Excel H Sports Women’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	Rhode Island	23-2	1
2	Richmond	22-4	3
3	Ball State	21-5	5
4	Princeton	20-3	2
5	San Diego State	20-4	7
6	Murray State	22-3	8
7	Rice	22-3	9
8	Miami of Ohio	20-5	4
9	Vermont	22-6	15
10	North Dakota State	23-2	16
11	Gonzaga	19-8	10
12	Colorado State	19-7	12
13	Louisiana Tech	19-5	19
14	Nevada Las Vegas	17-8	11
15	Green Bay	20-7	6
16	New Mexico	17-9	13
17	Troy	21-5	22
18	East Carolina	19-7	23
19	Youngstown State	19-8	27
20	James Madison	20-8	30
21	Fairfield	22-4	21
22	South Dakota	20-6	17
23	South Dakota State	20-6	18
24	Quinnipiac	21-5	20
25	Massachusetts	18-5	NR
26	Marshall	22-6	NR
27	Georgia Southern	19-6	NR
28	Arkansas State	20-7	14
29	High Point	22-4	28
30	Longwood	18-7	NR

BELOW THE 30: (IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER)

Abilene Christian 19-7, Alabama A & M 16-9, Army 20-5, Belmont 16-9, Binghamton 17-8, Bradley 18-8, Brown 15-7, California Baptist 17-9, Campbell 17-9, Central Michigan 16-8, Charleston 20-4, Chattanooga 16-7Cleveland State 20-8, Columbia 17-6, Eastern Kentucky 22-5, Fairleigh Dickinson 22-4, Florida International 15-9, Furman 16-10, George Mason 16-8, Holy Cross 16-9, Howard 19-7, Idaho 21-5, Idaho State 17-8, Jacksonville 18-7, Lindenwood 20-7, Long Island University 16-8, Loyola Marymount 17-8, McNeese State 21-4, Middle Tennessee State 14-11, Montana State 18-6, Navy 18-6, Northern Colorado 19-8, Ohio University 15-9, Purdue Fort Wayne 16-10, Oregon State 18-9, Radford 17-10, Sam Houston 15-8, Santa Clara 20-7, South Florida 16-10, Southern Indiana 16-7,Southern Utah 17-8,  St. Joseph 17-8, Tulsa 16-9, UC Davis 19-7, UC Irvine 21-4, UC Santa Barbara 17-7, UC San Diego 18-7, Western Illinois 21-4, Wofford 14-11