Under the Radar Top 25 for CBB Review, Week 5
Acknowledging the best Mid Majors in the game
1. San Diego State – 243 (9)
2. Saint Louis – 212
T-3. Saint Mary’s – 209
T-3. UNLV – 209 (1)
5. Utah State – 201
6. Charleston – 189
7. UAB – 179
8. New Mexico – 178
9. Drake – 170
T-10. Florida Atlantic – 121
T-10. Kent State – 121
12. Towson – 118
T-13. Sam Houston State – 97
T-13. UMass – 97
15. Boise State – 93
16. Furman – 79
17. Dayton – 69
18. Western Kentucky – 64
19. Nevada – 46
20. San Francisco – 44
21. Toledo – 43
22. Southern Miss – 40
23. North Texas – 39
24. Indiana State – 37
25. Portland – 31
Others receiving votes: Colorado State – 29, Duquesne – 29, Santa Clara – 28, Marshall – 26, BYU – 25, Davidson – 24, James Madison – 22, Fordham – 21, UC Irvine – 21, VCU – 17, Yale – 13, Charlotte – 12, Grand Canyon – 11, Louisiana – 9, Iona – 8, Bradley – 7, Wyoming – 6, Bryant – 5, Florida Gulf Coast – 3, Youngstown State – 2, Northwestern State – 1, Seattle – 1, UMass Lowell – 1
Dropped from the rankings: Davidson (15), BYU (16), VCU (21), Colorado State (23)
New to the rankings: Boise State (15), Nevada (19), Indiana State (24), Portland (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.*