The Stevenson University men’s basketball team was selected seventh in the 2026-27 Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC) Commonwealth Men’s Basketball Coaches’ Preseason Poll, announced Oct. 21, 2026. Stevenson received 31 points and ranked seventh among the conference’s nine programs.
Hood topped the poll with 64 points and all eight first-place votes. Alvernia finished second with 54 points, followed by York with 40.
Albright ranked fourth with 36 points, while Eastern placed fifth with 34 and Neumann finished sixth with 32. Widener ranked eighth with 24 points, and Messiah placed ninth with nine.
Stevenson finished one point behind Neumann and three points behind Eastern in the preseason poll, which ranks the nine MAC Commonwealth programs as selected by conference coaches.
Stevenson to Host Neumann in Conference Opener
Stevenson is scheduled to open MAC Commonwealth play Wednesday, Dec. 2, against conference newcomer Neumann. The game is scheduled for 7 p.m., with Stevenson hosting in Owings Mills, Maryland.
The official announcement is available through the Stevenson University athletics website.
Maryland Sports Blog Take
The Stevenson men’s basketball team enters the preseason poll in seventh place with 31 points. The one-point gap separating Stevenson and Neumann adds early context to the scheduled Dec. 2 conference opener, which Stevenson will host.
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