Excel H Sports Women’s BEYOND THE BACKBOARD Basketball rankings December 22 2025

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Steven Stremming is a member of the United Basketball Writers Association of America.

Rank	University	Record	Previous
1	Princeton	11,1	1
2	Colorado State	11,2	3
3	Cleveland State	12,2	6
4	Richmond	11,3	7
5	South Dakota State	10,4	2
6	Rhode Island	10,2	11
7	San Diego State	8,3	12
8	Gonzaga	8,5	9
9	Murray State	9,2	14
10	Ball State	9,4	15
11	New Mexico	9,4	4
12	Troy	10,2	10
13	Boise State	9,4	8
14	Miami of Ohio	8,4	27
15	Green Bay	8,5	5
16	St. Joseph	8,3	13
17	St. Mary’s	9,4	17
18	U C Santa Barbara	10,1	18
19	Tennessee Tech	9,2	19
20	Fairfield	8,3	20
21	Rice	10,3	21
22	Southern Indiana	8,2	22
23	Arkansas State	10,3	23
24	Army	8,2	26
25	Purdue Fort Wayne	9,4	29
26	Nevada Las Vegas	7,5	NR
27	Davidson	9,5	30
28	Bowling Green	8,4	NR
29	Marshall	11,3	NR
30	UC Irvine	11,2	NR

BELOW THE 30: (IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER)

Abilene Christian 8-4, Albany 10-3, Austin Peay 6-2, Bradley 8-4, Bryant 10-3, Central Michigan 7-4, Charleston 8-3, Columbia 8-4, East Carolina 8-5, Eastern Kentucky 8-4, Fairleigh Dickinson 8-3, George Washington 8-5,Georgia Southern 9-3, High Point 11-2, Howard 10-5, Idaho 9-4, James Madison 9-5, LaSalle 8-4, Longwood 9-4, Louisiana Tech 7-4, Massachusetts 8-2, Mercer 9-5, North Dakota State 10-2, Northern Colorado 9-3, Oregon State 8-5, Pennsylvania 8-3, Pepperdine 9-3, Quinnipiac 7-4,  Robert Morris 9-2, San Francisco 7-4, Santa Clara 10-3, South Dakota 9-4, Southern Illinois Edwardsville 8-3, Southern Mississippi 9-4, Southern Utah 8-4,  Stephen F Austin 6-3, Stetson 7-3, Texas El Paso 7-3, Tulsa 8-4, Vermont 10-4, Western Illinois 9-1, William & Mary 7-4, Youngstown State 8-4