{"id":204857,"date":"2025-09-06T11:31:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-06T11:31:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/204857\/"},"modified":"2025-09-06T11:31:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-06T11:31:09","slug":"florida-purdue-houston-top-blue-ribbons-top-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/204857\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida, Purdue, Houston top Blue Ribbon’s Top 25"},"content":{"rendered":"

By JAMES MADDEN<\/strong><\/p>\n

Florida, Purdue and Houston all topped Blue Ribbon\u2019s preseason Top 25 poll released on Friday.<\/p>\n

The defending National Champion Florida Gators are returning many key pieces from last season\u2019s NCAA Championship team, including Thomas Haugh<\/strong>, Alex Condon<\/strong> and Ruben Chinyelu<\/strong>. The Gators also added Arkansas transfer Boogie Fland<\/strong> and Princeton transfer Xaivian Lee<\/strong>. This will be head coach Todd Golden\u2019s fourth season with the program. <\/p>\n

Right behind the Gators in the poll at the defending runner-ups: The Houston Cougars. Houston is set to return many players from a team that was seconds away from winning the national championship a season ago. Houston head coach Kelvin Sampson<\/strong> is entering his 12th season with the program and is still chasing his first national championship as a coach. <\/p>\n

The remainder of the top 25 is listed below:<\/p>\n\nRank<\/strong><\/td>\nTeam<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n1.<\/td>\nFlorida<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n2.<\/td>\nPurdue<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n3.<\/td>\nHouston<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n4.<\/td>\nDuke<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n5.<\/td>\nConnecticut<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n6.<\/td>\nSt. John\u2019s<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n7.<\/td>\nTennessee<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n8.<\/td>\nKentucky<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n9.<\/td>\nMichigan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n10.<\/td>\nLouisville<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n11.<\/td>\nAlabama<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n12.<\/td>\nUCLA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n13.<\/td>\nAuburn<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n14.<\/td>\nTexas Tech<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n15.<\/td>\nArkansas<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n16.<\/td>\nBYU<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n17.<\/td>\nIowa State<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n18.<\/td>\nKansas<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n19.<\/td>\nCreighton<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n20.<\/td>\nIllinois<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n21.<\/td>\nWisconsin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n22.<\/td>\nArizona<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n23.<\/td>\nGonzaga<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n24.<\/td>\nTexas<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n25.<\/td>\nNorth Carolina<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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