Here is a look at how major and well-known publications rank UCLA basketball in the way-too-early 2025 college basketball rankings.
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USA Today's way-too-early rankings are high on the Bruins and Mick Cronin. They like the transfer players that UCLA is bringing in, and they believe it makes UCLA one of the top-tier teams in the Big Ten heading into next season.
They have UCLA ranked just outside the top ten, citing that the Bruins are returning three of the top four scorers from last season's team, which won 23 games and advanced to the round of 32 in this past NCAA Tournament.
Projected starting lineup and returning point production
Donovan Dent (20.4 PPG at New Mexico)
Tyler Bilodeau (13.5 PPG)
Eric Dailey Jr. (11.4 PPG)
Skyy Clark (8.5 PPG)
Trent Perry (3.7 PPG)
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The Tyler Bilodeau and Eric Dailey frontcourt they cite is a productive duo for next season. They also mention that those two, along with Dent, make them one of the top trios in college basketball.
Here are some other publications that have UCLA basketball ranked in their top 25 way-too-early college basketball 2025-26 rankings.
Fox Sports has UCLA ranked in the top 10 of their way-too-early rankings, like USA Today and CBS Sports.
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247 Sports has UCLA ranked lower than other national publications like The Athletic, way-too-early rankings.
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On3 has UCLA ranked the lowest among the national publications that cover college basketball for their way-too-early April rankings.