Excel H Sports BEYOND THE BACKBOARD Men’s College Basketball Preseason rankings

Wednesday, October 1, 2025, our Excel H Sports Men’s College Basketball Over-All and our brand new, BEYOND THE BACKBOARD rankings will be published.
The BEYOND THE BACKBOARD will consist of teams from the following conferences, WAC, West Coast, Sun Belt, Summit, Southland, Southern, Patriot, Ohio Valley, Northeast, Missouri Valley, Mid East, Mid-American, Metro Atlantic, Ivy, Horizon, Conference USA, Coastal, Big West, Big South, A10, ASUN, American, American East, Mountain West and Big Sky.
All of the above will also be considered for the Over-All rankings.
Rank University Record Previous
1 Gonzaga
2 Memphis
3 San Diego State
4 U C Irvine
5 St.Louis
6 Grand Canyon
7 Little Rock
8 St.Mary’s
9 Chattanooga
10 Illinois State
11 Tulane
12 U C Santa Barbara
13 Arkansas State
14 Miami of Ohio
15 Milwaukee
16 UNC Wilmington
17 Yale
18 Youngstown State
19 Akron
20 Liberty
21 San Francisco
22 Montana
23 Portland State
24 Cal Baptist
25 Furman
26 Navy
27 Tennessee State
28 Long Island
29 High Point
30 George Washington

BELOW THE 30: (IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER):

Abilene Christian, Alabama-Birmingham, Belmont, Bethune-Cookman, Boise State, Boston University, Brown, Bryant, Bucknell, Campbell, Central Connecticut State, Colgate, College of Charleston,  Colorado State, Cornell, Dayton, Eastern Kentucky, Florida Gulf Coast, Harvard, Hawai’i, Howard, Idaho, Idaho State, Incarnate Word, Jackson State, Jacksonville, James Madison, Kennesaw State, Kent State, Lamar, Longwood, Loyola Chicago, Maine, Manhatten, McNeese State, Middle Tennessee, Murray State, New Mexico, New Mexico State, North Dakota State, Northern Alabama, Northern Iowa, Northern Kentucky, Norfolk State, Oakland, Ohio University, Purdue Fort Wayne, Omaha, Queens, Quinnipiac, Radford, Robert Morris, Sacred Heart, Siena, South Alabama, South Carolina State, South Dakota State, South Florida, Southeast Missouri State, Southern, Tarleton State, Stonehill, Texas Southern,  Towson, Troy, U C Davis, U N C Ashville, Utah State, Vermont, Virginia Commonwealth, Washington State, Western Illinois, Wichita State,

 

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