College basketball is almost back, ladies and gentlemen. The Associated Press Top 25 preseason rankings for the 2024-25 season dropped on Monday and 4 teams from the Big Ten made the cut.

Purdue, as expected, landed the top spot in the conference, coming in at No. 14. Indiana followed at No. 17, flanked by UCLA at No. 22 and Rutgers at No. 25.

Here’s a look at the full top 25:

  1.  Kansas
  2.  Alabama
  3.  UConn
  4.  Houston
  5.  Iowa State
  6.  Gonzaga
  7.  Duke
  8.  Baylor
  9.  North Carolina
  10.  Arizona
  11.  Auburn
  12.  Tennessee
  13.  Texas A&M
  14.  Purdue
  15.  Creighton
  16.  Arkansas
  17.  Indiana
  18.  Marquette
  19.  Texas
  20.  Cincinnati
  21.  Florida
  22.  UCLA
  23.  Kentucky
  24.  Ole Miss
  25. Rutgers

A few more B1G teams are just barely on the outside looking in. Illinois comes in at No. 26, Michigan State at 32, Ohio State at 33 and Michigan at 34. Maryland, Oregon and Wisconsin also received votes.

If you can’t tell already, the Big Ten is going to be wildly weird this season. Just about every team in the conference has a real shot of making the NCAA Tournament and there are really only 2 tiers of teams across the board. No team really stands out as a true dominant No. 1. For the most part, this initial top 25 seems fair given that fact.

The 2024-25 college basketball season will tip off on November 4, just 3 weeks away.