Excel H Sport Women’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	Princeton	15-1	1
2	Rhode Island	16-2	2
3	San Diego State	14-3	3
4	Ball State	16-4	4
5	Murray State	16-2	5
6	Richmond	16-4	6
7	Miami of Ohio	14-4	8
8	Green Bay	15-5	10
9	Colorado State	15-4	11
10	Rice	15-3	13
11	Gonzaga	14-6	14
12	New Mexico	12-7	9
13	Nevada Las Vegas	12-6	12
14	Fairfield	14-3	15
15	UC Irvine	16-2	17
16	South Dakota State	14-5	7
17	Troy	15-3	20
18	Arkansas State	16-4	21
19	Boise State	14-5	22
20	Davidson	14-6	24
21	Cleveland State	15-5	25
22	Massachusetts	13-3	27
23	North Dakota State	16-2	NR
24	High Point	16-2	28
25	Vermont	15-5	NR
26	East Carolina	13-6	NR
27	Santa Clara	16-5	18
28	Oregon State	14-6	19
29	Missouri State	12-6	NR
30	Youngstown State	13-6	NR

BELOW THE 30: (IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER)

Abilene Christian 14-5, Army 14-3, Brown 11-4, California Baptist 11-8, Charleston 14-3, Chattanooga 11-5, Eastern Kentucky 15-4, Fairleigh Dickinson 15-4, George Mason 12-6, Georgia Southern 13-5, Howard 13-7, Idaho 13-5, Idaho State 11-6, James Madison 13-7, Louisiana Tech 11-5, Loyola Marymount 11-7Marshall 15-5, McNeese State 14-4, Middle Tennessee State 10-8, Montana State 12-4, Navy 10-6, Northern Colorado 14-5, Ohio University11-5, Quinnipiac 12-4, South Dakota 14-5, South Florida 12-7, Southern Indiana 13-4, Stephen F Austin 13-5, Tulsa 12-5, UC Santa Barbara 13-3, UC San Diego 12-5, Western Illinois 15-2