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Men’s Other Top 25: Saint Louis is unanimous No. 1

That all changed one week into the season as Saint Louis is now the unanimous No.

✦ Extractive summary — built from the sources' own reporting•From 1 source•1 min read•Updated November 10, 2026, 12:08 AM UTC
Key points
  • Its next three games are against Northern Kentucky (Tuesday) and High Point (Sunday) and at Saint Mary’s (Nov.
  • The Tigers are the first team receiving votes outside of the AP Top 25 and sit 74 th in KenPom.
  • Nevada followed fresh off its 96-95 overtime win over Saint Mary’s Sunday in Lake Tahoe.

Here is the full ranking: Ranking Team (First-Place Votes) Points Previous 1 Saint Louis (6) 150 1 2 VCU 124 2 3 Grand Canyon 115 3 4 Memphis 114 25 5 High Point 110 7 6 Nevada 109 11 7 New Mexico 108 4 8 Saint Mary’s 100 5 9 San Diego St.

Four different teams received a first-place vote in our preseason Other Top 25 poll.

Additional details
  • View Link High Point rounded out the top five after jumping two spots from No.
  • They routed Lehigh 92-67 last Monday and then established supremacy in the state with a 90-84 win over Missouri at the Enterprise Center Friday night even with Robbie Avila being ruled ineligible in the lead-up to the game.
  • 31 19 21 Dayton 30 10 T-22 George Washington 27 NR T-22 UC San Diego 27 T-22 24 North Texas 25 RV 25 Illinois Chicago 23 RV Others receiving votes: UC Irvine 17; Belmont 16; East Texas A&M 15; Tulsa 15; South Dakota St.
  • Penny Hardaway’s Tigers defeated Iowa State, who was ranked 18 th in the AP poll, 80-76 Monday night at the Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls, S.D., to open the season.
  • 3; Penn 2; Charlotte 1; Utah Valley 1; UC Santa Barbara 1 Dropped from ranking: South Florida – 18; Belmont – 21; Akron – T-22; San Francisco – T-22.

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