Mens Mid Major Top 25®

Mens Mid Major Top 25® Update Date: January 26,2026

RECORD POINTS PREVIOUS
1
Gonzaga (30)
21-1 774 1 West Coast
2
Miami (1)
20-0 739 2 Mid-American
3
Liberty
17-3 687 3 CUSA
4
Saint Mary's
19-3 659 5 West Coast
5
Belmont
18-3 613 7 Missouri Valley
6
Yale
15-3 612 6 Ivy League
7
High Point
18-4 564 8 Big South
8
Murray State
16-5 545 4 Missouri Valley
9
Santa Clara
17-5 520 9 West Coast
10
Akron
16-4 493 11 Mid-American
11
Hawaii
15-4 426 18 Big West
12
North Dakota State
18-5 403 20 Summit
13
UNCW
18-3 367 10 Coastal Athletic
14
Kent State
15-5 365 12 Mid-American
15
McNeese
16-4 360 19 Southland
16
Stephen F Austin
17-3 331 22 Southland
17
Troy
15-6 191 24 Sun Belt
18
ETSU
15-6 182 NR (36) Southern
19
St. Thomas (MN)
17-5 161 23 Summit
20
Winthrop
15-8 134 NR (29) Big South
21
UC Irvine
14-7 123 NR (28) Big West
22
UC San Diego
15-6 120 16 Big West
23
Utah Valley
15-6 112 13 Western Athletic
24
Illinois State
14-7 85 14 Missouri Valley
25
Portland State
13-5 63 NR (40) Big Sky

 

OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: California Baptist 38, William & Mary 38, Wofford 35, Hofstra 34, Wright State 32, Northern Iowa 31, Buffalo 27, Bradley 23, San Francisco 23, South Alabama 22, Sam Houston 20, UT Martin 18, Navy 17, Bowling Green 14, Purdue Fort Wayne 12, UC Santa Barbara 11, Charleston 8, Middle Tennessee 7, Missouri State 7, UT Arlington 6, Georgia Southern 5, UIC 5, Lipscomb 4, Seattle 4, Montana State 3, Pacific 1, Queens 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.