2025-26 Preseason Rankings

[psyclone]

Predictions to win every conference in 2025-26​

Conference	Borzello	Lunardi	Medcalf	Paine
ACC	Louisville	Duke	Duke	Duke
America East	Vermont	Vermont	Vermont	Vermont
American	South Florida	Memphis	Memphis	Memphis
Atlantic 10	Saint Louis	Dayton	Saint Louis	vcu

No detail on Atlantic 10 in this ESPN article: https://www.espn.com/mens-college-b...93/mens-ncaa-basketball-predictions-2025-2026

 

[jessej]

MSN

Atlantic 10 Basketball Power Rankings: Saint Louis Sets the Bar for 2025-26​

GMU #7

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Atlantic 10 Preview 2025-2026

1) Saint Louis Key Returners: Robbie Avila, Kalu Anya, Kellen Thames Key Losses: Isaiah Swope, Gibson Jimerson, Kobe Johnson, Larry Hughes Jr. Key Newcomers: Trey Green, Quentin Jones, Brady Dunlap, Paul Otieno, Ishan Sharma, Dion Brown Roster: Reasons for Optimism: Josh Schertz’s...

www.basketunderreview.com

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Atlantic 10 Basketball: Preseason power rankings for 2025-26 season

Saint Louis tops our Atlantic 10 preseason power rankings as vcu, Dayton, and Loyola Chicago look to chase down the Billikens in 2025-26.

bustingbrackets.com

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Predicted Conference Standings - 2026 Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball | WarrenNolan.com

Atlantic 10 Conference Predicted Final Standings for Men's College Basketball with predicted RPIs and conference RPI

www.warrennolan.com

 

[Patriotsince81]

Pretty much every preseason poll in every league is a crap shoot these days. Interesting to see the wide range of predictions. @jessej thanks for posting!

 

[jessej]

Pretty much every preseason poll in every league is a crap shoot these days. Interesting to see the wide range of predictions. @jessej thanks for posting!

we will have a much better read 2 months from now - until then -everyone is reading tea leaves and guessing

 

[psyclone]

Not so much a "rankings" article, but Patrick Stevens' overview of the NCAA basketball season nationally.
Begins with ....

"And so here’s an attempt to zip through the landscape, a 20-point rundown of the season to come — starting with a look back.

20 … years since George Mason’s riveting run​

It has been two decades since the Patriots became the first true mid-major since 1979 to reach the Final Four, and it set off a decade-plus stretch that saw Butler (2010 and 2011), vcu (2011), Wichita State (2014), Loyola Chicago (2018) and Florida Atlantic (2023) all make it to the last weekend of the season.
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Last year’s decidedly chalky tournament, which saw No. 1-4 seeds go a combined 16-0 in the first round and only one double-digit seed (Arkansas) advance to the second weekend, made it trendy to suggest such magical runs are things of the past. And it is worth noting all six of those schools above have switched leagues since their Final Four trips.

But the tournament is a wonky thing, and while resources are getting even more tilted toward brand names, a deep run for a cohesive, veteran team isn’t impossible. Or, at the very least, not more impossible than it seemed when George Mason did it 20 years ago."

For the other 19 points, see:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/11/03/college-basketball-season-preview/