Most of the way-too-early top 25 polls for next season have had Michigan State No. 1, but ESPN doesn’t think the Spartans should even be ranked second.
Instead, ESPN has the Spartans ranked third in their updated top 25 for next season, trailing Arizona and Kansas.
First Way-Too-Early ranking: 12
Miles Bridges (16.9 PPG, 8.3 RPG, 39 percent from the 3-point line) compiled numbers that would send most sensational freshmen to the NBA draft. But Bridges refused the one-and-done experience to return to a dynamic Michigan State squad that could dominate the Big Ten after a rare finish outside the top four in the conference standings last season.