1925–26 NCAA men's basketball season

1925–26 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
Helms National ChampionsSyracuse (retroactive selection in 1943)
Player of the Year
(Helms)		Jack Cobb, North Carolina (retroactive selection in 1944)

The 1925–26 NCAA men's basketball season began in December 1925, progressed through the regular season and conference tournaments, and concluded in March 1926.

Georgia Tech's team

Season headlines

Conference membership changes

School Former conference New conference
Oklahoma A&M Aggies Southwest Conference Missouri Valley Conference
USC Trojans Independent Pacific Coast Conference
Union Dutchmen Independent Non-major basketball program
VMI Keydets Independent Southern Conference

Regular season

Conferences

Conference winners and tournaments

Conference Regular
season winner[3] 		Conference
player of the year 		Conference
tournament 		Tournament
venue (City) 		Tournament
winner
Big Ten Conference Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, & Purdue None selected No Tournament
Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League Columbia None selected No Tournament
Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association Kansas None selected No Tournament
Pacific Coast Conference Oregon (North);
California (South)		 No Tournament;
California defeated Oregon in best-of-three conference championship playoff series
Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Colorado Agricultural & Colorado State Normal (Eastern);
Utah & Utah Agricultural (Western)		 No Tournament
Southern Conference Kentucky None selected 1926 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament Municipal Auditorium
(Atlanta, Georgia)		 North Carolina[4]
Southwest Conference Arkansas None selected No Tournament

Conference standings

1925–26 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Purdue 8 – 4   .667 13 – 4   .765
Indiana 8 – 4   .667 12 – 5   .706
Iowa 8 – 4   .667 12 – 5   .706
Michigan 8 – 4   .667 12 – 5   .706
Illinois 6 – 6   .500 9 – 8   .529
Ohio State 6 – 6   .500 10 – 7   .588
Minnesota 5 – 7   .417 7 – 10   .412
Wisconsin 4 – 8   .333 8 – 9   .471
Northwestern 4 – 8   .333 5 – 11   .313
Chicago 3 – 9   .250 5 – 12   .294
1925–26 Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Columbia 9 – 1   .900 15 – 2   .882
Dartmouth 6 – 4   .600 11 – 7   .611
Penn 5 – 5   .500 14 – 7   .667
Princeton 5 – 5   .500 9 – 13   .409
Cornell 5 – 5   .500 8 – 12   .400
Yale 0 – 10   .000 5 – 15   .250
1925–26 Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Kansas 16 – 2   .889 16 – 2   .889
