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Preseason All-Americans for the 2025-26 college basketball season

Four days from today there will be college basketball!

Check out below for our list of preseason All-Americans for the 2025-26 season:

FIRST TEAM

Trey Kaufman-Renn, Purdue (20.1 points, 6.5 rebounds)
JT Toppin, Texas Tech (18.2 points, 9.4 rebounds)
Darrion Williams, NC State (15.1 points, 5.5 rebounds, 3.6 assists)
Donovan Dent, UCLA (20.4 points, 6.4 assists)
Braden Smith, Purdue (15.8 points, 8.7 assists, 4.5 rebounds)

SECOND TEAM

Zuby Ejiofor, St. John’s (14.7 points, 8.1 rebounds)
Yaxel Lendeborg, Michigan (17.7 points, 11.4 rebounds)
AJ Dybantsa, BYU (N/A)
Darryn Peterson, Kansas (N/A)
Bennett Stirtz, Iowa (19.2 points, 5.7 assists, 4.3 rebounds)

THIRD TEAM

Graham Ike, Gonzaga (17.3 points, 7.3 rebounds)
Cameron Boozer, Duke (N/A)
Otega Oweh, Kentucky (16.2 points, 4.7 rebounds)
Solo Ball, UConn (14.4 points, 3.6 rebounds)
PJ Haggerty, Kansas State (21.7 points, 5.8 rebounds, 3.7 assists)

HONORABLE MENTION

  • Bryce Hopkins, St. John’s (17.0 points, 7.7 rebounds)
  • Richie Saunders, BYU (16.5 points, 4.5 rebounds)
  • Ryan Conwell, Louisville (16.5 points)
  • Ja’Kobi Gillespie, Tennessee (14.7 points, 4.8 assists)
  • Tahaad Pettiford, Auburn (11.6 points, 3.0 assists)

Leftovers

  • The Breakfast Buffet: Tobe Awaka, Nebraska’s defense, Texas/Kentucky
  • INSIDE COLLEGE BASKETBALL NOW (1/20): Guest — Virginia’s Ryan Odom
  • The Breakfast Buffet: Michigan returns home, Seton Hall/St. John’s, Kansas hits the road at Colorado
  • INSIDE COLLEGE BASKETBALL NOW (1/19): Florida, Kentucky, The ACC, The Big East, JT Toppin, Darryn Peterson
  • The Breakfast Buffet: Brad Brownell, Florida, St. John’s is thriving on the road

Written by Jon Rothstein

Jon Rothstein has been a college basketball insider for CBS Sports since 2010 and a contributor to the CBS Broadcast Network since 2016. He also joined FanDuel as a Content Creator in 2022. Rothstein is also the host of INSIDE COLLEGE BASKETBALL NOW, which is part of the CBS Sports Podcast Network. - Learn More

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