Under the Radar College Basketball Top 25 for CBB Review, Preseason
Acknowledging the best Mid Majors in the game
Ranking, Team, Total Votes (First Place Votes)
1. San Diego State – 248 (7)
2. Dayton – 238 (2)
3. Saint Louis – 220
4. Wyoming – 216
5. Saint Mary’s- 200
6. UAB – 199
7. BYU – 172
8. VCU – 142
T-9. Drake – 139
T-9. Toledo – 139
11. Furman – 137
12. Loyola-Chicago – 135
13. North Texas – 115
14. Western Kentucky – 101
15. Towson – 85
16. Liberty – 68
17. Colorado State – 60
18. Boise State – 51
19. Vermont – 47
20. Utah State – 45
21. Davidson – 38
T-22. Florida Atlantic – 36
T-22. Kent State – 36
24. Iona – 34
25. Richmond – 38
Others receiving votes: San Francisco 27, Grand Canyon 23, Belmont 18, Akron 17, Colgate 17, Southern Illinois 16, Chattanooga 15, Fort Wayne 14, Oral Roberts 14, Santa Clara 13, New Mexico 12, UMass 12, Louisiana Tech 11, George Mason 10, Murray State 10, UC Santa Barbara 9, Bryant 7, Winthrop 6, South Dakota State 5, Hofstra 4, Nevada 4, UNLV 4, Missouri State 3, Fresno State 2, New Mexico State 2, Ohio 2, Middle Tennessee 1, Norfolk State 1, Portland 1, UNC Greensboro 1
Dropped from the rankings:Â
Voters: Matt Karner (@karner44), Matt Waldman (@brick_wall77), Shelby Mast (@BracketWAG), Rocco Miller (@RoccoMiller8), Nick Lorensen (@nlorensensports), Bryan Mauro (@threecolorbeard), Ethan Hennessy (@happeninghoops), Jason Burgess (@Collegehoopsguy), Karl Heiser (@KHeiserCBB), Joey Loose (@jloose128)
*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.*