Mens Mid Major Top 25®

Mens Mid Major Top 25® Update Date: December 08,2025

RECORD POINTS PREVIOUS
1
Gonzaga (29)
9-1 773 1 West Coast
2
Saint Mary's (1)
9-1 740 2 West Coast
3
Yale (1)
10-1 700 3 Ivy League
4
Miami
8-0 633 4 Mid-American
5
Belmont
9-1 627 5 Missouri Valley
6
Akron (1)
8-2 609 9 Mid-American
7
Santa Clara
8-2 565 7 West Coast
8
Buffalo
8-1 502 8 Mid-American
9
High Point
8-2 458 6 Big South
10
Liberty
6-2 438 12 CUSA
11
Northern Iowa
7-2 424 10 Missouri Valley
12
UC San Diego
8-1 400 11 Big West
13
Kent State
9-1 393 14 Mid-American
14
Illinois State
8-2 345 18 Missouri Valley
15
UNCW
9-1 344 15 Coastal Athletic
16
UC Santa Barbara
8-2 254 22 Big West
17
Northern Colorado
9-1 253 19 Big Sky
18
Kennesaw State
7-2 218 25 CUSA
19
Hawaii
8-2 142 NR (28) Big West
20
McNeese
7-2 136 16 Southland
21
Western Kentucky
6-2 114 NR (33) CUSA
22
New Mexico State
6-2 110 17 CUSA
23
California Baptist
7-3 104 13 Western Athletic
24
Columbia
9-1 79 NR (35) Ivy League
25
Siena
9-2 70 22 (53) Metro Atlantic

 

OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: San Francisco 58, Murray State 53, Utah Valley 51, East Tennessee 46, South Alabama 44, Seattle 44, Towson 41, William & Mary 38, Stephen F Austin 33, Oakland 25, Bowling Green 24, Bradley 24, Arkansas State 20, UC Irvine 20, Loyola Marymount 18, Youngstown 13, Marist 12, Sam Houston 12, UT Martin 11, UT Arlington 11, St. Thomas (MN) 10, UC Davis 8, Quinnipiac 5, Montana 4, Stony Brook 4, Toledo 4, Robert Morris 3, Northern Kentucky 2, Vermont 2, Winthrop 2, Wright State 1, Hofstra 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.