Mens Mid Major Top 25®
Mens Mid Major Top 25® Update Date: February 09,2026
| RECORD | POINTS | PREVIOUS | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 23-2 | 767 | 1 | West Coast | |
| 2 | 24-0 | 752 | 2 | Mid-American | |
| 3 | 20-3 | 687 | 3 | CUSA | |
| 4 | 22-3 | 670 | 4 | Missouri Valley | |
| 5 | 21-4 | 651 | 5 | West Coast | |
| 6 | 21-5 | 614 | 7 | West Coast | |
| 7 | 19-5 | 575 | 6 | Mid-American | |
| 8 | 22-4 | 512 | 8 | Big South | |
| 9 | 17-4 | 480 | 10 | Ivy League | |
| 10 | 17-5 | 412 | 12 | Big West | |
| 11 | 21-3 | 408 | 16 | Southland | |
| 12 | 20-6 | 382 | 9 | Summit | |
| 13 | 19-4 | 380 | 11 | Coastal Athletic | |
| 14 | 18-7 | 331 | 14 | Missouri Valley | |
| 15 | 16-8 | 313 | 13 | Big West | |
| 16 | 19-5 | 308 | 15 | Southland | |
| 17 | 18-8 | 261 | 18 | Big South | |
| 18 | 17-8 | 201 | 20 | Sun Belt | |
| 19 | 18-7 | 161 | 19 | Southern | |
| 20 | 20-6 | 155 | 21 | Summit | |
| 21 | 18-6 | 152 | 22 | Western Athletic | |
| 22 | 17-7 | 95 | 17 | Mid-American | |
| 23 | 16-6 | 91 | 25 | Big Sky | |
| 24 | 17-9 | 84 | NR (49) | Sun Belt | |
| 25 | 16-9 | 71 | 23 | Horizon |
OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: California Baptist 68, Charleston 65, Austin Peay 46, Hofstra 41, Illinois State 40, UC Santa Barbara 31, Bradley 24, Navy 24, Wofford 22, Merrimack 21, South Alabama 20, Northern Iowa 16, UT Martin 15, Missouri State 14, Tennessee State 14, Sam Houston 13, Harvard 11, Pacific 11, San Francisco 11, UC San Diego 8, William & Mary 8, Long Island 7, Alabama A&M 6, Oakland 6, Bethune-Cookman 5, Robert Morris 2, Jacksonville State 1, NJIT 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.