CBB Review: Week 1 Under the Radar Top 25

ByMatt Karner

November 15, 2021
CBB Review's Week 1 Mid Major Top 25DAYTON, OH - MARCH 14: St. Bonaventure Bonnies forward Osun Osunniyi (21) looks to shoot over VCU Rams forward Vince Williams Jr. (10) during the Atlantic 10 Conference tournament championship game between the VCU Rams and the Dayton Flyers on March 14, 2021 at UD Arena in Dayton, Ohio. (Photo by Scott W. Grau/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
Under the Radar Top 25 for CBB Review, Week 1

 

1 St. Bonaventure (6) – 173

Record: 2-0Previous Rank: 1Last 10 Games: 2-0 
Last Week:W vs. Siena 75-47W vs. Canisius 69-60 
Upcoming:11/18 vs. Boise State  

2 BYU (1) – 159

Record: 2-0Previous Rank: 3Last 10 Games: 2-0
Last Week: W vs. Cleveland State 69-59W vs. San Diego State 66-60
Upcoming: 11/18 @ Oregon11/20 vs. Central Methodist

3 Colorado State – 157

Record: 3-0Previous Rank: 2Last 10 Games: 3-0 
Last Week:W vs. Oral Roberts 109-80W vs. Arkansas Pine Bluff 91-71W vs. Peru State 88-62
Upcoming:11/19 vs. Bradley  

4 Loyola-Chicago – 156

Record: 2-0Previous Rank: T-6Last 10 Games: 2-0 
Last Week:W vs. Coppin State 103-45W vs. Florida Gulf Coast 89-77 
Upcoming:11/16 vs. Chicago State11/20 vs. UIC 

5 Drake – 125

Record: 2-0Previous Rank: 5Last 10 Games: 2-0 
Last Week: W vs. Coe 87-61W vs. South Dakota 99-50 
Upcoming: 11/20 vs. Richmond  

6 Ohio – 123

Record: 2-0Previous Rank: NRLast 10 Games: 2-0  
Last Week:W vs. Belmont 92-80W @ Cleveland State 67-56  
Upcoming:11/15 vs. Robert Morris11/19 @ Kentucky  

7 San Diego State – 119

Record: 1-1Previous Rank: 4Last 10 Games: 1-1 
Last Week: W vs. UC Riverside 66-53L @ BYU 66-60 
Upcoming: 11/18 vs. Arizona State11/20 vs. UT Arlington 

8 UAB – 108

Record: 3-0Previous Rank: 11Last 10 Games: 3-0 
Last Week: W vs. UNC Asheville 102-77W vs. Morehead State 85-71W vs. Rhodes 98-61
Upcoming: 11/18 @ South Carolina11/21 vs. Alabama A&M 

9 Saint Mary’s – 97

Record: 2-0Previous Rank: 10Last 10 Games: 2-0
Last Week:W vs. Prairie View A&M 87-68W vs. Texas Southern 67-58
Upcoming:11/15 vs. Southern Utah11/17 vs. Bellarmine

10 Furman – 88

Record: 2-0Previous Rank: NRLast 10 Games: 2-0 
Last Week:W vs. North Greenville 102-66W @ Louisville 80-72  
Upcoming:11/15 @ Belmont11/19 vs. Radford11/21 vs. Navy

11 Richmond – 84

Record: 1-1Previous Rank: T-6Last 10 Games: 1-1 
Last Week:W vs. North Carolina Central 70-60L vs. Utah State 85-74 
Upcoming:11/16 vs. Georgia State11/20 @ Drake 

12 New Mexico State – 83

Record: 2-0Previous Rank: 21Last 10 Games: 2-0 
Last Week: W vs. UC Irvine 62-51W vs. UTEP 77-71 
Upcoming:11/18 vs. Davidson  

13 Belmont – 79

Record: 1-1Previous Rank: 8Last 10 Games: 1-1 
Last Week:L @ Ohio 92-80W vs. Evansville 81-43 
Upcoming:11/15 vs. Furman11/19 @ Kennesaw State 

14 Buffalo – 74

Record: 0-1Previous Rank: 14Last 10 Games: 0-1 
Last Week:L @ Michigan 88-76  
Upcoming: 11/15 @ North Texas11/20 vs. Rider 

