Excel H Sports Men’s BEYOND THE BACKBOARD Basketball rankings January 19 2026

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

Rank	University	Record	Previous
1	Gonzaga	19-1	1
2	Miami of Ohio	19-0	2
3	St.Louis	17-1	4
4	George Mason	17-1	5
5	Dayton	14-4	7
6	Akron	14-4	8
7	San Diego State	13-4	9
8	Utah State	15-2	3
9	Murray State	16-3	10
10	Belmont	17-3	11
11	Liberty	15-3	12
12	St. Mary’s	17-3	6
13	Nevada	13-5	13
14	UNC Wilmington	17-2	17
15	Tulsa	15-3	19
16	Kent State	14-4	20
17	New Mexico	14-4	16
18	Santa Clara	16-5	28
19	Buffalo	13-5	18
20	Virginia Commonwealth	12,6	29
21	Hawai’i	13-4	NR
22	Florida Atlantic	13-6	NR
23	Temple	11,7	14
24	Davidson	11,6	NR
25	Wichita State	11,8	NR
26	George Washington	12,6	22
27	South Florida	11,7	24
28	Illinois State	13-6	27
29	Richmond	13-6	26
30	UT Martin	15-4	NR

BELOW THE 30: (IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER)

Austin Peay 11-6, Bradley 13-7, California Baptist 13-6,  Colorado State 11-7, East Tennessee State 13-6, Furman 13-6, Georgia Southern 13-7, Grand Canyon 11-6, High Point 17-4, Kennesaw State 12-6, Lipscomb 12-7, Long Island 11-7, Marist 12-5, McNeese State 15-4, Memphis 9-8, Mercer 12-7, Merrimack 11-8, Middle Tennessee State 11-7, Navy 13-6, North Dakota State 16-5, Northern Iowa 12-7, Northern Kentucky 14-7, Oakland 11-0, Portland State 11-5, Purdue Fort Wayne 12-8, Queens 11-8, St. Peter’s 10-6, Stephen F Austin 15-3, Tennessee State 12-6, Troy 13-6, Tulane 12-6, UC Irvine 12-7, UC San Diego 14-5, UT Arlington 12-6, Utah Valley 13-4, Vermont 11-7, Winthrop 13-8, Wright State 12-7, Yale 13-3