Oklahoma 9 – 3   .750 11 – 4   .733
Kansas State 9 – 3   .750 11 – 7   .611
Missouri 8 – 8   .500 8 – 10   .444
Nebraska 7 – 7   .500 8 – 10   .444
Drake 7 – 9   .438 9 – 9   .500
Washington University 7 – 9   .438 7 – 9   .438
Oklahoma A&M 5 – 7   .417 9 – 9   .500
Iowa State 3 – 11   .214 4 – 14   .222
Grinnell 1 – 13   .071 1 – 14   .067
1925–26 Pacific Coast Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
North
Oregon 10 – 0   1.000 18 – 4   .818
Oregon Agricultural 6 – 4   .600 18 – 6   .750
Idaho 5 – 4   .556 15 – 10   .600
Washington 5 – 5   .500 10 – 6   .625
Montana 2 – 8   .200 5 – 10   .333
Washington State 1 – 8   .111 9 – 17   .346
South
California † 5 – 0   1.000 14 – 0   1.000
Stanford 3 – 2   .600 10 – 6   .625
USC 0 – 6   .000 4 – 8   .333
† Conference playoff series winner
1925–26 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Eastern
Northern Colorado 13 – 1   .929 13 – 5   .722
Colorado College 9 – 4   .692 9 – 4   .692
Wyoming 7 – 5   .583 12 – 5   .706
Colorado 7 – 5   .583 8 – 5   .615
Denver 5 – 7   .417 5 – 7   .417
Colorado Mines 3 – 7   .300 3 – 7   .300
Colorado Agricultural 2 – 10   .167 2 – 11   .154
Western State 0 – 5   .000 5 – 9   .357
Western
Utah Agricultural 8 – 4   .667 13 – 5   .722
BYU 7 – 5   .583 11 – 5   .688
Montana State 5 – 7   .417 20 – 12   .625
Utah 4 – 8   .333 4 – 8   .333
1925–26 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Kentucky 8 – 0   1.000 15 – 3   .833
North Carolina† 7 – 0   1.000 20 – 5   .800
Mississippi 8 – 1   .889 16 – 2   .889
Maryland 7 – 1   .875 14 – 3   .824
Georgia 9 – 4   .692 18 – 6   .750
South Carolina 4 – 2   .667 9 – 5   .643
NC State 5 – 3   .625 20 – 3   .870
Mississippi A&M 5 – 3   .625 14 – 8   .636
Tulane 10 – 7   .588 11 – 7   .611
Alabama 6 – 6   .500 10 – 11   .476
Virginia 4 – 4   .500 9 – 6   .600
LSU 4 – 5   .444 9 – 9   .500
VMI 3 – 5   .375 8 – 6   .571
Georgia Tech 4 – 10   .286 6 – 11   .353
Virginia Tech 2 – 5   .286 3 – 10   .231
Washington and Lee 2 – 6   .250 9 – 7   .563
Tennessee 1 – 3   .250 9 – 8   .529
Vanderbilt 2 – 7   .222 8 – 18   .308
Auburn 1 – 7   .125 5 – 10   .333
Clemson 1 – 7   .125 4 – 17   .190
Sewanee 0 – 2   .000 4 – 6   .400
Florida 0 – 3   .000 7 – 7   .500
† Southern Conference Tournament winner
As of April 30, 1926
Rankings from none
1925–26 Southwest Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Arkansas 11 – 1   .917 23 – 2   .920
SMU 8 – 4   .667 10 – 6   .625
TCU 7 – 5   .583 13 – 9   .591
Texas 6 – 6   .500 12 – 10   .545
Baylor 5 – 7   .417 8 – 7   .533
Texas A&M 4 – 8   .333 8 – 9   .471
Rice 1 – 11   .083 1 – 13   .071

