Men's Way-Too-Early Top 25: Where does 2025 champion Florida fall in the rankings?
There are 210 days until the 2025-26 season, but Houston is already the favorite at the top.
UConn Men #4 in Way Too Early 2025-26 ESPN Rankings
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#3 in USA Today poll:
Men's college basketball way-too-early Top 25 for 2025-26 season
The men's college basketball season may have just ended, but it's never too early to look ahead. Our projections for next season's Top 25.
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UConn #4 in John Fanta's Updated Fox Poll; St. John's #2:
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College basketball rankings: UConn, St. John's surge in way-too-early Top 25 | Fox Sports
With college basketball's transfer portal window closed, FOX Sports' John Fanta offers up his updated top 25 rankings for the 2025-26 season.
Yep, more from the land of way to early....CBS Sports on the BE elite... Uconn @ #4 with St Johns' @ #2
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College basketball rankings: Duke slides into top 10 with addition of Cedric Coward from Washington State
Duke's length was a big reason it advanced to the Final Four, and now the Blue Devils have added more to the back court
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Statistical look at the current roster (rankings from the site listing the 3 Uconn FR/ all in top 100) -click image twice for full view
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It's obvious from these rankings that experienced transfers are being valued more highly than great freshman classes, as is the case with Duke and their relatively low ranking. Although Duke isn't in the top 10 in most of the WTE preseason polls, Lunardi inexplicably has given them the #1 seed in the East Regional over #2 UConn.
For UConn to sustain these preseason rankings and hold their placement in these polls, I thought the key player could be Jaylin Stewart before the Karaban return, and I still believe that. I am assuming he will start and Mullins will be the 6th man. I feel like Stewart has more in him than what we have seen and the key could be getting more minutes for him as a starter in the position formerly occupied by Liam McNeely.
For UConn to sustain these preseason rankings and hold their placement in these polls, I thought the key player could be Jaylin Stewart before the Karaban return, and I still believe that. I am assuming he will start and Mullins will be the 6th man. I feel like Stewart has more in him than what we have seen and the key could be getting more minutes for him as a starter in the position formerly occupied by Liam McNeely.
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+1, I think Jaylin played his role and deferred a little more in the offense, than he could have. Similar to an early on Tristan Newton. I expect a leap in #'s for a more assertive and capable Stewie. Mullins should be able to get minutes at both the 2 and 3 if his shooting numbers translate.
And Uconn's overall experience is much better for this 2025 Uconn team compared to last year when DH lost 4 of the top 5 scorers to the NBA. With 3 of the top 4 scorers back and a bigger, high major level, starting PG like Silas. Plus a grad transfer PG for the Diarra role of 2 years. ( sometimes the Mahaney's, Timberlake's, etc. don't translate up a level)
So it'll be interesting to see which direction DH goes next, the 4/5 spot, international player, like in the past, etc. ???
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UConn #2 in just released updated ESPN poll by Borzello!!!!!
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Risers and new entrants to our latest men's top 25
UConn climbs the ranks. Illinois and Creighton join the mix. See the fourth edition of our early top 25.
Here's a video preview from Uconn grad, author and west coast media guys Torres. Nothing earth shattering that us die hard Uconn fans don't already know, but a Iittle lead in summer hype up just the same.
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