Excel H Sports Women’s College BEYOND THE BACKBOARD Basketball March 1 2026

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

BELOW THE 30 (IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER)

Abilene Christian 21-8, Alabama A & M 19-9,  Army 22-6, Bellmont 17-11, California Baptist 19-10, Central Arkansas 20-10, Charleston, Chattanooga 18-9,  Columbia 20-6, Davidson 20-11, East Tennessee State 17-12, Eastern Kentucky 24-7, Fairleigh Dickinson 26-4, Hawai’i 18-10, High Point 24-5, Holy Cross 19-9, Howard 22-7, Idaho, Jacksonville 21-8, Lindenwood 24-7, Longwood 20-9, Loyola Marymount 21-8,Marshall 23-8, McNeese State 26-4, Montana State, Navy 20-7, Oregon State 21-10, Purdue Fort Wayne 18-12, Radford 20-11, 22-8,  South Dakota Southern Indiana 20-9, Southern Utah 19-9,  Stephen F Austin 22-8, UC Davis 21-8, UC Santa Barbara 20-8, Western Illinois 24-5, Wofford 16-12