Excel H Sports Women’s BEYOND THE BACKBOARD Basketball rankings December 29 2025

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

Rank	University	Record	Previous
1	Princeton	12,1	1
2	Colorado State	11,2	2
3	Cleveland State	12,2	3
4	Richmond	11,3	4
5	South Dakota State	10,4	5
6	Rhode Island	10,2	6
7	San Diego State	8,3	7
8	Gonzaga	9,5	8
9	Murray State	9,2	9
10	Ball State	9,4	10
11	New Mexico	9,4	11
12	Troy	10,2	12
13	Boise State	9,4	13
14	Miami of Ohio	8,4	14
15	Green Bay	8,5	15
16	St. Joseph	9,3	16
17	Arkansas State	11,3	23
18	UC Santa Barbara	10,1	18
19	Tennessee Tech	9,2	19
20	Fairfield	8,3	20
21	Rice	10,3	21
22	St. Mary’s	9,5	17
23	Army	8,2	24
24	Purdue Fort Wayne	9,4	25
25	Nevada Las Vegas	7,5	26
26	Southern Indiana	8,3	22
27	Davidson	9,5	27
28	Bowling Green	8,4	28
29	Marshall	11,3	29
30	UC Irvine	11,2	30

BELOW THE 30: (IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER)

Abilene Christian 8-4, Albany 10-3, Austin Peay 8-2, Bradley 8-4, Bryant 10-3, Central Michigan 7-4, Charleston 8-3, Columbia 8-4, Eastern Kentucky 8-4, Fairleigh Dickinson 8-3, 9-3, Georgia Southern High Point 11-2, Howard 10-5, Idaho 9-4, LaSalle 8-4, Longwood 9-4, Louisiana Tech 7-4, Massachusetts 8-2, Mercer 9-4, Northern Colorado 9-4, North Dakota State 10-2, Oregon State 9-5,  Pennsylvania 8-3, Pepperdine 9-4, Portland 7-6, Quinnipiac 7-4, Robert Morris 9-2, Sam Houston 7-4, Santa Clara 11-3, South Dakota 9-4, 9- 4, Southern Mississippi Tulsa 8-4, UNC Greensboro 8-5, Vermont 11-4, Western Illinois 10-1, William & Mary 7-4, Youngstown State 8-4