Indianapolis, IN. The American Basketball Association (ABA) today released its Pre-Season Power Rankings with the defending ABA Champion Jacksonville Giants topping the 25 team list.

“The ABA has again had record-setting expansion,” stated ABA co-founder Joe Newman. “We will have nearly 120 teams competing this year. Choosing the Top 25 is not an easy task. With the season starting in about two weeks, we’ll get a good idea of the contending teams.

1. Jacksonville Giants

2. Windy City Groove

3. DMV Warriors

4. Mobile Bay Tornados

5. Austin Bats

6. Orlando Waves

7. Jersey Express

8. Richmond Elite

9. Chicago Steam

10. South Florida Gold

11. West Michigan Lake Hawks

12. Fredericksburg Grizzlies

13. Twin City Jazz

14. Orange County Novastars

15.Atlanta Wildcats

16.Columbus Blackhawks

17. Springfield Sting

18. Georgia Gwizzlies

19. Kentucky Enforcers

20. Baltimore Hawks

21. Salina Saints

22. Chicago Fury

23. Steel City Yellow Jackets

24. Texas Seraphim

25. Modesto SuperKats

Teams to watch include the La Crosse Showtime, Arizona Scorpions, Memphis Jazz, Charlotte Rams, Atlanta Rappers, Atlantic Coast Cardinals, St. Louis Saints and PG Valor. “The quality of players signed this year is outstanding, definitely many with G-League, NBA skills and I would not be surprised to see many called up,” added Newman. The 2017-2018 season begins with a

match-up of four Far West teams on Friday, October 28 including the Orange County Novastars, Las Vegas Wizards, Team Trouble and the San Diego Surf. For more information, visitwww.abliveaction.com.