Independents

A total of 94 college teams played as major independents. Mount Union (10–0) was undefeated, and Notre Dame (19–1) and Syracuse (19–1) had the next-highest winning percentage (.950). North Dakota Agricultural (22–3) finished with the most wins.[6]

1925–26 NCAA men's basketball independents standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Mount Union –   – 10 – 0   1.000
Notre Dame –   – 19 – 1   .950
Syracuse –   – 19 – 1   .950
Manchester –   – 15 – 1   .938
Lehigh –   – 13 – 1   .929
Washburn –   – 12 – 1   .923
Cincinnati –   – 17 – 2   .895
Muskingum –   – 17 – 2   .895
Dickinson –   – 15 – 2   .882
North Dakota Agricultural –   – 22 – 3   .880
UCLA –   – 14 – 2   .875
Massachusetts –   – 12 – 2   .857
New Mexico –   – 12 – 2   .857
Springfield (Mass.) –   – 10 – 2   .833
West Texas State –   – 14 – 3   .824
Fordham –   – 18 – 4   .818
Bradley –   – 15 – 4   .789
Duquesne –   – 15 – 4   .789
Western State Normal –   – 15 – 4   .789
Connecticut –   – 11 – 3   .786
Saint Mary's (Calif.) –   – 11 – 3   .786
Bowling Green State –   – 10 – 3   .769
Butler –   – 16 – 5   .762
Tempe State –   – 9 – 3   .750
Loyola (Md.) –   – 9 – 3   .750
Evansville –   – 8 – 3   .727
Richmond –   – 16 – 6   .727
St. John's (N.Y.) –   – 18 – 7   .720
New York University –   – 10 – 4   .714
St. Bonaventure –   – 15 – 6   .714
Western Kentucky State –   – 10 – 4   .714
Navy –   – 12 – 5   .706
Fairmount –   – 14 – 6   .700
Saint Louis –   – 9 – 4   .692
DePaul –   – 11 – 5   .688
Villanova –   – 11 – 5   .688
Detroit –   – 13 – 6   .684
Wake Forest –   – 13 – 6   .684
Bucknell –   – 8 – 4   .667
Colgate –   – 14 – 7   .667
Harvard –   – 8 – 4   .667
Niagara –   – 12 – 6   .667
Temple –   – 12 – 6   .667
New Mexico A&M –   – 13 – 7   .650
Army –   – 11 – 6   .647
Buffalo –   – 11 – 6   .647
Pittsburgh –   – 11 – 6   .647
CCNY –   – 9 – 5   .643
Brown –   – 10 – 6   .625
The Citadel –   – 10 – 6   .625
Ohio –   – 15 – 9   .625
Loyola (Ill.) –   – 13 – 8   .619
Muhlenberg –   – 9 – 6   .600
Marshall –   – 10 – 7   .588
Seton Hall –   – 7 – 5   .583
St. Ignatius –   – 8 – 6   .571
Denison –   – 9 – 7   .563
DePauw –   – 9 – 7   .563
Xavier –   – 10 – 8   .556
Creighton –   – 11 – 9   .550
Furman –   – 11 – 9   .550
Wooster –   – 8 – 7   .533
Carleton –   – 7 – 7   .500
Indiana State –   – 9 – 9   .500
Manhattan –   – 7 – 7   .500
Penn State –   – 7 – 7   .500
Rhode Island State –   – 8 – 8   .500
West Virginia –   – 10 – 11   .476
Davidson –   – 8 – 9   .471
Holy Cross –   – 8 – 9   .471
William & Mary –   – 8 – 9   .471
Dayton –   – 7 – 8   .467
Arizona –   – 6 – 7   .462
Boston University –   – 6 – 7   .462
Miami (Ohio) –   – 7 – 9   .438
Kent State Normal –   – 6 – 8   .429
Texas Tech –   – 6 – 8   .429
Tulsa –   – 7 – 10   .412
Duke –   – 8 – 12   .400
Canisius –   – 5 – 8   .385
Georgetown –   – 5 – 8   .385
Northern Arizona State –   – 5 – 8   .385
Marquette –   – 8 – 13   .381
Texas State M&M –   – 3 – 5   .375
George Washington –   – 5 – 9   .357
Louisville –   – 4 – 8   .333
Santa Clara –   – 5 – 10   .333
Lafayette –   – 6 – 13   .316
Valparaiso –   – 6 – 13   .316
Rutgers –   – 4 – 9   .308
Michigan State –   – 5 – 13   .278
Toledo –   – 3 – 8   .273
St. Joseph's –   – 4 – 11   .267
Saint Francis (N.Y.) –   – 1 – 6   .143

Statistical leaders

Awards

Helms College Basketball All-Americans

Main article: 1926 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans

The practice of selecting a Consensus All-American Team did not begin until the 1928–29 season. The Helms Athletic Foundation later retroactively selected a list of All-Americans for the 1925–26 season.[7]

Player Team
Jack Cobb North Carolina
George Dixon California
Richard Doyle Michigan
Emanuel Goldblatt Pennsylvania
Gale Gordon Kansas
Vic Hanson Syracuse
Carl Loeb Princeton
Al Peterson Kansas
George Spradling Purdue
Algot Westergren Oregon

Major player of the year awards

Coaching changes

References

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  2. ^ ESPN, ed. (2009). ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. New York, NY: ESPN Books. pp. 526, 529–587. ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2.
  3. ^ "2009 NCAA Men's Basketball Record Book – Conferences Section" (PDF). NCAA. 2009. Retrieved February 14, 2009.
  4. ^ 2008–09 SoCon Men's Basketball Media Guide – Postseason Section, Southern Conference, retrieved 2009-02-09
  5. ^ "2017-18 Men's Basketball Media Guide". Pac-12 Conference. p. 72. Retrieved April 10, 2019.
  6. ^ "1925-26 Men's Independent Season Summary". Sports Reference. Retrieved July 30, 2024.
  7. ^ The Association for Professional Basketball Research "NCAA All-American Teams, 1919–20 to 1998–99"