NORTHAMPTON - For the fifth consecutive season, Smith College basketball has been ranked in the D3hoops.com Preseason Top 25 Poll. After a 31-3 campaign in 2024-25, the Bears slot in at No. 4 in the poll.
Last year, Smith captured a fifth-straight NEWMAC Championship and reached the National Championship game for the second-consecutive season. The Bears will square off with one other team in the preseason top 25, a meeting with No. 11 Trinity CT on Sunday, November 30 at 4:00pm.
The 2025-26 campaign will open on November 8 at 1:00pm as Smith will play Albertus Magnus in the 34th Annual Tyler Tip-Off Tournament, hosted by the Bears inside Ainsworth Gymnasium.
Others receiving votes: Coe 85; Washington and Jefferson 72; Washington U. 67; Bridgewater 60; Trine 57; UW-Stout 54; Wartburg 47; Colby 42; Gustavus Adolphus 38; Whitman 38; Colorado College 34; Ohio Wesleyan 24; Merchant Marine 22; Elizabethtown 20; Hamilton 10; Messiah 10; UW-Whitewater 8; UW-River Falls 7; East Texas Baptist 6; Texas Lutheran 6; Widener 6; McMurry 5; McDaniel 1; Transylvania 1
The D3hoops.com Top 25 is voted on by a panel of 25 coaches, Sports Information Directors and media members from across the country, and is published weekly. Points are awarded on a 25-24-23-22-etc. basis.
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