Many have Michigan State basketball as a top 25 team heading into next year, but only a few have the Spartans in the top 10. That includes CBS Sports' analyst Jon Rothstein.
Like many in the college basketball media field, Rothstein released his way-too-early rankings for the 2025-26 season this week, and he is particularly high on the Spartans heading into next year. Rothstein has Michigan State slated as the No. 9 team in his rankings. In reviewing the many different super early preseason rankings, I have only seen two others have Michigan State in the top 10: Sporting News at No.