Monmouth Men's Basketball Ranked First in College Insider Mid Major Poll

Monmouth Men's Basketball Ranked First in College Insider Mid Major Poll

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The Monmouth University men’s basketball team is currently ranked first in the CollegeInsider.com Men’s Mid-Major Top 25 poll. The Hawks received 15 of the 27 first-place votes as they jumped up in the rankings from seventh place to first place, with a total of 712 points.

After defeating Manhattan on Monday night, Monmouth University set a program record with 22 wins.  The Hawks are set for a highly anticipated rematch with Iona on Friday, February 19 at 10:00 p.m. on ESPNU.

1. Monmouth (15) 21-5 712 7 Metro Atlantic
2. Valparaiso (5) 21-5 709 1 Horizon
3. Little Rock (5) 22-3 687 2 Sun Belt
4. Gonzaga (2) 20-6 656 3 West Coast
5. Wichita State 18-7 652 4 Missouri Valley
6. Saint Mary's 20-4 639 5 West Coast
7. Stony Brook 22-4 532 12 America East
8. Hawaii 20-3 534 13 Big West
9. Chattanooga 23-4 533 6 Southern
10. Akron 20-5 490 8 Mid-American
11. BYU 19-8 488 11 West Coast
12. Evansville 20-7 392 9 Missouri Valley
13. South Dakota State 20-6 386 10 Summit
14. Stephen F. Austin 18-5 368 14 Southland
15. Grand Canyon 22-4 310 15 Western Athletic
16. IPFW 20-7 297 16 Summit
17. UNCW 20-5 262 18 Colonial
18. Southern Illinois 20-7 252 19 Missouri Valley
19. Yale 17-5 199 22 Ivy League
20. Northern Iowa 16-11 148 NR Missouri Valley
21. UC Irvine 19-7 114 17 Big West
22. Belmont 18-9 107 20 Ohio Valley
23. New Mexico State 18-8 86 25 Western Athletic
24. Oakland 18-9 84 23 Horizon
25. Princeton 16-5 50 NR Ivy League



OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: Hofstra 45, UT Arlington 43, Furman 36, Siena 34, Montana 25, Mercer 23, Albany 20, Pepperdine 20, James Madison 19, William & Mary 13, Illinois State 12, Northern Illinois 12, UL Lafayette 12, North Florida 9, Ball State 8, Texas A&M Corpus hristi 6, Wright State 5, Tennessee State 5, Tennessee Tech 5, CSU Bakersfield 4, UNC Asheville 4, Weber State 4, Winthrop 2, NJIT 1, Omaha 1.


VOTING PANEL: Casey Alexander (Lipscomb), Roman Banks (Southern), Randy Bennett (Saint Mary's), Horace Broadnax (Savannah State), Will Brown (Albany, Jamion Christian (Mount St. Mary's), Jon Coffman (IPFW), Jim Engles (NJIT), James Fox (Appalachian State), Tyler Geving (Portland State), Derrin Hansen (Nebraska-Omaha), Steve Hawkins (Western Michigan), B.J. Hill (Northern Colorado), Jason Hooten (Sam Houston State), James Jones (Yale), Mike Jones (Radford), Robert Jones (Norfolk State), Greg Kampe (Oakland), Danny Kaspar (Texas State), Tod Kowalczyk (Toledo), Greg Lansing (Indiana State), Jim Les (UC Davis), Dan Majerle (Grand Canyon), Gregg Marshall (Wichita State), Bob Marlin (UL-Lafayette), Ritchie McKay (Liberty), Niko Medved (Furman), Rob O'Driscoll (James Madison), Jimmy Patsos (Siena), G.G. Smith (Loyola), Jay Spoonhour (Eastern Illinois).


* Portland State head coach Tyler Geving is the chairman of the Top 25 voting panel for the 2015-16 season. 


NOTE: The Mid-Major Poll is made up of teams from the following conferences: America East, Atlantic Sun, Big Sky, Big South, Big West, Colonial, Horizon, Independents, Ivy, Metro Atlantic, Mid-American, Mid-Eastern, Missouri Valley, Northeast, Ohio Valley, Patriot, Southern, Southland, Southwestern, Summit, Sun Belt, West Coast, Western Athletic.


The CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major Top 25 is now in its 17th season of existence.