CBB Review Mid Major Top 25
Under the Radar Top 25 for CBB Review, Week 3

1 BYU (5) – 172

Record: 6-0Previous Rank: 2Last 10 Games: 6-0
Last Week:W vs. Texas Southern 81-64W vs. Utah 75-64
Upcoming:12/1 @ Utah Valley12/4 @ Missouri State

2 Colorado State (1) – 166

Record: 7-0Previous Rank: 3Last 10 Games: 7-0
Last Week: W vs. Northeastern 71-61W vs. Northern Colorado 88-79
Upcoming: 12/1 vs. Little Rock12/4 vs. Saint Mary’s

3 St. Bonaventure (1) – 163

Record: 5-1Previous Rank: 1Last 10 Games: 5-1
Last Week:L vs. Northern Iowa 90-80
Upcoming:12/1 vs. Coppin State12/4 vs. Buffalo

4 Loyola-Chicago – 139

Record: 5-2Previous Rank: 4Last 10 Games: 5-2
Last Week:L vs. Michigan State 63-61L vs. Auburn 62-53W vs. Arizona State 77-59
Upcoming:12/1 vs. Indiana State12/4 @ DePaul

5 San Francisco – 134

Record: 8-0Previous Rank: 9Last 10 Games: 8-0
Last Week: W vs. Morgan State 83-67W vs. Towson 71-61W vs. UAB 63-61
Upcoming: 12/4 vs. UNLV

6 San Diego State – 133

Record: 4-2Previous Rank: 7Last 10 Games: 4-2
Last Week:W vs. Georgetown 73-56L vs. USC 58-43
Upcoming:11/30 vs. Long Beach State12/4 @ Michigan

7 Saint Mary’s – 124

Record: 6-1Previous Rank: 11Last 10 Games: 6-1
Last Week: W vs. Notre Dame 62-59W vs. Oregon 62-50L vs. Wisconsin 61-55
Upcoming: 11/29 vs. UC Riverside12/2 @ Utah State12/4 @ Colorado State

8 Utah State – 123

Record: 5-1Previous Rank: 6Last 10 Games: 5-1
Last Week: W vs. UT Arlington 80-61
Upcoming: 11/29 vs. Carroll12/2 vs. Saint Mary’s

9 Iona – 114

Record: 6-2Previous Rank: 19Last 10 Games: 6-2
Last Week:W vs. Alabama 72-68L vs. Belmont 72-65L vs. Kansas 96-83
Upcoming:12/1 @ Marist12/3 vs. Rider

10 Belmont – 113

Record: 5-3Previous Rank: 10Last 10 Games: 5-3
Last Week:L vs. LSU 83-53W vs. Drake 74-69W vs. Iona 72-65L vs. Dayton 63-61
Upcoming:12/2 vs. Lipscomb12/5 @ Samford

11 Ohio – 104

Record: 5-1Previous Rank: 8Last 10 Games: 5-1
Last Week:W vs. Mount St. Mary’s 73-59W vs. Concordia 88-68
Upcoming:12/1 @ LSU12/4 vs. St. Francis PA

12 Saint Louis – 96

Record: 6-1Previous Rank: 14Last 10 Games: 6-1
Last Week: W vs. Illinois State 82-76W vs. SFA 79-68
Upcoming:11/30 @ Boise State12/4 vs. UAB

13 UAB – 89

Record: 5-2Previous Rank: 12Last 10 Games: 5-2
Last Week:W vs. New Mexico 86-73L vs. San Francisco 63-61
Upcoming:12/1 vs. East Tennessee State12/4 @ Saint Louis

14 New Mexico State – 76

Record: 5-1Previous Rank: 13Last 10 Games: 5-1
Last Week:W vs. New Mexico Highlands 94-67
Upcoming: 11/30 vs. New Mexico12/3 @ UTEP

15 UC Irvine – 59

Record: 4-1Previous Rank: NRLast 10 Games: 4-1
Last Week:W vs. Santa Clara 69-64
Upcoming:12/3 vs. Bethesda

16 Buffalo – 51

Record: 3-2Previous Rank: 15Last 10 Games: 3-2
Last Week:L vs. SFA 79-78W vs. Illinois State 106-90
Upcoming:11/29 vs. Point Park12/4 @ St. Bonaventure

17 Drake – 48

Record: 3-3Previous Rank: 5Last 10 Games: 3-3
Last Week:L vs. Belmont 74-69L vs. Alabama 80-71L vs. North Texas 57-54
Upcoming:12/2 vs. Valparaiso12/5 vs. St. Thomas

18 Louisiana Tech – 41

Record: 4-2Previous Rank: 18Last 10 Games: 4-2
Last Week:W vs. Louisiana Monroe 96-74L vs. NC State 90-81
Upcoming:12/1 vs. Texas Southern12/4 @ Santa Clara

T-19 Santa Clara – 36

Record: 5-2Previous Rank: T-20Last 10 Games: 5-2
Last Week:W vs. TCU 85-66L vs. Fresno State 59-52L vs. UC Irvine 69-64
Upcoming:11/30 vs. Hawaii12/4 vs. Louisiana Tech

T-19 South Dakota State – 36

Record: 6-2Previous Rank: 23Last 10 Games: 6-2
Last Week: W vs. Nevada 102-75L vs. Washington 87-76W George Mason 80-76
Upcoming:11/30 vs. Prairie View A&M12/3 vs. Minnesota Morris

T-21 Navy – 34

Record: 5-2Previous Rank: 24Last 10 Games: 5-2
Last Week:W vs. Washington College 89-40W vs. Mount St. Mary’s 69-40
Upcoming: 12/1 vs. William & Mary

T-21 Oakland – 34

Record: 5-2Previous Rank: NRLast 10 Games: 5-2
Last Week:W vs. Vermont 63-61W vs. Rice 76-73W vs. Delaware 81-73
Upcoming: 12/2 @ UIC12/4 @ IUPUI

23 Weber State – 24

Record: 6-0Previous Rank: NRLast 10 Games: 6-0
Last Week:W vs. Dixie State 87-70
Upcoming:12/2 vs. Northern Arizona12/4 vs. Portland State

24 Richmond – 20

Record: 3-4Previous Rank: 16Last 10 Games: 3-4
Last Week:W vs. Hofstra 81-68L vs. Maryland 86-80L vs. Mississippi State 82-71
Upcoming:12/1 @ Wofford12/5 @ Northern Iowa

25 Chattanooga – 19

Record: 5-1Previous Rank: 20Last 10 Games: 5-1
Last Week: W vs. Covenant 100-39L vs. Charleston 68-66
Upcoming:11/30 @ Tennessee Tech12/5 @ Lipscomb

Others receiving votes: Rhode Island 16, Dayton 13, Fresno State 13, UC Santa Barbara, 12, Monmouth 11, Wyoming 11, UC Riverside 8, Princeton 7, George Mason 6, SFA, 6, Murray  State 5, East Tennessee State 4, Missouri State 4, Furman 3, Miami OH 3, Colgate 2, Air Force 1, Davidson 1, South Alabama 1, Towson 1

Dropped from the rankings: George Mason 17, James Madison 22, Furman 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.*

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By Matt Karner

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