Mens Mid Major Top 25®

Mens Mid Major Top 25® Update Date: December 16,2024

RECORD POINTS PREVIOUS
1
Drake (15)
9-0 754 4 Missouri Valley
2
Gonzaga (14)
7-3 729 2 West Coast
3
UC Irvine (1)
9-1 694 1 Big West
4
Saint Mary's (1)
9-2 692 3 West Coast
5
Liberty
10-1 646 6 CUSA
6
San Francisco
9-2 599 7 West Coast
7
Bradley
8-2 549 5 Missouri Valley
8
Furman
10-1 503 8 Southern
9
Arkansas State
9-3 476 10 Sun Belt
10
Samford
9-2 463 11 Southern
11
Grand Canyon
6-3 394 9 Western Athletic
12
Louisiana Tech
9-2 364 12 CUSA
13
Belmont
9-2 336 16 Missouri Valley
14
High Point
10-2 335 13 Big South
15
Columbia
10-1 291 14 Ivy League
16
Charleston
7-2 279 15 Coastal Athletic
17
UC San Diego
9-2 231 20 Big West
18
Princeton
8-4 215 17 Ivy League
19
Kent State
8-2 181 19 Mid-American
20
Western Kentucky
7-3 157 NR (30) CUSA
21
UNCW
7-3 123 18 Coastal Athletic
22
Milwaukee
8-4 108 NR (51) Horizon
23
Santa Clara
6-5 90 NR (27) West Coast
24
Murray State
6-3 88 22 Missouri Valley
25
North Dakota State
10-4 82 NR* Summit

 

OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: Yale 77, Northern Iowa 76, McNeese 59, UCSB 47, Hofstra 44, Akron 34, South Dakota State 32, Cornell 31, Lipscomb 31, UMass Lowell 26, Elon 24, North Alabama 23, North Florida 22, Winthrop 22, Northeastern 19, Brown 17, Purdue Fort Wayne 14, Kennesaw State 12, Miami OH 12, Radford 12, Toledo 12, Wright State 12, Central Connecticut 10, UTEP 9, St Thomas (MN) 6, Middle Tennessee 5, Norfolk State 5, James Madison 4, Marist 4, Texas State 3, Longwood 1, UC Riverside 1.


VOTING PANEL: Lennie Acuff (Lipscomb), Casey Alexander (Belmont), Shane Burcar (Northern Arizona), Randy Bennett (St. Mary's), Kenny Blakeney (Howard), Jeff Boals (Ohio), Chad Boudreau (Western Illinois), Jon Coffman (Purdue Fort Wayne), Ed Conroy (The Citadel), Jim Engles (Columbia), 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), Anthony Latina (Sacred Heart), Shantay Legans (Portland), Grant Leonard (Queens), Jim Les (UC Davis), Bart Lundy (Milwaukee), Bob Marlin (Louisiana), Ritchie McKay (Liberty), Pat O'Connell (Towson), Rob O'Driscoll (Maine), Mark Prosser (Winthrop), Brett Reed (Lehigh), Rob Senderoff (Kent State), Todd Simon (Bowling Green).   

* Queens head coach Grant Leonard is the chairman of the Top 25 voting panel for the 2024-25 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.

# 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 26th 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.