Mens Mid Major Top 25®

Mens Mid Major Top 25® Update Date: March 02,2026

RECORD POINTS PREVIOUS
1
Miami (22)
29-0 763 2 Mid-American
2
Gonzaga (5)
28-3 744 1 West Coast
3
Saint Mary's (4)
27-4 724 3 West Coast
4
Akron
24-5 645 6 Mid-American
5
Belmont
26-4 643 4 Missouri Valley
6
Liberty
24-5 597 5 CUSA
7
High Point
27-4 589 8 Big South
8
Santa Clara
24-7 559 7 West Coast
9
Yale
22-5 520 9 Ivy League
10
Stephen F Austin
26-4 503 10 Southland
11
McNeese State
25-5 474 13 Southland
12
Utah Valley
22-7 417 17 Western Athletic
13
UNCW
25-5 354 11 Coastal Athletic
14
North Dakota State
24-7 298 12 Summit
15
Hawaii
21-7 296 19 Big West
16
St. Thomas (MN)
23-8 221 23 Summit
17
Austin Peay
21-8 214 14 ASUN
18
Winthrop
21-10 195 16 Big South
19
Navy
25-6 182 22 Patriot League
20
UC Irvine
18-10 179 20 Big West
21
Kent State
21-8 163 18 Mid-American
22
ETSU
21-10 154 15 Southern
23
Charleston
21-10 86 NR (30) Coastal Athletic
24
Central Arkansas
20-11 71 NR (47) ASUN
25
Bradley
20-11 67 24 Missouri Valley

 

OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: 


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.