Excel H Sports Women’s BEYOND THE BACKBOARD Basketball January 12 2026

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

Rank	University	Record	Previous
1	Princeton	14-1	1
2	Rhode Island	13-2	3
3	San Diego State	12-3	5
4	Ball State	12-4	6
5	Murray State	14-2	7
6	Richmond	14-4	8
7	South Dakota State	13-4	4
8	Miami of Ohio	12-4	10
9	New Mexico	12-5	9
10	Green Bay	13-5	11
11	Colorado State	13-4	2
12	Nevada Las Vegas	11-5	17
13	Rice	13-3	15
14	Gonzaga	12-6	16
15	Fairfield	12-3	14
16	Marshall	15-3	19
17	UC Irvine	15-2	20
18	Santa Clara	15-4	21
19	Oregon State	13-5	22
20	Troy	13-3	25
21	Arkansas State	14-4	13
22	Boise State	12-5	26
23	Saint Joseph	12-4	12
24	Davidson	12-6	18
25	Cleveland State	13-5	30
26	UC Santa Barbara	12-2	23
27	Massachusetts	11-3	24
28	High Point	15-2	28
29	Ohio University	10-4	NR
30	Tulsa	11-4	NR

BELOW THE 30: (IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER)

Abilene Christian 12-5, Army 12-3, Belmont 10-7, Bradley 10-6, Brown 10-4, Bryant 14-3, California Baptist  11-7, Charleston 12-3, Chattanooga 10-5, Eastern Kentucky 13-4, Fairleigh Dickinson 13-4, Idaho 11-5, Idaho State 10-5, LaSalle 10-6, Lindenwood 12-5, Longwood 12-4, McNeese State 12-4,  Mercer 11-6,  Middle Tennessee State 11-5, Montana State 11-4, North Dakota State 1Northern Colorado 12-5, Purdue Fort Wayne 11-7, Quinnipiac 12-4, Sam Houston 10-4,San Francisco 10-6, South Dakota 12-5,  South Florida 10-7, Southern Indiana 11-4, Southern Utah 11-5, Towson 10-5, UC San Diego 10-5, UNC Greensboro 12-5, West Georgia 10-5, Western 5-2, 13-2, Youngstown State 12-5