Mens Mid Major Top 25®

Mens Mid Major Top 25® Update Date: December 29,2025

RECORD POINTS PREVIOUS
1
Gonzaga (30)
13-1 774 1 West Coast
2
Yale (1)
11-1 729 2 Ivy League
3
Miami
13-0 695 3 Mid-American
4
St. Mary's
12-2 693 4 West Coast
5
Belmont
12-1 653 5 Missouri Valley
6
Akron
9-3 605 6 Mid-American
7
Northern Iowa
9-3 526 7 Missouri Valley
8
UC San Diego
11-2 510 8 Big West
9
Buffalo
11-2 453 9 Mid-American
10
Santa Clara
10-4 422 10 West Coast
11
High Point
12-3 417 11 Big South
12
Kent State
10-2 395 12 Mid-American
13
Hawaii
10-2 376 13 Big West
14
Liberty
8-3 363 14 CUSA
15
Illinois State
10-3 344 15 Missouri Valley
16
UNCW
11-2 278 16 Coastal Athletic
17
McNeese
10-2 259 17 Southland
18
Northern Colorado
10-3 227 23 Big Sky
19
Murray State
10-3 213 18 Missouri Valley
20
Hofstra
9-4 175 19 Coastal Athletic
21
Utah Valley
10-3 174 20 Western Athletic
22
California Baptist
10-3 97 22 Western Athletic
23
Kennesaw State
8-4 78 24 CUSA
24
Seattle
11-3 71 21 West Coast
25
Bradley
9-4 68 25 Missouri Valley

 

OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: William & Mary 59, Robert Morris 58, San Francisco 55, New Mexico State 42, St Thomas (MN) 24, Bowling Green 23, Stephen F Austin 22, Marist 19, Middle Tennessee 16, Towson 16, UC Irvine 16, Quinnipiac 13, South Alabama 13, Troy 13, Oakland 12, UMass 12, Youngstown State 11, UC Santa Barbara 9, Columbia 7, Loyola Marymount 6, Northern Kentucky 6, Georgia Southern 5, Siena 5, Pacific 4, Sam Houston 4, Howard 3, Vermont 2, Western Kentucky 2, Furman 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.