Brian Dutcher, San Diego State Aztecs, Under the Radar Top 25

2022-23 CBB Review Under the Radar Top 25 for Week 1

 

Acknowledging the best Mid Majors in the game

1. San Diego State – 249 (7)

2. Dayton – 236 (1)

3. Saint Louis – 224

4. Saint Mary’s – 223

5. Toledo – 199

6. BYU – 177

7. UAB – 173

8. Furman – 158

T-9. Drake – 151

T-9. VCU – 151

11. Wyoming – 142 

12. Loyola-Chicago – 123

13. Towson – 111

14. Western Kentucky – 89

15. Colorado State – 78

16. Utah State – 76

17. Davidson – 61

18. Boise State – 58

19. UC Irvine – 55

20. Kent State – 49

21. North Texas – 47

22. Richmond – 39

23. Liberty – 32

T-24. James Madison – 31

T-24. Santa Clara – 31

Others receiving votes: San Francisco (29), Vermont (22), Fort Wayne (21), Hofstra (19), Stetson (19), New Mexico (18), Bryant (17), Akron (16), Sam Houston State (15), UC Santa Barbara (13), Iona (12), Belmont (11), Louisiana Tech (11), Nevada (10), Southern Illinois (10), Murray State (8), George Mason (5), Grand Canyon (5), Missouri State (4), Oral Roberts (4), Louisiana (3), Portland (3), Quinnipiac (3), Nevada (2), UNLV (2), Grambling State (1)

Dropped from the rankings: Vermont 19, Florida Atlantic 22, Iona 24

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.*

By Matt Karner

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