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Jon RothsteinCBS Sports (New York City, NY)
Twitter: @JonRothstein
About: Jon Rothstein is a college basketball insider for CBS Sports Network. He joined the Network in 2010 and appears on INSIDE COLLEGE BASKETBALL, CBS Sports Network’s pre-game and post-game studio highlight show and is a college basketball sideline reporter. He also serves as host of ONE2ONE, the Network’s popular interview program.


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Oct 13, 2025Pre-Season Rankings for Jon Rothstein
1Purdue (35)
0-0Actual: 1
Highest: 1 - 35 Voters
Lowest: 5 - 2 Voters
1485
Points
2Houston (16)
0-0Actual: 2
Highest: 1 - 16 Voters
Lowest: 5 - Chris Lea
1459
Points
3St. John's
0-0Actual: 5
Highest: 2 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 14 - C.J. Moore
1203
Points
4Florida (8)
0-0Actual: 3
Highest: 1 - 8 Voters
Lowest: 15 - Jon Wilner
1382
Points
5Michigan
0-0Actual: 7
Highest: 4 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 17 - Owen Siebring
1084
Points
6UConn (2)
0-0Actual: 4
Highest: 1 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 10 - Mick Shaffer
1299
Points

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7UCLA
0-0Actual: 12
Highest: 6 - Geoff Grammer
Lowest: NR - 1 Voters
741
Points
8BYU
0-0Actual: 8
Highest: 4 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 19 - David Jablonski
1078
Points
9Duke
0-0Actual: 6
Highest: 3 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 17 - Dave Borges
1123
Points
10Texas Tech
0-0Actual: 10
Highest: 3 - Jon Wilner
Lowest: 25 - Chris Lea
1015
Points
11Arkansas
0-0Actual: 14
Highest: 7 - Mia O'Brien
Lowest: NR - 1 Voters
695
Points
12Kentucky
0-0Actual: 9
Highest: 2 - Owen Siebring
Lowest: 15 - 2 Voters
1056
Points
13Arizona
0-0Actual: 13
Highest: 7 - C.J. Moore
Lowest: 25 - Jon Wilner
715
Points
14Louisville
0-0Actual: 11
Highest: 3 - C.J. Moore
Lowest: 19 - Percy Allen
966
Points
15Iowa State
0-0Actual: 16
Highest: 7 - Mark Berman
Lowest: 24 - Chris Murray
616
Points
16Auburn
0-0Actual: 20
Highest: 12 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 4 Voters
424
Points
17Alabama
0-0Actual: 15
Highest: 7 - John Wustrow
Lowest: 24 - Seth Davis
620
Points
18Gonzaga
0-0Actual: 21
Highest: 14 - Victor Flores
Lowest: NR - Bob Ballou
387
Points
19Tennessee
0-0Actual: 18
Highest: 9 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 5 Voters
462
Points

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20Oregon
0-0Actual: 27
Highest: 12 - Owen Siebring
Lowest: NR - 36 Voters
98
Points
21Michigan State
0-0Actual: 22
Highest: 13 - Dylan Sinn
Lowest: NR - 21 Voters
188
Points

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22Illinois
0-0Actual: 17
Highest: 6 - Scott Richey
Lowest: NR - David Jablonski
567
Points
23Wisconsin
0-0Actual: 24
Highest: 17 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 29 Voters
136
Points

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24Texas
0-0Actual: 29
Highest: 20 - Mark Berman
Lowest: NR - 49 Voters
35
Points
25Creighton
0-0Actual: 23
Highest: 16 - Connor Earegood
Lowest: NR - 20 Voters
158
Points
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 19-Kansas25-North Carolina