Mens Mid Major Top 25®

Mens Mid Major Top 25® Update Date: February 02,2026

RECORD POINTS PREVIOUS
1
Gonzaga (30)
22-1 773 1 West Coast
2
Miami (1)
22-0 741 2 Mid-American
3
Liberty
18-3 682 3 CUSA
4
Belmont
20-3 663 5 Missouri Valley
5
Saint Mary's
19-4 647 4 West Coast
6
Akron
18-4 617 10 Mid-American
7
Santa Clara
19-5 601 9 West Coast
8
High Point
20-4 523 7 Big South
9
North Dakota State
19-5 496 12 Summit
10
Yale
16-4 436 6 Ivy League
11
UNCW
18-3 428 13 Coastal Athletic
12
Hawaii
16-5 395 11 Big West
13
UC Irvine
15-7 377 21 Big West
14
Murray State
16-7 325 8 Missouri Valley
15
McNeese
18-4 324 15 Southland
16
Stephen F Austin
19-3 312 16 Southland
17
Kent State
16-6 253 14 Mid-American
18
Winthrop
16-8 176 20 Big South
19
ETSU
16-7 162 18 Southern
20
Troy
15-8 135 17 Sun Belt
21
St. Thomas (MN)
18-6 131 19 Summit
22
Utah Valley
16-6 119 23 Western Athletic
23
Wright State
15-8 82 NR (30) Horizon
24
UC Santa Barbara
15-7 74 NR (41) Big West
25
Portland State
14-6 62 25 Big Sky

 

OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: Illinois State 61, Cal Baptist 47, South Alabama 42, Sam Houston 38, UT Martin 37, Bradley 33, Charleston 29, UC San Diego 26, Navy 22, Northern Iowa 22, Mercer 21, San Francisco 21, Bowling Green 15, Oakland 14, Tennessee State 13, UIC 13, Harvard 10, Missouri State 10, Lipscomb 9, Pacific 8, Furman 8, Merrimack 7, Alabama A&M 6, Appalachian State 6, UT Arlington 5, Austin Peay 5, William & Mary 4, Wofford 3, Long Island 2, Stony Brook 2, Hofstra 1, North Dakota 1.


VOTING PANEL: Lennie Acuff (Samford), Casey Alexander (Belmont), Shane Burcar (Northern Arizona), Randy Bennett (St. Mary's), Kenny Blakeney (Howard), Chad Boudreau (Western Illinois), Jon Coffman (Purdue-Fort Wayne), Joe Gallo (Merrimack), Eric Henderson (Drake), Jason Hooten (New Mexico State), James Jones (Yale), Robert Jones (Norfolk State), Greg Kampe (Oakland), Dustin Kerns (Appalachian State), Tod Kowalczyk (Toledo), Anthony Latina (Sacred Heart), Shantay Legans (Portland), Grant Leonard (Queens), Jim Les (UC Davis), Bart Lundy (Milwaukee), Bob Marlin (North Florida), Ritchie McKay (Liberty), Saah Nimley (Charleston Southern), Pat O'Connell (Towson), Rob O'Driscoll (Maine), Brett Reed (Lehigh), David Richman (North Dakota State), Rob Senderoff (Kent State), Todd Simon (Bowling Green), Byron Smith (Prairie View A&M), Andy Toole (Robert Morris).   

* Queens head coach Grant Leonard is the chairman of the Top 25 voting panel for the 2025-26 season.

NOTE: The Mid-Major Poll is made up of teams from the following conferences: America East, Atlantic Sun, Big Sky, Big South, Big West, Coastal Athletic, Conference USA, Horizon, Ivy, Metro Atlantic, Mid-American, Mid-Eastern, Missouri Valley, Northeast, Ohio Valley, Patriot, Southern, Southland, Southwestern, Summit, Sun Belt, West Coast, Western Athletic.

# Former Pac-12 schools Oregon State and Washington State are not eligible for the Poll.

The CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major Top 25 is now in its 27th season of existence.

 


 

To do a standard Top 25 list is incredibly difficult, but we have achieved this feat once again. And though you may be a seasoned Betoclock punter who may disagree with our rankings, please remember that this is not some random opinion rather it is the judgment of our esteemed voting panel that is composed of some of the leading experts on the sport.

Rankings can be predictive of future performance, including postseason tournament play. Compare them to SportsBetting3.com's NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament futures odds. Note that higher ranked teams generally correlate to likely National Championship winners.