Cornell No. 10 Mid Major for Third Consecutive Week

Above, Cornell's coaching staff. From left to right, Nat Graham, Steve Donahue (head coach), Kevin App and Woody Kampmann.

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 30 (week no. 3) edition of the CollegeInsider.com Mid Major Top 25 Poll, Cornell held steady for the third consecutive week at its No. 10 ranking. Cornell's rankings this season are as follows:

• November 30 (week No. 3) edition (Cornell Ranked No. 10)
  
• 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.	Gonzaga (31)	5-1	775	2
2.	Butler	4-2	743	1
3.	Portland	5-1	622	9
4.	Northern Iowa	4-1	607	7
5.	Illinois State	6-0	598	12
6.	VCU	4-1	554	6
7.	Old Dominion	4-2	550	3
8.	Siena	4-2	531	4
9.	Western Kentucky	2-2	461	5
10.	Cornell	5-2	451	10
11.	Akron	5-2	450	18
12.	George Mason	3-3	367	11
13.	St. Mary's	4-1	360	22
14.	Rider	4-3	302	14
15.	Niagara	4-3	262	15
16.	Murray State	5-1	202	23
17.	Northeastern	2-2	199	16
18.	Cal State Fullerton	3-0	171	21
19.	Long Beach State	4-3	167	17
20.	Wright State	3-2	123	13
21.	Ohio	4-1	118	19
22.	Detroit	4-2	116	20
23.	Northern Colorado	5-0	112	25
24.	Bradley	4-2	96	NR
25.	Western Carolina	5-1	92	NR

OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: Missouri State 87, Texas-San Antonio 86, San Diego 84, Morgan State 79, Kent State 73, Southern Illinois 66, South Alabama 46, Pacific 44, UC Santa Barbara 42, Wichita State 37, Cleveland State 28, Radford 26, Indiana State 24, Iona 24, Buffalo 23, Eastern Michigan 23, Wisconsin Green-Bay 21, Milwaukee 20, Sam Houston State 18, Oakland 17, Wofford 17, IUPUI 16, Coastal Carolina 15, Vermont 13, Appalachian State 12, Denver 12, Troy 10, College of Charleston 10, Davidson 8, Montana 8, Campbell 7, Norfolk State 7, Creighton 6, Mount St Mary's 6, Stony Brook 6, Eastern Kentucky 5, North Texas 5, Furman 4, Seattle 4, Ball State 3, Canisius 3, Harvard 3, Loyola 3, Morehead State 2, Army 1, Bucknell 1, Chicago State 1, South Carolina State 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.