Hopkins #25 in preseason ESPN poll.

ESPN with Rise magazine (ESPNRise now) released their preseason top 50 this week. Hopkins comes in at #25. They do a nice job of explaining the criteria in the article. One thing that may hurt Hopkins in this poll is a lack of a national schedule. They do have a game at Madison Square Garden against a Brooklyn team (yes that MSG) in February, but no games against the rest of the top 50. Based on that, it looks like the Royals won't have much chance to make any significant jump in the poll.