College basketball rankings: Way-too-early Top 25 for 2019-20

MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA - APRIL 06: Head coach Tom Izzo of the Michigan State Spartans talks with Cassius Winston #5 in the second half against the Texas Tech Red Raiders during the 2019 NCAA Final Four semifinal at U.S. Bank Stadium on April 6, 2019 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images) /

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DES MOINES, IA – MARCH 21: Nevada Wolf Pack guard Cody Martin (11) tightly guards Florida Gators forward Keyontae Johnson (11) in the first half during a First Round NCAA Basketball Tournament game between the Nevada Wolf Pack and the Florida Gators on March 21, 2019, at Wells Fargo Arena, Des Moines, IA. (Photo by Keith Gillett/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) /

Say goodbye to KeVaughn Allen, Jalen Hudson and Kevarrius Hayes, Gator fans, but say hello to the No. 6 recruiting class in the land.

Florida will be a force in the SEC in 2019-20 and it’ll have fans flashing back to the Billy Donovan days. The Gators may be losing three of the top four scorers, but the offense wasn’t exactly the 2018-19 team’s strong suit. It can only get better moving forward, especially with Noah Locke, Keyontae Johnson and Andrew Nembhard all improving together as sophomores.

Who is going to slow the Gators down with this trio of freshmen, who all averaged over 8.0 points per game, getting better and five-stars Scottie Lewis and Tre Mann joining the program? Add four-star top-50 recruit Omar Payne and three-star center Jason Jitoboh and you have a scary-good roster.

The Gators will be young, they will be talented and they’re going to be a heck of a lot better in 2019-20 than they were this season.

Florida may just be a Final Four dark-horse next season.