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The team that came excruciatingly close to cutting down the nets in 2025 is the early favorite to get the job done in 2026.

The moving and shaking is far from finished, but the closing of the transfer portal leaves us with more clarity about the landscape of the 2025-26 men’s college basketball season than we had three weeks ago.

With that being the case, let’s take a look at the 25 best teams in the sport...

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