BLOOMINGTON, Ill. - The Illinois Wesleyan University men's basketball cracked back into the top-15 of the latest D3hoops.com Top-25 poll released Monday night, Feb. 16. The Titans jumped three spots and sit 13th as one of two College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin schools to make the list.

Illinois Wesleyan earned the program's 213th all-time ranking, the eighth-most since the poll began in 1999-2000. The Titans edged out Millikin University, 53-52, on the road, Feb. 11, to advance to 19-4 on the season and 11-3 in league play. 

The Green and White reeled in 341 points. CCIW foe Carthage College joined the Titans in the poll, returning to the rankings at No. 22. The Firebirds had been ranked as high as No. 6 in the early part of the season. 

Montclair State remained atop the listing with 12 first-place votes and 585 points. Randolph-Macon held steady at No. 2 with 581 points, while Trinity (Conn.), St. Thomas (Texas), and Emory rounded out the top-five. 

Illinois Wesleyan finishes out the regular season on the road this week with games at North Park University (Feb. 18) and Augustana College (Feb. 21).
 

D3hoops.com men's Top 25, 2025-26 Week 11

#	School (No. 1 votes)	W-L	Pts.	Prev.
1	Montclair State (12)	24-0	585	1
2	Randolph-Macon (6)	21-2	581	2
3	Trinity (Conn.) (3)	22-2	569	4
4	St. Thomas (Texas) (3)	22-1	546	3
5	Emory (1)	18-3	533	5
6	Chicago	19-3	530	6
7	Mount Union	22-2	434	9
8	Mary Washington	19-3	428	11
9	Claremont-Mudd-Scripps	22-2	399	12
10	Christopher Newport	19-4	367	8
11	Tufts	19-4	366	13
12	Gustavus Adolphus	21-2	365	7
13	Illinois Wesleyan	19-4	341	16
14	Endicott	22-1	331	14
15	Wesleyan	19-5	274	17
16	Redlands	19-4	264	10
17	Otterbein	20-3	205	20
18	Hood	20-3	175	15
19	UW-Stevens Point	18-5	156	18
20	Maryville (Tenn.)	19-4	118	23
21	UW-La Crosse	17-6	95	19
22	Carthage	17-6	85	--
23	Whitworth	19-4	70	--
24	WPI	19-4	53	--
25	UW-Oshkosh	17-6	32	--

Dropped out: No. 21 Roanoke; No. 22 New York University; No. 24 Franklin and Marshall; No. 25 Rhodes.

Others receiving votes: Trinity (Texas) 31; Cortland 27; Rhodes 21; Roanoke 20; Washington U. 16; Grinnell 15; Franklin and Marshall 14; Scranton 12; New York University 11; Western New England 9; Catholic 8; TCNJ 8; Amherst 6; Babson 4; York (Pa.) 4; Johns Hopkins 4; Virginia Wesleyan 4; UW-Whitewater 3; St. Joseph (Conn.) 3; UW-Platteville 2; 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.