Excel H Sports Women’s College Basketball BEYOND THE BACKBOARD rankings February 23 2026

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

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

BELOW THE 30: (IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER)

Abilene Christian 19-8, Alabama A & M 18-9, Army 21-6, Belmont 16-11, Bradley 19-9, Brown 15-8, California Baptist 17-10, Central Michigan 16-10,  Charleston 21-4, Chattanooga 18-7, Columbia 18-6, Eastern Kentucky 22-7, Fairleigh Dickinson 24-4, Harvard 15-9, Holy Cross 18-9, Howard 20-7, Idaho 23-5, Jacksonville 20-7, Lindenwood 20-7, Longwood 18-9, Loyola Marymount 19-8, Marshall 23-7, Massachusetts 19-6, McNeese State 24-4, Montana State 20-6, Navy 19-7, Northern Colorado 20-8, Santa Clara 21-8, Southern Indiana 19-8, Southern Utah 19-8, St. Joseph 19-8, Stetson 18-9, UC Davis 21-7, UC San Diego 18-8, Western Illinois 23-4, Wofford 16-11