Mens Mid Major Top 25®

Mens Mid Major Top 25® Update Date: April 06,2026

RECORD POINTS PREVIOUS
1
Gonzaga (28)
31-4 772 1 West Coast
2
Miami (1)
32-2 726 2 Mid-American
3
High Point (2)
31-5 709 6 Big South
4
Santa Clara
26-9 674 3 West Coast
5
Saint Mary's
27-6 669 4 West Coast
6
Akron
29-6 622 5 Mid-American
7
McNeese State
28-6 554 7 Southland
8
North Dakota State
27-8 493 8 Summit
9
Yale
24-7 492 9 Ivy League
10
Liberty
26-8 461 10 CUSA
11
Belmont
26-6 423 13 Missouri Valley
12
Stephen F Austin
28-6 416 12 Southland
13
Hawaii
24-9 389 11 Big West
14
UNCW
27-7 344 14 Coastal Athletic
15
California Baptist
25-9 284 17 Western Athletic
16
Hofstra
24-11 244 16 Coastal Athletic
17
Utah Valley
25-9 221 15 Western Athletic
18
UC Irvine
23-12 195 18 Big West
19
Troy
22-12 191 20 Sun Belt
20
St. Thomas (MN)
24-10 135 19 Summit
21
Navy
26-8 125 22 Patriot League
22
Kent State
24-10 121 21 Mid-American
23
Howard
24-11 112 25 MEAC
24
Wright State
23-12 92 NR (26) Horizon
25
Tennessee State
23-10 83 23 Ohio Valley

 

OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: Northern Iowa 78, Illinois State 73, Queens 57, Penn 47, Kennesaw State 38, Furman 36, Siena 29, UMBC 24, Winthrop 23, Sam Houston 14, Central Arkansas 13, ETSU 13, Austin Peay 12, Bradley 12, Idaho 8, LIU 8, Robert Morris 8, UC San Diego 8, Lehigh 7, Merrimack 5, Toledo 5, UIC 4, Portland State 3, Prairie View 2, Monmouth 1, Utah Tech 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.