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Under the Radar Top 25 for CBB Review, Week 8

 

Acknowledging the best Mid Majors in the game

1. New Mexico – 242 (6)

2. San Diego State – 229 (2)

3. Saint Mary’s – 227 (1)

4. Charleston – 215 (1)

5. UNLV – 204 

6. Utah State – 184

7. FAU – 181

8. UAB – 166

9. Kent State – 165

10. Boise State – 142

11. Sam Houston State – 113

12. San Francisco  – 112

13. North Texas – 111

14. Drake – 108

T-15. Iona – 87

T-15. Marshall – 87

17. Santa Clara – 72

18. Saint Louis – 65

T-19. Fordham – 62

T-19. UNC Wilmington – 62

21. Dayton – 53

22. Southern Miss – 49

23. Furman – 39

24. BYU – 36

25. Nevada – 31

Others receiving votes: Colorado State – 27, James Madison – 27, Toledo – 27, Hawaii – 22, Louisiana – 22, Oral Roberts – 13, Florida Gulf Coast – 13, Middle Tennessee – 9, UMass Lowell – 9, Duquesne – 7, UMass – 6, Western Kentucky – 5, UC Irvine – 4, Charlotte – 4, Bradley – 4, Queens – 3, Grand Canyon – 2, Loyola Marymount – 2, Saint Thomas – 1, Yale – 1

Dropped from the rankings: James Madison (20), Western Kentucky, Colorado State (25)

New to the rankings: Santa Clara (17), BYU (24), Nevada (25)

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