Excel H Sports Women’s College BEYOND THE BACKBOARD Basketball rankings February 2 2026

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

Rank	University	Record	Previous
1	Rhode Island	19-2	2
2	San Diego State	17-3	3
3	Princeton	18-2	1
4	Richmond	18-4	4
5	Miami of Ohio	18-4	5
6	Ball State	17-5	8
7	Green Bay	18-5	6
8	Murray State	19-3	9
9	Rice	19-3	10
10	New Mexico	15-7	11
11	Arkansas State	18-4	15
12	Boise State	17-5	16
13	Gonzaga	16-7	17
14	Nevada Las Vegas	15-7	12
15	Colorado State	17-6	7
16	Oregon State	17-6	20
17	Vermont	19-5	22
18	North Dakota State	20-2	18
19	South Dakota	17-6	NR
20	South Dakota State	17-6	14
21	High Point	20-2	21
22	Massachusetts	15-4	24
23	Troy	18-4	25
24	Louisiana Tech	15-5	28
25	George Mason	15-6	NR
26	Charleston	17-3	30
27	Quinnipiac	18-4	NR
28	East Carolina	16-7	19
29	Fairfield	18-4	13
30	Chattanooga	15-5	NR
30	St. Joseph	15-6	NR

BELOW THE 30: (IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER)

Abilene Christian 15-6, Army 16-5, Belmont 12-9, Binghamton 15-6, California Baptist 14-8, California State Fullerton 12-9, Cleveland State 17-7, Columbia 14-6, Davidson 15-9, Eastern Kentucky 19-4, Fairleigh Dickinson 19-4, Furman 14-8, Georgia Southern 16-5, Holy Cross 13-8, Howard 16-7, Idaho 17-5, Illinois State 13-9, James Madison 16-8, Marshall 18-6, McNeese State 18-4, Middle Tennessee State 15-9, Missouri State 13-8, Montana State 16-5, Morehead State 14-9, Navy 14-6, Northern Colorado 16-7, Radford 15-9, Robert Morris 15-7, Sam Houston State 13-6, Santa Clara 18-6, Southern Indiana 18-6, Southern Utah 15-7, Tulsa 15-6, UC Davis 16-6, UC Irvine 17-4, UC San Diego 15-6, UC Santa Barbara 15-5, Western Illinois 18-3, Youngstown State 16-7