Mens Mid Major Top 25®

Mens Mid Major Top 25® Update Date: March 18,2024

RECORD POINTS PREVIOUS
1
Saint Mary's (29)
26-7 773 2 West Coast
2
James Madison
31-3 728 6 Sun Belt
3
Drake
28-6 702 3 Missouri Valley
4
McNeese State
30-3 673 7 Southland
5
Grand Canyon
29-4 649 9 Western Athletic
6
Gonzaga (2)
25-7 625 1 West Coast
7
Indiana State
28-6 577 7 Missouri Valley
8
Appalachian State
27-6 534 8 Sun Belt
9
Charleston
27-7 530 10 Coastal Athletic
10
Samford
29-5 490 11 Southern
11
Princeton
24-3 469 4 Ivy League
12
Vermont
28-6 449 12 America East
13
Yale
22-9 405 19 Ivy League
14
Colgate
25-9 367 15 Patriot
15
Morehead State
26-8 317 21 Ohio Valley
16
UC Irvine
24-9 255 13 Big West
17
Sam Houston
21-12 239 14 CUSA
18
High Point
25-8 235 17 Big South
19
San Francisco
23-10 216 18 West Coast
20
Oakland
23-11 206 22 Horizon
21
Cornell
22-7 143 16 Ivy League
22
Akron
24-10 116 NR (28) Mid-American
23
Bradley
22-11 102 23 Missouri Valley
24
Western Kentucky
22-12 67 NR (*) CUSA
25
South Dakota State
22-11 41 NR (31) Summit

 

OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: Grambling 21, Louisiana Tech 21, Stetson 17, Santa Clara 11, Toledo 10, Howard 9, Longwood 7, Saint Peters 7, Hofstra 6, Long Beach State 5, UC San Diego 5, Little Rock 4, UMass Lowell 4, Norfolk 2, Ohio 2, Eastern Washington 2, ETSU 1, Tarleton State 1, UT Arlington.


VOTING PANEL: Casey Alexander (Belmont), Randy Bennett (St. Mary's), Kenny Blakeney (Howard), Jeff Boals (Ohio), Jon Coffman (Purdue-Fort Wayne), Jim Engles (Columbia), Greg Gary (Mercer), Eric Henderson (South Dakota State), Jason Hooten (New Mexico State), James Jones (Yale), Johnny Jones (Texas Southern), Robert Jones (Norfolk State), Greg Kampe (Oakland), Dustin Kerns (Appalachian State), Tod Kowalczyk (Toledo), Shantay Legans (Portland), Grant Leonard (Queens), Jim Les (UC Davis), Steve Lutz (Western Kentucky), Bob Marlin (Louisiana), Ritchie McKay (Liberty), David Patrick (Sacramento State), Rob O'Driscoll (Maine), Leonard Perry (Pacific), Mark Prosser (Winthrop), Brett Reed (Lehigh), Josh Schertz (Indiana State), Rob Senderoff (Kent State), Pat Skerry (Towson), Todd Simon (Bowling Green), Preston Spradlin (Morehead State).   

* Maine assistant coach Rob O'Driscoll is the chairman of the Top 25 voting panel for the 2023-24 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, Independents, Ivy, Metro Atlantic, Mid-American, Mid-Eastern, Missouri Valley, Northeast, Ohio Valley, Patriot, Southern, Southland, Southwestern, Summit, Sun Belt, West Coast, Western Athletic.

The CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major Top 25 is now in its 25th 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.