Mens Mid Major Top 25®

Mens Mid Major Top 25® Update Date: January 13,2025

RECORD POINTS PREVIOUS
1
Gonzaga (31)
14-4 775 1 West Coast
2
Saint Mary's
15-3 737 3 West Coast
3
UC Irvine
15-2 683 4 Big West
4
Drake
14-2 669 5 Missouri Valley
5
Bradley
14-3 618 2 Missouri Valley
6
Princeton
12-4 552 9 Ivy League
7
Samford
14-3 526 12 Southern
8
Liberty
14-3 514 6 CUSA
9
Furman
14-2 502 11 Southern
10
UC San Diego
14-3 456 7 Big West
11
Grand Canyon
11-5 408 8 Western Athletic
12
McNeese
11-5 400 16 Southland
13
Louisiana Tech
13-4 390 15 CUSA
14
Santa Clara
12-6 365 20 West Coast
15
San Francisco
14-5 355 19 West Coast
16
High Point
15-4 324 18 Big South
17
Charleston
13-4 257 14 Coastal Athletic
18
Arkansas State
12-5 225 13 Sun Belt
19
Kent State
11-4 193 21 Mid-American
20
Columbia
11-3 158 17 Ivy League
21
Belmont
12-5 156 22 Missouri Valley
22
St. Thomas (MN)
14-5 106 25 Summit
23
New Mexico State
10-6 74 NR (47) CUSA
24
UTEP
12-4 64 19 CUSA
25
Miami (OH)
11-4 58 NR (40) Mid-American

 

OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: Marist 57, Norfolk State 49, Akron 32, Western Kentucky 32, Middle Tennessee 31, South Alabama 30, North Dakota State 28, Yale 24, Lipscomb 23, Purdue Fort Wayne 23, William & Mary 19, UMass Lowell 18, Northern Colorado 16, Queens 12, Toledo 11, UNCW 10, Utah Valley 10, Murray State 9, Northern Iowa 8, Hofstra 6, Troy 6, Youngstown State 6, South Dakota State 5, Cleveland State 3, Elon 3, Longwood 2, Cornell 1, Lamar 1.


VOTING PANEL: Lennie Acuff (Lipscomb), Casey Alexander (Belmont), Shane Burcar (Northern Arizona), Randy Bennett (St. Mary's), Kenny Blakeney (Howard), Jeff Boals (Ohio), Chad Boudreau (Western Illinois), Jon Coffman (Purdue Fort Wayne), Ed Conroy (The Citadel), Jim Engles (Columbia), Eric Henderson (South Dakota State), Jason Hooten (New Mexico State), James Jones (Yale), Johnny Jones (Texas Southern), 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 (Louisiana), Ritchie McKay (Liberty), Pat O'Connell (Towson), Rob O'Driscoll (Maine), Mark Prosser (Winthrop), Brett Reed (Lehigh), Rob Senderoff (Kent State), Todd Simon (Bowling Green).   

* Queens head coach Grant Leonard is the chairman of the Top 25 voting panel for the 2024-25 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, Independents, 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 26th 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.