Mens Mid Major Top 25®

Mens Mid Major Top 25® Update Date: January 20,2025

RECORD POINTS PREVIOUS
1
Saint Mary's (23)
16-3 763 2 West Coast
2
UC Irvine (1)
17-2 703 3 Big West
3
Gonzaga (4)
14-6 685 1 West Coast
4
Drake (2)
16-2 678 4 Missouri Valley
5
Bradley
16-3 648 5 Missouri Valley
6
Princeton (1)
14-4 516 6 Ivy League
7
Grand Canyon
13-5 492 11 Western Athletic
8
McNeese
13-5 473 12 Southland
9
Samford
15-4 466 7 Southern
10
Liberty
15-4 437 8 CUSA
11
San Francisco
16-5 435 15 West Coast
12
Furman
15-4 408 9 Southern
13
UC San Diego
15-4 395 10 Big West
14
Charleston
15-4 332 17 Coastal Athletic
15
Belmont
14-5 331 21 Missouri Valley
16
Santa Clara
13-7 302 14 West Coast
17
Arkansas State
14-5 252 18 Sun Belt
18
Miami (OH)
13-4 223 25 Mid-American
19
St. Thomas (MN)
15-5 197 22 Summit
20
High Point
16-5 161 16 Big South
21
UTEP
14-4 138 24 CUSA
22
Yale
10-6 108 NR (33) Ivy League
23
Akron
12-5 93 NR (28) Mid-American
24
Cleveland State
14-6 87 NR (49) Horizon
25
New Mexico State
11-7 86 23 CUSA

 

OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: Utah Valley 77, Middle Tennessee 66, South Alabama 64, Louisiana Tech 55, Northern Colorado 50, Lipscomb 44, Purdue Fort Wayne 43, North Dakota State 39, William & Mary 26, Columbia 23, Kent State 22, Troy 18, Northern Iowa 15, Toledo 14, UNCW 14, Western Kentucky 13, South Dakota State 12, UNCG 12, Appalachian State 11, Marist 11, Ohio 8, Bryant 7, Milwaukee 4, Chattanooga 3, Cornell 3, Norfolk State 3, UIC 3, UNC Asheville 2, Hofstra, Kennesaw State 1, Longwood 1, Queens 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.