Excel H Sports Women’s BEYOND THE BACKBOARD Basketball rankings, January 5 2026

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

BELOW THE 30; (IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER)

Albany 11-4, Army 10-3, Austin Peay 10-2, Bowling Green 8-6, Bryant 12-3, California Baptist 9-7, Charleston 10-3, East Carolina 10-5, Eastern Kentucky 11-4, Fairleigh Dickinson 11-4, Georgia Southern 10-4 Holy Cross 8-5, Howard 11-6, Idaho 10-4, Idaho State 9-4, James Madison 11-5, McNeese State 10-4, Mercer 10-5, Monmouth 9-4, Montana State 9-4, North Dakota State 13-2, Northern Colorado 10-5, Ohio University 8-4, Old Dominion 10-5,  Robert Morris 10-4, San Francisco 10-5, South Dakota 12-4, Southern Indiana 9-4, Southern Mississippi 10-5, Southern Utah 10-4, St. Bonaventure 10-5, Tennessee Tech 10-3, Texas El Paso 9-4, Tulsa 9-4, UC San Diego 10-4, UNC Greensboro 10-5, Utah Valley 9-5, Vermont 13-4, Western Illinois 11-2