15 San Francisco – 72

Record: 3-0Previous Rank: 22Last 10 Games: 3-0 
Last Week:W vs. LIU 98-64W vs. Prairie View A&M 92-76W vs. Davidson 65-60
Upcoming:11/15 vs. Samford11/18 vs. Nevada 

16 Saint Louis – 64

Record: 3-0Previous Rank: NRLast 10 Games: 3-0 
Last Week:W vs. Central Arkansas 96-61W vs. Harris Stowe 127-54W vs. Eastern Illinois 86-44
Upcoming:11/16 @ Memphis11/20 vs. Mercer 

17 Nevada – 59

Record: 1-1Previous Rank: 9Last 10 Games: 1-1 
Last Week:W vs. Eastern Washington 91-76L vs. San Diego 75-68 
Upcoming:11/16 @ Santa Clara11/18 @ San Francisco 

18 Louisiana Tech – 42

Record: 1-1Previous Rank: 13Last 10 Games: 1-1 
Last Week:L @ Alabama 93-64W vs. Jackson State 70-68 
Upcoming:11/15 vs. Jarvis Christian11/19 @ Northwestern State 

19 Liberty – 36

Record: 1-0Previous Rank: 20Last 10 Games: 1-0 
Last Week:W vs. Regent 85-24  
Upcoming:11/15 @ LSU11/19 vs. Iona11/20 vs. Manhattan
    

20 Iona – 32

Record: 2-0Previous Rank: 23Last 10 Games: 2-0 
Last Week: W vs. Appalachian State 65-53W vs. Harvard 90-87 
Upcoming:11/16 vs. Hofstra11/19 vs. Liberty11/20 vs. North Alabama
    

T-21 Chattanooga – 29

Record: 2-0Previous Rank: NRLast 10 Games: 2-0 
Last Week:W @ LMU 75-64W vs. UNC Asheville 75-45 
Upcoming: 11/16 vs. Tennessee Tech11/20 @ VCU 

T-21 Navy – 29

Record: 1-1Previous Rank: NRLast 10 Games: 1-1 
Last Week:W @ Virginia 66-58L vs. Virginia Tech 77-57 
Upcoming: 11/15 @ Louisville11/20 vs. Radford11/21 @ Furman

T-23 UC Riverside – 28

Record: 2-1Previous Rank: NRLast 10 Games: 2-1 
Last Week:L @ San Diego State 66-53W @ Arizona State 66-65W vs. La Sierra 72-54
Upcoming:11/17 @ San Diego11/20 vs. Bethesda 

T-23 Utah State – 28

Record: 1-1Previous Rank: T-25Last 10 Games: 1-1 
Last Week:L vs. UC Davis 72-69W vs. Richmond 85-74 
Upcoming:11/18 vs. Penn  

25 South Dakota State – 27

Record: 2-1Previous Rank: NRLast 10 Games: 2-1 
Last Week: W vs. Bradley 81-65L @ Alabama 104-88W @ SFA 83-71
Upcoming:11/17 vs. Montana State11/18 vs. Presentation 

Others receiving votes: Akron 18, Santa Clara 17, Marshall 17, UC Irvine 16, UC San Diego 15, UC Santa Barbara 14, Murray State 11, Wright State 10, Louisiana 10, UC Davis 9, Georgia State 9, San Diego 9, Missouri State 7, Milwaukee 6, Davidson 6, UNLV 5, Yale 4, Hofstra 4, Oakland 4, Colgate 4, Georgia Southern 3, Miami-OH 3, Wagner 2, Howard 1

Dropped from the rankings: LMU T-16, Western Kentucky T-16, Missouri State 18, Wright State 19, VCU 24, Davidson T-25

Voters: Matt Karner, Matt Waldman, Tristan Freeman, Shelby Mast, Rocco Miller, Nick Lorensen, Bryan Mauro

*Disclaimer: A Mid-Major is an evolving term. At CBB Review we define a mid-major as conferences that send ≤ 20% of their teams to the NCAA tournament in the past five seasons. Or, teams that are ranked in the AP top 25 < 30% of the time in a five-year span. With this under consideration, the power six, the AAC, and Gonzaga were not included for consideration this season’s Under the Radar Top 25.*

ByMatt Karner

Big East hoops writer for NCAAM Review Bracketologist for Busted Bracketology (www.bustedbracketology.wordpress.com) Twitter: @karner44 Instagram: @karner44

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