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.*