NCAA Basketball 10 Top 25 Teams

by pastapadre
Posted September 20th, 2009 at 9:41 am

Last year Blue Ribbon partnered with EA Sports to provide the team ratings and scouting reports for the NCAA Basketball series. It appears that agreement has continued and includes NCAA Basketball 10. The Blue Ribbon Preseason Top 25 is presented by EA Sports and suggests this will be the Top 25 featured in the game. Also of note for NCAA Basketball 10 is a release date move to Tuesday November 17th just in time for the holiday sales rush.

While the Blue Ribbon Top 25 does not include corresponding team ratings for the game it does provide for the order and an idea of what teams to expect as the strongest. Below is the Top 5 teams. Continue on to view the full Top 25.

1 Kansas
2 Michigan State
3 Texas
4 Villanova
5 North Carolina

6 Purdue
7 Kentucky
8 California
9 Duke
10 Tennessee
11 Butler
12 West Virginia
13 Georgia Tech
14 Minnesota
15 Syracuse
16 Ohio State
17 Oklahoma
18 Connecticut
19 Dayton
20 Maryland
21 Oklahoma State
22 Michigan
23 Washington
24 Georgetown
25 Siena (Tie)
25 Illinois (Tie)

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auau

This is all point less to me unless there is a import draft class into live until then i will not be buying this game now if that happen now we talking
auau

This is all point less to me unless there is a import draft class into live until then i will not be buying this game now if that happen now we talking
auau

O yeah since they push the date up there is no more excuses that ea has been making that ncaa comes out much later nov17 is only a month later it takes longer than a month to fifnsh a 82 game dynasty
auau

O yeah since they push the date up there is no more excuses that ea has been making that ncaa comes out much later nov17 is only a month later it takes longer than a month to fifnsh a 82 game dynasty
Ramen Padre

WTF @ Cal's rating

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yeah….about to say the same thing……………..ditto with their football program also.

Ramen Padre

WTF @ Cal's rating

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yeah….about to say the same thing……………..ditto with their football program also.

http://intensedebate.com/people/fredsmooth21 Fred

Purdue at 6. That's a little low compared to most pre-season publications so far.
http://intensedebate.com/people/fredsmooth21 Fred

Purdue at 6. That's a little low compared to most pre-season publications so far.
Alex

tennessee at 10? wtf?
Alex

tennessee at 10? wtf?
The E man

go spartans
The E man

go spartans
http://live.xbox.com/en-US/default.aspx JohnZapp

Syracuse should be in the top 10
http://live.xbox.com/en-US/default.aspx JohnZapp

Syracuse should be in the top 10
Chrisjames313

Top 3 imo should be kansas mich.state and kentuckey

http://live.xbox.com/en-US/default.aspx JohnZapp

you can go to hell!!!!! Kentucky sucks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

http://live.xbox.com/en-US/default.aspx JohnZapp

North Carolina should be 1 not Kansas!!!!!!!!!!!!

http://intensedebate.com/people/Skihawks Skihawks

UNC lost way too much. Kansas returns almost everyone as well as MSU.

Preseason rankings don't mean squat, regardless….

Chrisjames313

Top 3 imo should be kansas mich.state and kentuckey

http://live.xbox.com/en-US/default.aspx JohnZapp

you can go to hell!!!!! Kentucky sucks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

http://live.xbox.com/en-US/default.aspx JohnZapp

North Carolina should be 1 not Kansas!!!!!!!!!!!!

http://intensedebate.com/people/Skihawks Skihawks

UNC lost way too much. Kansas returns almost everyone as well as MSU.

Preseason rankings don't mean squat, regardless….

bo1508

kentucky shoulds be in top 2
bo1508

kentucky shoulds be in top 2
http://www.mathewballard.com/ Mathew Ballard

Who would have thought that after the way Kentucky finished last season (trust me it was the most disappointed I had been with the team since I became a fan in the 90s) that they would be considered one of the top 10 teams in the country. But, getting a proven good coach and thusly getting some really good recruits really does wonders.
http://www.mathewballard.com Mathew Ballard

Who would have thought that after the way Kentucky finished last season (trust me it was the most disappointed I had been with the team since I became a fan in the 90s) that they would be considered one of the top 10 teams in the country. But, getting a proven good coach and thusly getting some really good recruits really does wonders.
Jlo

kentucky should be in top 3…
Jlo

kentucky should be in top 3…
http://www.billingsgazette.com/sports/college/blogs/catgrizinsider/ catgrizinsider

Actually really looking forward to seeing what EA can do with this game this year. I really would like to see Teambuilder but thats probably not going to happen. Nice to see some love for Butler and Siena though, previous years it seemed EA disregarded any decent mid-major talen in their rankings. Maybe they are taking things more seriously this year.

