According to the geniuses at ESPN, specifically Jeff Borzello, Texas A&M is poised to not even be in consideration for the Top 25. He even mentions slots 26-30 and none of them include the Ags.

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/48414443/mens-ncaa-basketball-2026-27-way-too-early-top-25-rankings

4 teams in Texas and 7 SEC teams all made the list - none of them are A&M.

Building a team after the vast majority of the transfer window closed that won a tourney game and finished tied for 4th in conference earned Bucky and the team no respect!

not worried we are gonna be in the final 8/sweet 16 next year with Bucky!

THOSE IDOITS!

ESPN isn't accurate on any of their rankings. Jon Rothstein and Jerry Palm would hold a lot more weight. Regardless, who cares if we're paper tigers or not? Those idiots don't even know who is going where in the portal. Literally anybody could make this list and none of it will be accurate.

Complete Idiot said:

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THOSE IDOITS!

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Obligatory "takes one to know one"?????

Knoxville_Ag_08 said:

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According to the geniouses at ESPN

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Wow - should have read what I wrote before I hit post.

Knoxville_Ag_08 said:

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Wow - should have read what I wrote before I hit post.

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it's perfect. Don't change it!?!

Proposition Joe said:

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We finished #43 in the final NET rankings and got blown out in the 2nd round.

I like what Bucky is potentially building here, but there's nothing in the incoming roster that commands a no-brainer preseason Top 25 slot.

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Get out of here with your reason and even handed assessment of the Ags. Everyone knows the whole world is out to get us no matter how much evidence to the contrary.

Much like the regular season Top 25 being dumb, the too early top 25 is an even bigger joke.

Writers gotta fill their time somehow.

ESPN hates A&M, nothing new here.


/delusional aggie fan

I'd like to know the nuts and bolts of how the foreign players actually receive their money. I believe they are not technically allowed to receive NIL money due to visa restrictions, but they are obviously getting paid. I'm curious as to the specifics of how it is done.

When there is a will there is a way

We got to the second round with leftovers and a 6-5 center. We will have a much more athletic roster.

Well, it IS a Too Early poll, so...............

Maryland being #30 is rich unless they're bringing in the best recruiting class of all time

AgsMnn said:

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How can they even predict the top 25?

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Yep, we've reached a point where it really is the way too early top-25. Aside from the usual suspects who can recruit 5* HS talent, we know very little about what most rosters will look like next year.

An objective "too early" voter should have predicted us last in the sec once buzz left and took everyone.

And yet we made the round of 32.

No point getting worked up about this list, given the nil era.

Too early top 25 is just that: too early, because no one knows what's going to happen in the portal with goings and comings

Until we add talent that makes us better, then it's appropriate.

First, who cares?

Second, We lost our two best players , and the only one who vould really reboumd and
play D in the middle.

And as yet we have no one yo fill the void. It would be silly to rank us top 25 just because we have a coach that is better than anyone expected. or because we have $$.

That is so t-sip...