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Under the Radar Top 25 for CBB Review, Week 9

 

Acknowledging the best Mid Majors in the game

1. New Mexico – 223 (7)

2. San Diego State – 207 (1)

3. Saint Mary’s – 206 

4. Charleston – 198 (1)

5. Utah State – 177 

6. FAU – 166

7. UAB – 162

8. UNLV – 148

9. Kent State – 143

10. North Texas – 113

11. Iona – 100

12. Boise State – 99

13. UNC Wilmington – 90

14. Dayton – 72

15. Southern Miss – 70

16. Drake – 69

17. Sam Houston State – 67

T-18. Marshall – 66

T-18. Nevada – 66

20. Santa Clara – 62

21. Saint Louis – 52

22. James Madison – 35

23. BYU – 33

T-24. San Francisco – 27

T-24. Toledo – 27

Others receiving votes: Florida Gulf Coast – 26, Fordham – 25, Hawaii – 23, Utah Valley – 22, Oral Roberts – 21, Furman – 19, UMass Lowell – 16, Bradley – 15, Charlotte – 15, UC Santa Barbara – 12, Indiana State – 11, Colorado State – 9, San Jose State – 9, Yale – 9, UC Irvine – 5, Duquesne – 4, Grand Canyon – 2, Rice – 2

Dropped from the rankings: Fordham (T-19), Furman (23)

New to the rankings: James Madison (22), Toledo (T-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), 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