Under the Radar Top 25 for CBB Review, Week 12
Acknowledging the best Mid Majors in the game
1 Boise State – 159 (1)
Record: 17-4 Previous Rank: T-9 Last 10 Games: 10-0 Last Week: W vs. Wyoming 65-62 W @ Fresno State 68-63 Upcoming: 2/3 @ Wyoming 2/5 vs. San Jose State
2 Davidson – 157 (1)
Record: 17-3 Previous Rank: 3 Last 10 Games: 9-1 Last Week: L vs. VCU 70-68 W vs. La Salle 77-69 Upcoming: 2/1 @ St. Bonaventure 2/5 @ George Washington
3 Saint Mary’s – 153 (3)
Record: 17-4 Previous Rank: 11 Last 10 Games: 8-2 Last Week: W @ San Francisco 72-70 W vs. Pepperdine 81-57 Upcoming: 2/3 @ Portland 2/5 vs. LMU
4 Colorado State- 151
Record: 16-2 Previous Rank: 1 Last 10 Games: 8-2 Last Week: W vs. Nevada 77-66 L vs. UNLV 88-74 Upcoming: 1/32 @ Wyoming 2/4 vs. San Diego State
5 Murray State – 144 (2)
Record: 20-2 Previous Rank: 5 Last 10 Games: 10-0 Last Week: W vs. Tennessee Tech 79-53 W @ Tennessee Tech 80-75 W vs. Morehead State 77-66 Upcoming: 2/3 @ Austin Peay 2/5 vs. SIUE
6 Loyola-Chicago – 136
Record: 16-4 Previous Rank: 4 Last 10 Games: 8-2 Last Week: W vs. Southern Illinois 59-47 W @ Southern Illinois 44-39 L @ Drake 77-68 Upcoming: 2/2 vs. Illinois State 2/6 @ Missouri State
7 BYU – 125
Record: 17-6 Previous Rank: 2 Last 10 Games: 7-3 Last Week: L @ Santa Clara 77-76 L @ Pacific 76-73 Upcoming: 2/3 vs. San Francisco 2/5 vs. Gonzaga
8 Iona – 124
Record: 18-3 Previous Rank: T-9 Last 10 Games: 9-1 Last Week: W vs. Siena 74-57 W vs. Saint Peter’s 85-77 Upcoming: 2/4 @ Canisius 2/6 @ Niagara
9 San Francisco – 112
Record: 17-5 Previous Rank: 6 Last 10 Games: 6-4 Last Week: L vs. Saint Mary’s 72-70 W vs. Santa Clara 88-85 Upcoming: 2/3 vs. BYU 2/5 vs. Portland
10 San Diego State – 104
Record: 11-5 Previous Rank: 8 Last 10 Games: 7-3 Last Week: W vs. UNLV 80-55 L @ Utah State 75-57 Upcoming: 1/31 vs. New Mexico 2/4 @ Colorad0 State
11 Toledo – 93
Record: 17-4 Previous Rank: 14 Last 10 Games: 9-1 Last Week: W vs. Buffalo 86-75 W vs. Arkon 84-76 Upcoming: 2/1 @ Eastern Michigan 2/4 @ Ball State
12 UAB – 83
Record: 17-5 Previous Rank: 7 Last 10 Games: 8-2 Last Week: W @ Western Kentucky 68-65 L @ Marshall 84-81 Upcoming: 2/5 vs. Middle Tennessee
13 VCU – 67
Record: 13-6 Previous Rank: 23 Last 10 Games: 8-2 Last Week: W @ Davidson 70-68 W @ Richmond 64-62 Upcoming: 2/2 vs. Dayton 2/5 vs. Duquesne
14 Wyoming – 64
Record: 16-3 Previous Rank: 13 Last 10 Games: 8-2 Last Week: L @ Boise State 65-62 W @ Air Force 63-61 Upcoming: 1/31 vs. Colorado State 2/3 vs. Boise State 2/6 @ Fresno State
T-15 Belmont – 62
Record: 17-5 Previous Rank: 16 Last 10 Games: 8-2 Last Week: W @ Eastern Illinois 90-56 W @ Austin Peay 75-67 W vs. UT Martin 87-58 Upcoming: 2/3 @ Tennessee State 2/5 @ Tennessee Tech
T-15 South Dakota State – 62
Record: 19-4 Previous Rank: 17 Last 10 Games: 10-0 Last Week: W vs. North Dakota 96-61 W vs. North Dakota State 80-76 Upcoming: 1/31 @ North Dakota 2/5 @ South Dakota
17 Saint Louis – 52
Record: 14-6 Previous Rank: 19 Last 10 Games: 7-3 Last Week: W vs. George Washington 80-67 W @ Duquesne 77-53 Upcoming: 2/2 @ George Mason 2/5 vs. Dayton
18 Ohio – 57
Record: 16-3 Previous Rank: 15 Last 10 Games: 9-1 Last Week: W vs. Northern Illinois 74-62 W @ Buffalo 74-53 Upcoming: 2/1 vs. Ball State 2/5 vs. Western Michigan
19 Chattanooga – 55
Record: 18-4 Previous Rank: 22 Last 10 Games: 9-1 Last Week: W vs. Wofford 71-60 W @ The Citadel 75-62 Upcoming: 2/2 @ Samford 2/5 vs. Mercer
20 St. Bonaventure – 51
Record: 12-5 Previous Rank: 12 Last 10 Games: 6-4 Last Week: L @ George Mason 75-66 W vs. Saint Joseph’s 80-69 Upcoming: 2/1 vs. Davidson 2/4 @ Richmond
21 North Texas – 44
Record: 15-4 Previous Rank: 24 Last 10 Games: 9-1 Last Week: W @ Southern Miss 63-54 W @ Louisiana Tech 63-62 Upcoming: 2/3 vs. UTEP 2/5 vs. UTSA
22 Louisiana Tech – 43
Record: 16-5 Previous Rank: 18 Last 10 Games: 8-2 Last Week: W vs. Rice 80-63 L vs. North Texas 63-62 Upcoming: 2/3 @ FAU 2/5 @ FIU
23 Dayton – 37
Record: 14-7 Previous Rank: T-25 Last 10 Games: 7-3 Last Week: W vs. Fordham 68-61 W vs. Rhode Island 53-51 Upcoming: 2/2 @ VCU 2/5 @ Saint Louis
24 New Mexico State – 31
Record: 17-3 Previous Rank: 22 Last 10 Games: 9-1 Last Week: W vs. Grand Canyon 71-61 Upcoming: 2/3 vs. Cal Baptist 2/5 vs. Seattle
25 Drake – 29
Record: 16-6 Previous Rank: NR Last 10 Games: 8-2 Last Week: W @ Illinois State 89-88 W vs. Loyola-Chicago 77-68 Upcoming: 2/2 @ Indiana State 2/5 vs. Northern Iowa
Others receiving votes: Wagner18, Vermont 16, Morehead State 11, Missouri State 10, Oakland 6, Monmouth 5, Santa Clara 2, Weber State 2, Fresno State 1, Furman 1, Jacksonville State 1, Liberty 1
Dropped from the rankings: Missouri State 20, Princeton 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 in this season’s Under the Radar Top 25.*
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