Composite college basketball early top 25 rankings for 2023-24: Marquette, Duke UConn top early poll

UConn is the national champion, but the Huskies are not the composite No. 1 heading into next season. 

Sporting News looked at nine leading publications to prove it. UConn had a composite ranking of No. 3 when totaling those nine sites. 

Marquette is No. 1, followed by Duke at No. 2. That might be a surprise considering the Golden Eagles and Blue Devils did not make it to the Sweet 16 in this year's tournament. Purdue checked in at No. 4, and Creighton – a third Big East team – is No. 5. It's a wide-open list with high variation after that. 

How did we come up with the Composite Top 25? Sporting News has its Way Too Early Top 25, but we also looked at ESPN, CBS, Sports Illustrated, The Athletic, Watch Stadium, USA Today, 247Sports and Fox Sports. 

We used an inverse scoring method (awarding 25 points to a No. 1 selection, 24 for a No. 2 selection, all the way down to one point for a No. 25 selection) to determine the highest possible score for each school.

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Composite Top 25 college basketball rankings for 2023-24

A look at a composite Way Too Early Top 25 college basketball rankings across nine major websites. Here is each school with the total points scored and their high and low ranking: 

Others receiving votes: USC 13, Virginia 13, TCU 13, Northwestern 8, Auburn 6, Xavier 4, Ohio State 4, Memphis 4, Missouri 4, Iowa State 3, Boise State 2, Mississippi State 1, Rutgers 1, St. John’s 1. 

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Composite Top 25 rankings by site

A look at a composite Way Too Early Top 25 college basketball ranking across nine major websites. Here is where each site ranked schools in their Top 25: