Cornell Holds at No. 10 in Mid Major Top 25

Each week of the season The Cornell Basketball Blog posts the rankings in the Mid Major Top 25 Poll as voted upon on CollegeInsider.com.

In the November 23 (week no. 2) edition of the CollegeInsider.com Mid Major Top 25 Poll, Cornell held steady at its No. 10. Cornell's rankings this season are as follows:

• November 23 (week No. 2) edition (Cornell Ranked No. 10)
  
• November 16 (week No. 1) edition (Cornell Ranked No. 10)
  
• Preseason edition (Cornell Ranked No. 18)

During the last two seasons, Cornell was the only Ivy League team to receive recognition in the final results. Cornell concluded 2008-2009 in 29th position after finishing the 2007-2008 season ranked No. 18.

Roughly 200 Division I teams comprise The CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major Poll (out of 347 Division I teams). Eligible teams are from the following conferences: America East, Atlantic Sun, Big Sky, Big South, Big West, Colonial, Great West, Horizon, Independents, Ivy, Metro Atlantic, Mid-American, Mid-Continent, Mid-Eastern, Missouri Valley, Northeast, Ohio Valley, Patriot, Southern, Southland, Southwestern, Sun Belt, West Coast.

MID MAJOR TOP 25-COLLEGEINSIDER.COM

Record Points Previous 1. Butler (28) 3-0 772 1 2. Gonzaga (3) 2-1 746 2 3. Old Dominion 4-0 637 6 4. Siena 2-1 627 3 5. Western Kentucky 1-1 605 5 6. VCU 2-1 561 8 7. Northern Iowa 2-1 553 4 8. Creighton 2-1 521 11 9. Portland 3-0 467 12 10. Cornell 2-1 456 10 11. George Mason 3-2 444 7 12. Illinois State 2-0 388 13 13. Wright State 2-1 369 14 14. Rider 2-2 311 9 15. Niagara 3-2 234 17 16. Northeastern 1-1 224 15 17. Long Beach State 3-1 187 18 18. Akron 2-2 163 16 19. Ohio 3-0 155 NR 20. Detroit 4-1 153 NR 21. Cal State Fullerton 2-0 142 NR 22. St. Mary's 2-1 115 22 23. Murray State 3-1 103 NR 24. Radford 2-1 100 23 25. Northern Colorado 5-0 99 NR

OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: Texas-San Antonio 91, San Diego 87, Morgan State 69, Missouri State 59, Kent State 53, Southern Illinois 46, North Texas 45, Pacific 41, South Alabama 37, Wichita State 34, Cleveland State 30, Boston University 28, Buffalo 23, Vermont 23, UC Santa Barbara 22, College of Charleston 20, Jacksonville 17, Oakland 17, Wofford 17, Wisconsin Green-Bay 16, Milwaukee 16, IUPUI 15, Indiana State 14, Appalachian State 12, Holy Cross 11, Troy 10, Princeton 9, Davidson 8, Eastern Michigan 8, Campbell 7, Norfolk State 7, Bradley 6, Montana 6, Mount St Mary's 6, Stony Brook 6, Western Carolina 6, Furman 4, Sam Houston State 4, Ball State 3, Denver 3, Morehead State 2, Chicago State 2, Bucknell 1, Robert Morris 1, Western Michigan 1. VOTING PANEL: Randy Bennett (St. Mary's), Will Brown (Albany), Rick Byrd (Belmont), Dave Calloway (Monmouth), Kermit Davis (Middle Tennessee), Steve Donahue (Cornell), Anthony Evans (Norfolk State), James Fox (Davidson), Mike Gillian (Longwood), Steve Hawkins (Western Michigan), Dick Hunsaker (Utah Valley), Eddie Jackson (American), Kerry Keating (Santa Clara) *, Billy Kennedy (Murray State), Tod Kowalczyk (UW-Green Bay), Jim Larranaga (George Mason), Jim Les (Bradley), Mike Lonergan (Vermont), Bob Marlin (Sam Houston State), Gregg Marshall (Wichita State), Tom Moore (Quinnipiac), Jimmy Patsos (Loyola MD), Tom Pecora (Hofstra), Vann Pettaway (Alabama A&M), Rick Scruggs (Gardner-Webb), John Shulman (Chattanooga), Brad Stevens (Butler), Gary Stewart (UC Davis), Scott Sutton (Oral Roberts), Wayne Tinkle (Montana), Ernie Zeigler (Central Michigan) * Santa Clara head coach Kerry Keating is the chairman of the Top 25 voting panel for the 2008-09 season. NOTE: The Mid-Major Poll is made up of teams from the following conferences: America East, Atlantic Sun, Big Sky, Big South, Big West, Colonial, Great West, Horizon, Independents, Ivy, Metro Atlantic, Mid-American, Mid-Eastern, Missouri Valley, Northeast, Ohio Valley, Patriot, Southern, Southland, Southwestern, Summit, Sun Belt, West Coast. The CollegeInsider.Com Mid-Major Top 25 is now in its eleventh season of existence.