Excel H Sports Women’s College BEYOND THE BACKBOARD Basketball rankings January 26 2026

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

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

BELOW THE 30: (IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER)

Abilene Christian16-5, Army 15-4, Austin Peay 13-5, Binghamton 14-6, California Baptist 13-8, Chattanooga 13-5, Cleveland State 15-7, Columbia 13-5, Eastern Kentucky 17-4, Furman 13-8, George Mason 13-6, Georgia Southern 15-5, Howard 15-7, Idaho 15-5, Jacksonville State 11-8, Lamar 12-6, Marshall 17-5, McNeese State 16-4, Middle Tennessee 11-9, Missouri State 12-7, Montana State 14-5, Navy 12-6, Northern Colorado 15-6, Purdue Fort Wayne 13-8, Quinnipiac 16-4, San Francisco 13-7, South Dakota 15-6,  Southern Indiana 14-5, Southern Utah 13-7, Tulsa 13-6, UC Davis 14-6, UC San Diego 13-6, UC Santa Barbara 15-3, West Georgia 13-6, Western Illinois 16-3, Wofford 11-9, Youngstown State 14-7