Despite the headline, it's no longer Way-Too-Early. College basketball games start in less than two months and practices begin in less than two weeks -- meaning the season is basically here. We've done monthly Way-Too-Early Preseason Top 25 rankings since the night Virginia beat Texas Tech in Minneapolis to win the national championship, but now it's real.
So this is going to operate as the Top 25 until the next update ... after the season begins. Feels good to say that.
There shouldn't be a surprise at the top. Michigan State was in the No. 1 spot in the initial iteration of these rankings, and the Spartans did nothing to fall.