Last years game wasn't bad but wasn't great and it was somewhat bare bones compared to any of their other titles, so I hope they can step it up a little. 2K did wonders with the Hoops series and it'd be nice to see EA give NCAAB the same kinda love.
http://www.billingsgazette.com/sports/college/blogs/catgrizinsider/ catgrizinsider

Actually really looking forward to seeing what EA can do with this game this year. I really would like to see Teambuilder but thats probably not going to happen. Nice to see some love for Butler and Siena though, previous years it seemed EA disregarded any decent mid-major talen in their rankings. Maybe they are taking things more seriously this year.

Last years game wasn't bad but wasn't great and it was somewhat bare bones compared to any of their other titles, so I hope they can step it up a little. 2K did wonders with the Hoops series and it'd be nice to see EA give NCAAB the same kinda love.
Chrisjames313

Whoever said nc should be #1 is dumb nc dnt really have the fire power that they did last year imo duke>carolina this tear
Chrisjames313

Whoever said nc should be #1 is dumb nc dnt really have the fire power that they did last year imo duke>carolina this tear
Chrisjames313

Also kansas and msu is in the top 2 because of all the players they have returning for example msu have everyone returning exept 2 starters and 1 bench rider
Chrisjames313

Also kansas and msu is in the top 2 because of all the players they have returning for example msu have everyone returning exept 2 starters and 1 bench rider
John

ok i know that louisville lost 2 of their best players but not ranked at all??
John

ok i know that louisville lost 2 of their best players but not ranked at all??
http://intensedebate.com/people/rezluk Rezluk

hell yeah my siena top 25 bout time they get some respect

http://live.xbox.com/en-US/default.aspx JohnZapp

Siena sucks LOYOLA!!!!!!!!!!!!

http://intensedebate.com/people/rezluk Rezluk

hell yeah my siena top 25 bout time they get some respect

http://live.xbox.com/en-US/default.aspx JohnZapp

Siena sucks LOYOLA!!!!!!!!!!!!

slacker7dy7

Hey Pasta,

Do you know when we are going to find out any information on this game? I am expecting online dynasty. Hopefully EA will deliver. Do you know if they are converting this year to the same shooting mechanics Live 10 is using now? Love to hear your thoughts. Thanks man.

http://intensedebate.com/people/Skihawks Skihawks

I read that they are using the same engine so hopefully that means no more suck-in defense. March Madness 07 was solid and gave the series so much promise but the last two iterations were unplayable. The guy defending the ball would get stuck in some stupid lock on animation and took the control away from the player….

slacker7dy7

Hey Pasta,

Do you know when we are going to find out any information on this game? I am expecting online dynasty. Hopefully EA will deliver. Do you know if they are converting this year to the same shooting mechanics Live 10 is using now? Love to hear your thoughts. Thanks man.

http://intensedebate.com/people/Skihawks Skihawks

I read that they are using the same engine so hopefully that means no more suck-in defense. March Madness 07 was solid and gave the series so much promise but the last two iterations were unplayable. The guy defending the ball would get stuck in some stupid lock on animation and took the control away from the player….

Brian

Louisville not ranked after getting number 1 overall seed in NCAA tournament. Yea right

http://intensedebate.com/people/Skihawks Skihawks

Again, a team that lost a lot of its starters. Rankings are not based on last year, they are based on how many starters and key players are returning….

MadCard05

Louisville losing T'Will is huge, but they're sliding Samardo over to PF and having Jennings play C to soften Clark's lose by a good amount. Louisville is a much much better team than they're being given credit for.

Brian

Louisville not ranked after getting number 1 overall seed in NCAA tournament. Yea right

http://intensedebate.com/people/Skihawks Skihawks

Again, a team that lost a lot of its starters. Rankings are not based on last year, they are based on how many starters and key players are returning….

MadCard05

Louisville losing T'Will is huge, but they're sliding Samardo over to PF and having Jennings play C to soften Clark's lose by a good amount. Louisville is a much much better team than they're being given credit for.

http://intensedebate.com/people/Sidewinder Sidewinder

I was just going to say how surprised I was that Illinois wasn't on the list, but they sneaked in at 25.

