The national media is still skeptical of the Jayhawks.

Kansas Jayhawks head coach Bill Self yells out during the second half of the game against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Islanders inside Allen Fieldhouse on Nov. 11, 2025. | Evert Nelson/The Capital-Journal / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

Although it got off to a slow start, the Kansas basketball offseason has gone better than expected for the program. In the past few weeks, the Jayhawks have landed numerous highly rated transfers and the top-ranked prospect in the class of 2026, Tyran Stokes .

The roster is far from complete, but KU has a foundation that should at least put it in the conversation as one of the top teams in the Big 12 — or so we thought.

FOX Sports unveiled its way-too-early college basketball power rankings for the upcoming season based on each team's activity in the transfer portal, and the Jayhawks were nowhere to be found in the top 25.

— FOX College Hoops (@CBBonFOX) April 30, 2026

Four teams in the Big 12 were included on the…