It’s that time of the year again! The college basketball season tips off tonight with the Champions Classic taking place in Indianapolis. The Kansas Jayhawks take on the Michigan State Spartans, and the Duke Blue Devils match up with John Calipari’s Kentucky Wildcats.

A few new faces join the ranks this season after impressive tournament runs in March, but the journey of whether or not they’ll be able to prove they are where they belong finally begins. We’re a college basketball blog now, baby!

  1. Kansas (7)
  2. Kentucky (1)
  3. Duke (1)
  4. Gonzaga
  5. Virginia
  6. Nevada
  7. Villanova
  8. North Carolina
  9. Tennessee
  10. Michigan State
  11. Oregon
  12. Auburn
  13. West Virginia
  14. Syracuse
  15. Kansas State
  16. Michigan
  17. Virginia Tech
  18. Florida State
  19. Mississippi State
  20. UCLA
  21. Clemson
  22. Purdue
  23. LSU
  24. TCU
  25. Marquette

Others receiving votes: Florida (15), Arizona (14), Miami (9), Washington (9), Loyola-Chicago (8), Texas (8), St. John’s (6), Wisconsin (6), Buffalo (5), Indiana (4), Alabama (2), Cincinnati (1), GCU (1), Nebraska (1)