Excel H Sports Men’s College Basketball BEYOND THE BACKBOARD February 16 2026

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

Rank	University	Record	Previous
1	Miami of Ohio	25-0	1
2	St. Louis	24-1	2
3	Gonzaga	25-2	3
4	Utah State	22-3	5
5	Liberty	22-3	6
6	St. Mary’s	23-4	7
7	San Diego State	18-6	8
8	Belmont	23-4	4
9	Akron	20-5	10
10	Virginia Commonwealth	20-6	12
11	New Mexico	19-6	14
12	South Florida	18-8	16
13	Santa Clara	22-6	9
14	Stephen F Austin	23-3	20
15	Nevada	17-8	13
16	UNC Wilmington	22-4	24
17	Bradley	18-9	26
18	Kent State	19-7	27
19	High Point	24-4	NR
20	McNeese State	21-5	NR
21	South Alabama	19-7	NR
22	Austin Peay	19-6	NR
23	Hawai’i	18-6	21
24	Boise State	15-10	18
25	UC Irvine	17-9	NR
26	George Mason	21-5	11
27	Dayton	16-9	30
28	UC San Diego	18-9	NR
29	Tulsa	20-6	17
30	Wichita State	16-10	30
30	UC Santa Barbara	17-9	28

BELOW THE 30: (IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER)

Appalachian State 18-10, Bethune Cookman 13-12, California Baptist 19-7,  California State Northridge 16-10, Central Arkansas 17-10, Charleston 17-10, Davidson 15-10, Duquesne 15-10, East Tennessee State 19-8, Grand Canyon 16-9, Harvard 14-10, Howard 16-10, Illinois State 17-10, Long Island University 17-9, Marshall 16-10, Merrimack 18-9, Montana State 17-11, Murray State 19-9, Navy 21-6, NJIT 15-12, North Dakota State 21-6,  Northern Colorado 17-7, Northern Iowa 17-10, Oakland 14-13, Portland State 17-7, Quinnipiac 18-10, Robert Morris 18-10, Sam Houston 17-8, Sienna 18-9, Southeast Missouri State 16-11, St. Joseph 15-10, St. Peter’s 15-9, St. Thomas Minnesota 21-7, Temple 15-10, Tennessee State 17-9, Texas State 17-11, Troy 17-10, UAB 16-10, UC Davis 16-10, UI Chicago 15-12, UMBC 16-8, UNLV 13-12, UT Martin 20-7, Utah Tech 16-11, Utah Valley 18-7, Vermont 17-10, Winthrop 19-8, Wright State 17-10, Yale 20-4