it was his finest performance in the blue and white.
"He was fantastic. He was one of those guys in the last quarter when we didn't have a lot of run, he gave us a lot of run and it was fantastic. It's good to see him playing good footy," he said.
"It's probably the best game I've seen him play, especially on the stage it was – under pressure. He was great."
