BLOOMINGTON, Ill. - The first D3hoops.com Top-25 of the regular season was released Monday night, Nov. 24, and saw the Illinois Wesleyan University men's basketball team catapult the rankings. The Titans climbed to No. 6 with 499 points and one first-place vote after opening the year at 16th in the preseason poll.
The Green and White sits at 5-0 in 2025-26 with wins over three teams listed in the rankings or receiving votes. After beginning the season with a win over Illinois College, the Titans claimed the Sikma Hall of Fame Invitational with a 75-68 triumph over now No. 17 UW-Oshkosh. More recently, IWU posted a 72-69 win over now No. 8 Chicago, Nov. 19, before rolling past Wisconsin Lutheran and Kenyon.
Illinois Wesleyan is the lone College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin program in the top-25, as Carthage is the top team in the receiving votes category. Trinity (Conn.) and Randolph-Macon topped the poll as the No. 1 and No. 2 spots remained unchanged. Trinity tallied 23 first-place votes, while IWU and No. 4 Redlands also notched first-place nods. UW-La Crosse is slotted third with 560 points, while WashU rounds out the top-five.
The Titans are back in action Saturday, Nov. 29, inside the Shirk Center as University of Wisconsin-Stout treks to Bloomington. Tipoff is set for noon.
D3hoops.com men's Top 25, 2025-26 Week 1
Dropped out: No. 8 Carthage; No. 9 Christopher Newport; No. 18 UW-Platteville; No. 20 Hardin-Simmons; No. 21 Maryville; No. 25 St. Joseph (Conn.).
Others receiving votes: Maryville 80; Christopher Newport 68; St. Thomas (Texas) 65; Carthage 45; Williams 45; Coe 44; Babson 40; Trine 32; Western New England 31; UW-Platteville 27; Endicott 25; Wabash 21; Elmhurst 20; Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 19; York (Pa.) 18; John Carroll 13; Colby 11; New York University 11; Muskingum 10; UW-Stevens Point 9; Hardin-Simmons 7; Franklin & Marshall 3; Vassar 1; Washington & Jefferson 1; UW-Eau Claire 1.
The D3hoops.com Top 25 is voted on by a panel of 25 coaches, Sports Information Directors and media members from across the country, and is published weekly. Points are awarded on a 25-24-23-22-etc. basis.
