Vol. XXV · No. 39 Top25Rankings.com Est. 2000
The College Polls Gazette

The Top 25

Tuesday, September 22, 2026✦ Football · Men's & Women's Basketball✦ Eleven Polls, Every Week
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Football · Men's Basketball

SMU

Best finish
No. 7
Seasons ranked
11 / 14
Best finish
No. 7 (2024-2025)
Sports
Football · Men's Basketball
Polls
Media · Coaches · Playoff

Years in the Rankings

Any poll, any sport
Season-final ranking by sport · 2014-2015 – 2026-2027
FootballMen's Basketball
15101525Football · 2023: final No. 22Football · 2024: final No. 10Football · 2026: final No. 19Men's Basketball · 2014: final No. 18Men's Basketball · 2015: final No. 24Men's Basketball · 2016: final No. 11’14’16’18’20’22’24’26
Each point is SMU's rank in that sport's final poll of the season. Lower is better; a gap is a season that sport didn't finish ranked.

A year is lit when SMU was ranked in any poll that season; the best rank reached is shown. Click a year to open that season's poll board and cycle it week by week.

2020s6 ranked
2026 Best · No. 16 FB2025 Best · No. 16 FBMen's2024 Best · No. 7 FB2023 Best · No. 17 FB
2022Unranked
2021 Best · No. 16 FB2020 Best · No. 16 FB
2010s5 ranked
2019 Best · No. 14 FB
2018Unranked
2017Unranked
2016 Best · No. 11 Men's2015 Best · No. 8 Men's2014 Best · No. 18 Men's2013 Best · No. 18 Men's

Recent Season

Media Top 25 · 2026-2027
Ranking by week
15101525Preseason: No. 19Wk 2: No. 17Wk 3: No. 16Wk 4: No. 22Through Games AUG. 17, 2026: No. 19PreseasonWk 2Wk 3Wk 4Through Games AUG. 17, 2026
Lower is better. Gaps mark weeks the team was unranked. Open this season's board →
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