No. 19 – Liberty
Conference: ASUN
Best Wins: Missouri (66-45), Northern Iowa (76-74) in the Diamond Head Classic, and East Carolina (74-64) in the Basketball Hall of Fame Shootout
Number of victories over non-mid major teams: Two
Notable Defeats: BYU (75-80) and Stanford (76-79) in the Diamond Head Classic, Iona (50-54) in the MAAC/ASUN Challenge, and at LSU (58-74)
Conference Record: 7-1
RPI Ranking: 140
KenPom Ranking: 95
College Basketball Power Index Ranking: 79
Net Ranking: 93
Sagarin Ranking:108
Total Points from Rankings: 515
No. 18 – Oakland
Conference: Horizon
Best Wins: At Oklahoma State (56-55), Toledo (80-59), Vermont in the Gulf Coast Showcase (63-61), Delaware in the Gulf Coast Showcase (81-73), and at Cleveland State (70-65)
Number of victories over non-mid major teams: One
Notable Defeats: At West Virginia (53-60), at Alabama (59-86), and Michigan State (78-90)
Conference Record: 9-1
RPI Ranking: 62
KenPom Ranking: 112
College Basketball Power Index Ranking: 101
Net Ranking: 104
Sagarin Ranking: 127
Total Points from Rankings: 506
No. 17 – Louisiana Tech
Conference: Conference USA
Best Wins: At Santa Clara (78-75), Texas Southern (87-60), and at UTEP (64-52)
Number of victories over non-mid major teams: Zero
Notable Defeats: At Alabama (64-93), at North Carolina State (81-90), UAB (76-83), North Texas (62-63), and LSU (57-66)
Conference Record: 7-3
RPI Ranking: 107
KenPom Ranking: 91
College Basketball Power Index Ranking:106
Net Ranking: 97
Sagarin Ranking: 97
Total Points from Rankings: 498
No. 16 – Drake
Conference: Missouri Valley
Best Wins: Richmond (73-70), at Northern Iowa (82-74), and Loyola Chicago (77-68)
Number of victories over non-mid major teams: One
Notable Defeats: Belmont (69-74) in the ESPN Events Invitational, Clemson (80-90) in the Holiday Hoopsgiving, Alabama (71-80) in the ESPN Events Invitational, at Missouri State (56-61), and North Texas (54-57) in the ESPN Events Invitational
Conference Record: 8-2
RPI Ranking: 98
KenPom Ranking: 83
College Basketball Power Index Ranking: 98
Net Ranking: 85
Sagarin Ranking: 88
Total Points from Rankings: 452
No. 15 – Towson
Conference: CAA
Best Wins: New Mexico in the Continental Tire Las Vegas Invitational (73-58), at Navy (69-52), and Hofstra (78-66)
Number of victories over non-mid major teams: One
Notable Defeats: Monmouth (71-79), at Pitt (59-63), San Francisco in the Continental Tire Las Vegas Invitational (61-71), and at Ohio State (74-85)
Conference Record: 8-2
RPI Ranking: 81
KenPom Ranking: 80
College Basketball Power Index Ranking: 91
Net Ranking: 81
Sagarin Ranking: 111
Total Points from Rankings: 444
No. 14 – New Mexico State
Conference: WAC
Best Wins: Davidson in the Myrtle Beach Invitational (75-64), at Washington State (64-61), Grand Canyon (71-61), at Stephen F. Austin (72-58), at New Mexico (78-76), and UC Irvine (62-51)
Number of victories over non-mid major teams: Three
Notable Defeats: Utah State in the Myrtle Beach Invitational (58-85), New Mexico (94-101), and at Sam Houston (46-71)
Conference Record: 8-1
RPI Ranking: 34
KenPom Ranking: 91
College Basketball Power Index Ranking: 130
Net Ranking: 79
Sagarin Ranking: 92
Total Points from Rankings: 426