Non-BCS Top 25

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As I’ve mentioned several times before on this site, I don’t like the term “mid-major” at all—there is too much gray area when people want to know which conferences and teams it is referring to. Therefore, when discussing the teams outside of the major conferences, I like to use the term “Non-BCS.” Yes, it’s a football term, but it’s much easier than calling the poll the “Every Conference but the Big Six Top 25.” As a result, this is what I have done. Every team and conference that is not the ACC, Big East, Big 12, Big Ten, Pac-10 and SEC is eligible for this poll. The easy way out? Sure. But there was certainly nothing easy about ranking the Top 25 teams outside the Big Six conferences.

• 1. Gonzaga
• 2. Memphis
• 3. Butler
• 4. Temple
• 5. San Diego State
• 6. BYU
• 7. Utah State
• 8. Xavier
• 9. New Mexico
• 10. UNLV
• 11. Murray State
• 12. Richmond
• 13. Old Dominion
• 14. Wichita State
• 15. Dayton
• 16. Fairfield
• 17. Loyola Marymount
• 18. Wofford
• 19. Southern Miss
• 20. Saint Mary’s
• 21. UC Santa Barbara
• 22. North Texas
• 23. New Mexico State
• 24. Ohio
• 25. UTEP

Others Considered: Missouri State, Creighton, VCU, George Mason, Cleveland State, East Tennessee State, Siena, Western Kentucky, Oakland