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CollegeInsider.com has released the initial Mid-Major Top 25 poll and the Creighton Bluejays are the resounding leaders. Creighton scored 25 of the 31 first place votes, and 764 total points, in the poll that includes teams from all the conferences save the Big 6, Atlantic 10, Mountain West and Conference USA.
Gonzaga earned four first place votes and 709 points, good enough for second place. Murray State received the other two first place votes and is third in the initial poll with 685 points.
Drexel (619 points) and Ohio (569 points) fill out the top five.
The poll is voted on by head coaches from the leagues that are eligible to be ranked. Seventy teams received votes in the initial preseason poll.
The complete top 25 is listed below
Rank | Team | Points |
1 | Creighton (25) | 764 |
2 | Gonzaga (4) | 709 |
3 | Murray State (2) | 685 |
4 | Drexel | 619 |
5 | Ohio | 569 |
6 | Lehigh | 506 |
7 | Davidson | 502 |
8 | Illinois State | 416 |
9 | Belmont | 415 |
10 | Middle Tennessee State | 409 |
11 | BYU | 396 |
12 | South Dakota State | 338 |
13 | St. Mary's | 326 |
14 | Mercer | 272 |
15 | Akron | 267 |
16 | Bucknell | 266 |
17 | Northern Iowa | 231 |
18 | Utah State | 224 |
19 | North Texas | 188 |
20 | Wichita State | 185 |
21 | Valparaiso | 184 |
22 | Iona | 182 |
23 | Fairfield | 173 |
24 | Long Beach State | 156 |
25 | New Mexico State | 151 |
OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: Loyola MD 124, Detroit 117, Oral Roberts 99, Montana 76, Nevada 45, George Mason 34, USC Upstate 30, Old Dominion 29, Tennessee State 29, College of Charleston 25, Denver 23, LIU-Brooklyn 22, Manhattan 20, Weber State 20, Harvard 19, Wagner 18, Princeton 17, UT-Arlington 17, Delaware 16, Elon 16, Oakland 16, Savannah State 16, South Alabama 14, Siena 12, Robert Morris 10, UTSA 10, Idaho 9, UNC Greensboro 8, Santa Clara 6, Cal State Fullerton 5, Kent State 4, UNC-Asheville 4, Cleveland State 3, Evansville 3, Loyola Marymount 3, Chattanooga 2, Charleston Southern 2, Utah Valley 2, Jackson State 1, Norfolk State 1, North Dakota 1, San Diego 1, Stephen F. Austin 1, Stony Brook 1, UC Irvine 1 .
Ed. Note: Have noticed some confusion about this poll. Please note that this poll is not administered by Mid-Major Madness and we have no affiliation with the poll. We are only reporting the results.