🏀 The 1925-26 men’s college basketball season
What the record holds for this season: the champion, the tournament bracket, the AP poll week by week, the conference tables, and the Elo ratings with the biggest upsets.
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1925-26 national champion
Named after the fact; there was no NCAA tournament yet.
There was no NCAA tournament before 1939. This champion is a retroactive selection, as named by the Helms Athletic Foundation or Premo-Porretta, not a tournament result.
Conference tournaments
The champion and the other finalist of each of the 1 conference tournaments held in 1925-26.
| Conference | Champion | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|
| Southern | North Carolina | Mississippi State |
1926 standings by conference
Overall and conference record. A star marks the regular-season champion, a trophy the conference-tournament champion.
1926 standings by conference8 conferences
Big Ten10 teams
| School | W-L | Conf | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Purdue | 13-4 | 8-4 | ★ |
| Indiana | 12-5 | 8-4 | ★ |
| Iowa | 12-5 | 8-4 | ★ |
| Michigan | 12-5 | 8-4 | ★ |
| Ohio State | 10-7 | 6-6 | |
| Illinois | 9-8 | 6-6 | |
| Minnesota | 7-10 | 5-7 | |
| Wisconsin | 8-9 | 4-8 | |
| Chicago | 5-11 | 4-8 | |
| Northwestern | 5-12 | 3-9 |
Eastern Intercollegiate6 teams
Missouri Valley10 teams
| School | W-L | Conf | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas | 16-2 | 16-2 | ★ |
| Oklahoma | 11-4 | 9-3 | |
| Kansas State | 11-7 | 9-3 | |
| Missouri | 8-10 | 8-8 | |
| Nebraska | 8-10 | 7-7 | |
| Drake | 9-9 | 7-9 | |
| Washington University | 7-9 | 7-9 | |
| Oklahoma A&M | 9-9 | 5-7 | |
| Iowa State | 4-14 | 3-11 | |
| Grinnell | 1-14 | 1-13 |
Pacific Coast9 teams
| School | W-L | Conf | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 14-0 | 5-0 | ★ |
| Oregon | 18-4 | 10-0 | |
| Oregon State | 18-6 | 6-4 | |
| Stanford | 10-6 | 3-2 | |
| Idaho | 14-10 | 5-4 | |
| Washington | 10-6 | 5-5 | |
| Montana | 5-10 | 2-8 | |
| Washington State | 9-17 | 1-8 | |
| USC | 4-8 | 0-6 |
Rocky Mountain12 teams
| School | W-L | Conf | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colorado State College | 13-5 | 13-1 | |
| Colorado College | 9-4 | 9-4 | |
| Utah Agricultural | 13-5 | 8-4 | |
| Wyoming | 12-5 | 7-5 | |
| BYU | 11-5 | 7-5 | |
| Colorado | 8-5 | 7-5 | |
| Montana State | 20-12 | 5-7 | |
| Denver | 5-7 | 5-7 | |
| Utah | 4-8 | 4-8 | ★ |
| Colorado Mines | 3-7 | 3-7 | |
| Colorado A&M | 2-11 | 2-10 | ★ |
| Western State | 5-9 | 0-5 |
Southern22 teams
| School | W-L | Conf | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky | 15-3 | 8-0 | ★ |
| North Carolina | 20-5 | 7-0 | 🏆 |
| Mississippi | 16-2 | 8-1 | |
| Maryland | 14-3 | 7-1 | |
| Georgia | 18-6 | 9-4 | |
| South Carolina | 9-5 | 4-2 | |
| North Carolina State | 20-3 | 5-3 | |
| Mississippi State | 14-8 | 5-3 | |
| Tulane | 11-7 | 10-7 | |
| Virginia | 9-6 | 4-4 | |
| Alabama | 10-11 | 6-6 | |
| LSU | 9-9 | 4-5 | |
| VMI | 8-6 | 3-5 | |
| Georgia Tech | 6-11 | 4-10 | |
| Virginia Tech | 3-10 | 2-5 | |
| Washington & Lee | 9-7 | 2-6 | |
| Tennessee | 9-8 | 1-3 | |
| Vanderbilt | 8-18 | 2-7 | |
| Auburn | 5-10 | 1-7 | |
| Clemson | 4-17 | 1-7 | |
| Florida | 7-7 | 0-3 | |
| Sewanee | 4-6 | 0-2 |
Southwest7 teams
Independent94 teams
Where these numbers come from
Enough to disbelieve this page on purpose rather than by accident.
Champions, brackets, polls and standings are read from the Citizen of Nowhere college basketball database, one season at a time. A section appears only where the database holds its data: the NCAA tournament began in 1939 (earlier champions are retroactive selections), the AP poll in 1949, and game-by-game results, and so the Elo ratings and upsets, in 1950.
Elo ratings and upsets come from the site’s own men’s college basketball Elo, built from every game since 1950. An upset’s win chance is the winner’s pre-game probability from those ratings.