Kevin Kruger, UNLV Rebels

Under the Radar Top 25 for CBB Review, Week 6

 

Acknowledging the best Mid Majors in the game

1. Saint Mary’s – 238 (5)

2. San Diego State – 225

T-3. Utah State – 222 (2)

T-3. UNLV – 222 (1)

5. New Mexico – 212 (2)

6. Charleston – 201

7. FAU – 173

8. UAB – 156

9. Boise State – 149

10. Saint Louis – 145

11. Kent State – 142

12. Drake – 119

13. Western Kentucky – 94

14. Iona – 86

15. Marshall – 80

16. Sam Houston State – 75

17. Furman – 60

18. North Texas – 59

19. Towson – 58

20. Southern Miss – 51

21. Fordham – 49

22. Toledo – 43

23. UMass – 41

24. San Francisco – 40

T-25. Dayton – 36

T-25. Nevada- 36

Others receiving votes: Indiana State (31), James Madison (31), UMass Lowell (30), Davidson (21), UNC Wilmington (18), UC Irvine (16), BYU (13), Louisiana (11), Bradley (10), Bryant (10), Santa Clara (8), Portland (7), Middle Tennessee (6), Northwestern State (6), Charlotte (5), Colorado State (5), Florida Gulf Coast (4), Seattle (3), Oral Roberts (2), American (1)

Dropped from the rankings: Indiana State (24), Portland (25)

New to the rankings: Iona (14), Marshall (15)

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