Bruce Webber has the same kind of team that lead them to the championship game back in 03 and I think they might be a dark horse this year.

steve

c'mon man. It's Weber, not Webber. They made it to the championship game in 05, not 03

http://intensedebate.com/people/Sidewinder Sidewinder

Lol. I'm too much of an Illini outsider I guess. Hopefully you get my point though.

Boiler Up

Are you joking? He had Deron Williams, Luther Head and Dee Brown on that team. Augustine played in the NBA too. Noone on their team now compares w/ those guys!
http://twitter.com/tygorz @tygorz

Illinois is going to be similar to last year, if not a little better. Definitely going with a guard oriented team, which you are hinting at in your post. Illini fans have reason to be optimistic the next few years with the recruits coming in, but still give it a year or two yet!

http://intensedebate.com/people/Sidewinder Sidewinder

I was just going to say how surprised I was that Illinois wasn't on the list, but they sneaked in at 25.

Bruce Webber has the same kind of team that lead them to the championship game back in 03 and I think they might be a dark horse this year.

steve

c'mon man. It's Weber, not Webber. They made it to the championship game in 05, not 03

http://intensedebate.com/people/Sidewinder Sidewinder

Lol. I'm too much of an Illini outsider I guess. Hopefully you get my point though.

Boiler Up

Are you joking? He had Deron Williams, Luther Head and Dee Brown on that team. Augustine played in the NBA too. Noone on their team now compares w/ those guys!
http://twitter.com/tygorz @tygorz

Illinois is going to be similar to last year, if not a little better. Definitely going with a guard oriented team, which you are hinting at in your post. Illini fans have reason to be optimistic the next few years with the recruits coming in, but still give it a year or two yet!

http://www.intensedebate.com/people/costillaman costillaman

Good to see the Gophers in the top 25.
http://www.intensedebate.com/people/costillaman costillaman

Good to see the Gophers in the top 25.
jusmegamer

This is a joke. Anyone that thinks Sienna and some of these other teams is top 25 and Mississippi State is not should not be making a list. I might purchase this game but if these are there ratings it's already 1 strike against the realism meter.

http://intensedebate.com/people/Skihawks Skihawks

Blue Ribbon provides the rankings based on other pre-season polls, not EA so blame the media….

jusmegamer

What media? All the media outlets I see have Mississippi State in the top 25 and some top 15. On the other hand, none have Siena ranked other than Blue Ribbon.

jusmegamer

This is a joke. Anyone that thinks Sienna and some of these other teams is top 25 and Mississippi State is not should not be making a list. I might purchase this game but if these are there ratings it's already 1 strike against the realism meter.

http://intensedebate.com/people/Skihawks Skihawks

Blue Ribbon provides the rankings based on other pre-season polls, not EA so blame the media….

jusmegamer

What media? All the media outlets I see have Mississippi State in the top 25 and some top 15. On the other hand, none have Siena ranked other than Blue Ribbon.

theron

No Love for my Noles again damn.

Nova or Texas should be num1 to me
theron

No Love for my Noles again damn.

Nova or Texas should be num1 to me
Gopher4Life

I love minnesota at 14! Go GOPHERS! Tubby Smith is the man!
Gopher4Life

I love minnesota at 14! Go GOPHERS! Tubby Smith is the man!
http://www.billingsgazette.com/sports/college/blogs/catgrizinsider/ catgrizinsider

jusmegamer, why shouldn't a mid-major power be ranked? Almost always 2-3 of these teams crack the preseason top 25 and I've seen as many as 5-6 in the top 25 at any given time. Do you actually know anything about this year's Siena team?

jusmegamer

I'm not totally downing Sienna but Mississippi State is in everyone's top 25 and even as high as 15 in some polls. My point is EA is off to a shaky start with realism and you know they will use generic rosters. This game will need superior gameplay and some other intriguing features to make it worth purchasing.

http://www.billingsgazette.com/sports/college/blogs/catgrizinsider/ catgrizinsider

jusmegamer, why shouldn't a mid-major power be ranked? Almost always 2-3 of these teams crack the preseason top 25 and I've seen as many as 5-6 in the top 25 at any given time. Do you actually know anything about this year's Siena team?

jusmegamer

I'm not totally downing Sienna but Mississippi State is in everyone's top 25 and even as high as 15 in some polls. My point is EA is off to a shaky start with realism and you know they will use generic rosters. This game will need superior gameplay and some other intriguing features to make it worth purchasing.