Kansas Enters Top 25 After Tre White Cleared For Fifth Year — SkimNews
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- Tre White was granted a preliminary injunction by a court in Indiana to play a fifth year of college basketball, one of roughly 90 athletes to receive such a ruling, and recommitted to Kansas two days later
- Kansas moved up to No. 18 in Version 28 of CBS Sports' 2026-27 preseason Top 25 And 1, joining four other Big 12 schools: No. 6 Arizona, No. 11 Iowa State, No. 14 Houston, and No. 24 BYU
- Florida holds the No. 1 spot, with CBS projecting the Gators to return six of their top seven scorers from a 27-8 team that won the SEC by three games and earned a No. 1 seed in the 2026 NCAA Tournament
- Tyran Stokes, the top-rated incoming freshman now at Kansas, is projected by most to go No. 1 in the 2027 NBA Draft, which would make him the third Jayhawk selected first overall after Danny Manning (1985) and Andrew Wiggins (2014)
- North Carolina fell out of the rankings after Kansas' entry, dropping to the de facto No. 27 spot, while Duke at No. 2, Illinois at No. 3, UConn at No. 4, and Texas at No. 5 round out the top five
Why it matters: The Indiana court ruling affecting roughly 90 athletes reshapes rosters across college basketball just weeks before the 2026-27 season, with Kansas the clearest immediate beneficiary as White — last season's second-leading Jayhawk scorer — rejoins a squad that also lands the consensus top recruit. That combination puts KU in position to potentially produce a third No. 1 overall NBA pick and challenges the Big 12's preseason pecking order behind Arizona.
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