Mens Mid Major Top 25®

Mens Mid Major Top 25® Update Date: December 15,2025

RECORD POINTS PREVIOUS
1
Gonzaga (30)
10-1 774 1 West Coast
2
Yale (1)
11-1 718 3 Ivy League
3
Miami
10-0 706 4 Mid-American
4
St. Mary's
9-2 660 2 West Coast
5
Belmont
10-1 645 5 Missouri Valley
6
UC San Diego
9-1 572 12 Big West
7
Santa Clara
8-3 550 7 West Coast
8
Akron
8-3 538 6 Mid-American
9
Buffalo
9-2 491 8 Mid-American
10
Northern Iowa
8-2 442 11 Missouri Valley
11
UNCW
10-1 373 15 Coastal Athletic
12
High Point
8-3 370 9 Big South
13
Hawaii
10-2 319 19 Big West
14
Kent State
9-2 318 13 Mid-American
15
Illinois State
8-3 307 14 Missouri Valley
16
Kennesaw State
8-2 301 14 CUSA
17
Liberty
6-3 285 10 CUSA
18
Northern Colorado
9-1 211 17 Big Sky
19
McNeese
9-2 181 20 Southland
20
UC San Barbara
8-3 158 16 Big West
21
Hofstra
8-4 132 NR (57) Coastal Athletic
22
California Baptist
8-3 129 23 Big West
23
Murray State
8-3 122 NR (27) Missouri Valley
24
Utah Valley
8-3 84 NR (28) Western Athletic
25
Siena
9-2 78 25 Metro Atlantic

 

OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: North Dakota State 52, Marist 48, UMass 38, Seattle 36, New Mexico State 34, San Francisco 33, Bradley 30, Columbia 30, William & Mary 28, Sam Houston 23, Marshall 23, Pacific 22, Stephen F Austin 22, Loyola Marymount 20, Western Kentucky 19, South Alabama 18, Arkansas State 17, East Tennessee 17, St Thomas (MN) 16, UC Irvine 15, Towson 14, Oakland 12, Youngstown 11, Robert Morris 10, Stony Brook 9, Northern Kentucky 6, Montana 2, Vermont 2, Bowling Green 1, Lipscomb 1, Louisiana Tech 1, Winthrop 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.