Mens Mid Major Top 25®

Mens Mid Major Top 25® Update Date: March 16,2026

RECORD POINTS PREVIOUS
1
Gonzaga (30)
30-3 774 2 West Coast
2
Miami
31-1 709 1 Mid-American
3
Santa Clara
26-8 687 7 West Coast
4
Saint Mary's (1)
27-5 685 3 West Coast
5
Akron
29-5 680 4 Mid-American
6
High Point
30-4 625 6 Big South
7
McNeese State
28-5 550 11 Southland
8
North Dakota State
27-7 507 12 Summit
9
Yale
25-6 503 8 Ivy League
10
Liberty
25-7 444 5 CUSA
11
Hawaii
24-8 434 16 Big West
12
Stephen F Austin
28-5 417 9 Southland
13
Belmont
26-6 416 10 Missouri Valley
14
UNCW
26-6 308 14 Coastal Athletic
15
Utah Valley
25-8 264 13 Western Athletic
16
Hofstra
24-10 240 NR (26) Coastal Athletic
17
California Baptist
25-8 203 NR (33) Western Athletic
18
UC Irvine
23-11 198 15 Big West
19
St. Thomas (MN)
24-9 196 17 Summit
20
Troy
22-11 178 NR (28) Sun Belt
21
Kent State
24-9 139 20 Mid-American
22
Navy
26-7 109 22 Patriot League
23
Tennessee State
23-9 102 23 Ohio Valley
24
Northern Iowa
23-12 97 24 Missouri Valley
25
Howard
23-10 82 NR (27) MEAC

 

OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: Wright State 80, Queens 61, UMBC 49, Winthrop 45, ETSU 41, Kennesaw State 35, Bradley 34, Furman 34, Penn 25, Sam Houston 21, Central Arkansas 16, Austin Peay 15, Idaho 12, LIU 10, Lehigh 8, Robert Morris 8, Siena 8, Charleston 6, Merrimack 5, Prairie View 4, UIC 4, Toledo 3, Illinois State 2, Portland State 2.

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.