LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) – This day has made me nervous, I’m not going to lie. This is my first Associated Press Top 25 ballot, and there is no way to keep from looking like an idiot.

We’re ranking teams we have very little idea about. The goal is to rank them 1 to 25 on how good they are today, not in March. But either way, there are too many unknowns. Who knows how well transfer portal pieces will mesh. Who is out there that we haven’t really thought about that will crash into the national consciousness.

Can Florida do it again? Can Houston come back and finish the job? Is this Purdue’s year for a Final Four?

Who really knows. Nobody much knew last year. I take some solace in that.

Only three teams in the 2024 preseason Top 10 were still in the Top 10 by year’s end. Of the 14 teams tha

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