The AP voters are projecting another Southeast steamroll. Of the top 12 teams in the preseason poll, six hail from the SEC, namely No. 2 USC, No. 4 Texas, No. 5 LSU, No. 6 Oklahoma, No. 8 Tennessee and No. 12 Ole Miss. Vanderbilt (No. 19) and Kentucky (No. 24) round out the top 25, leaving just half of the conference unranked — a worthy follow-up to a 2024-25 campaign which saw 10 SEC teams qualify for the NCAA Tournament.