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 December 14 (week no. 5) edition of the CollegeInsider.com Mid Major Top 25 Poll, Cornell holds onto the No. 5 ranking. Cornell's rankings this season are as follows:

• December 14 (week No. 5) edition (Cornell No. 5)
  
• December 7 (week No. 4) edition (Cornell No. 5)
  
• 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 (25)	8-2	761	2
2.	Butler (2)	7-3	731	1
3.	Northern Iowa (1)	7-1	683	3
4.	St. Mary's (2)	7-1	614	8
5.	Cornell	7-2	601	5
6.	Illinois State	7-1	599	4
7.	VCU	6-2	512	6
8.	Western Carolina	10-1	485	15
9.	Old Dominion	6-4	465	7
10.	Portland	6-3	462	10
11.	Western Kentucky	5-3	383	18
12.	Missouri State	9-0	382	21
13.	Murray State	8-1	378	13
14.	Siena	6-4	313	9
15.	Akron	5-3	307	16
16.	William & Mary (1)	6-2	300	20
17.	Niagara	7-4	246	11
18.	Wright State	6-3	243	14
19.	Rider	7-4	206	12
20.	Wichita State	9-1	203	NR
21.	Detroit	6-4	163	17
22.	Northern Colorado	8-2	109	22
23.	Green Bay	9-3	100	25
24.	Long Beach	5-4	86	19
25.	Harvard	7-2	85	NR

OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: George Mason 64, Texas San Antonio 53, South Alabama 51, Pacific 50, Bradley 38, Indiana State 31, IUPUI 30, Southern Illinois 28, Morehead State 24, Ohio 22, Coastal Carolina 21, Morgan State 20, Stony Brook 20, Fairfield 19, Cal State Fullerton 18, UC Santa Barbara 17, Belmont 15, Buffalo 15, Montana 15, Southeastern Louisiana 14, Army 13, Hofstra 12, Kent State 12, Eastern Michigan 9, San Diego 9, Austin Peay 6, Eastern Kentucky 6, Radford 6, Denver 5, South Carolina State 5, Boston University 4, Vermont 3, Miami 2, Iona 2, Stephen F Austin 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.