College Sports Journal Sagarin High Major Men’s Basketball Top 25 – Feb. 5

Below are the Top 25 High Major rankings based on the Sagarin rankings for the week ending Feb. 5th, 2023. The top five positions actually all remain the same as last week.

Houston remains in the #1 position but also move up to the top spot overall in the rankings as the Cougars defeated Wichita State and Temple both on the road in AAC play this past week.

Saint Mary’s remains at the #2 position in this week’s rankings. The Gaels won their two WCC games this week at home over San Francisco and Gonzaga.

Gonzaga remains in the #3 slot this week despite that loss to Saint Mary’s on the road. However, the Bulldogs did defeat Santa Clara at home earlier in the week.

San Diego State remains at the #4 position despite the Aztecs splitting is two Mountain West games this week–a loss at Nevada but a win at home over Boise State.

Boise State remains at the #5 position this week. The Broncos split their two Mountain West road contests this past week–defeating Air Force but losing at San Diego State.

The 2022-23 season will culminate with the national championship from NRG Stadium in Houston on April 3rd. CSJ will complete a weekly Sagarin rankings of the High Major teams throughout the regular season and do a final ranking after the national tournament is complete.

The High-Major conferences include AAC, A-10, Conference USA, Mountain West, West Coast, and Missouri Valley conferences. These conferences have historically been multiple bid leagues in the middle ground between the Power Six conferences and the typically one-bid mid-major conferences.

Sagarin rankings provide the only rankings that actually ranks all Division I schools but our rankings will show just the High Major side of things and have been used for several years with his own computer ranking system to distinguish strength of schedule and strength of team when comparing teams.

You can see the full Division I Sagarin rankings at The USA Today and at Jeff’s site itself.

In the rankings, you will see the the High Major rankings first and the overall Division I ranking to the right of the the High Major ranking.

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The following are the individual High Major conference rankings highlighted in green and the overall rankings within overall ranking in Division I.