The "Other Top 25s" in Women's College Basketball

Last year I thought it would be interesting to answer the question "what if the mid-majors existed in women's college basketball?" The reason I asked this question was to create a "Top 25" ranking only for the mid-major conferences.

It's obvious who the "majors" are - these are the conferences which take part in the "Bowl Championship Series" in college football. They are sometimes called the "BCS Schools".

Six Majors (the BCS)

Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC)
Big East
Big Ten
Big Twelve
Pacific Ten (Pac-10)
Southeastern (SEC)

According to Real Time RPI, these are the six strongest conferences in women's basketball.

The next lowest ranking is that of the "Mid-Majors".

Nine "Mid-Majors"

America East (AE)
Atlantic Ten (A-10)
Colonial Athletic Association (CAA)
Conference USA (CUSA)
Mid-American Conference (MAC)
Missouri Valley Conference (MVC)
Mountain West Conference (MWC)
West Coast Conference (WCC)
Western Athletic Conference (WAC)

Last year, we had the Horizon League on the list of Mid-Majors. We have now swapped out the Horizon League and have replaced it with the America East conference, giving us the top 15 conferences in college basketball according to Real Time RPI. All schools below the "Mid-Majors" are said to be the "Low Majors".

Mid-Majors Top 25

1. Hartford 13-3

2. Xavier 12-3

3. TCU 13-4

4. Vermont 14-3

5. Temple 12-5

6. New Mexico 10-6

7. San Diego State 11-5

8. James Madison 14-2

9. Creighton 10-5

10. Eastern Michigan 11-3

11. Bowling Green 13-4

12. Dayton 14-3

13. Gonzaga 14-4

14. Richmond 13-4

15. Toledo 13-3

16. Missouri State 12-4

17. East Carolina 15-2

18. Tulane 13-3

19. SMU 12-4

20. Fresno State 13-5

21. Houston 8-8

22. Illinois State 10-5

23. Drake 11-5

24. St. Bonaventure 13-5

25. Pepperdine 12-5



Low Majors Top 25

1. Marist 13-4

2. Wisconsin-Green Bay 16-0

3. Middle Tennessee State 11-5

4. Lehigh 15-3

5. Princeton 13-2

6. Charleston 12-5

7. Arkansas-Little Rock 13-5

8. Florida Gulf Coast 12-4

9. Chattanooga 13-6

10. Columbia 10-5

11. Harvard 9-5

12. North Carolina A&T 9-7

13. Lamar 11-4

14. East Tennessee State 8-7

15. Gardner-Webb 13-3

16. Sacred Heart 13-4

17. Western Kentucky 9-7

18. Cleveland State 8-8

19. Coastal Carolina 7-4

20. Liberty 11-4

21. Cal Poly 11-5

22. Idaho State 7-9

23. Oral Roberts 10-7

24. American 10-7

25. Prairie View A&M 7-6