TAMPA, Fla. – January 11, 2026 — The South Florida Bulls men's basketball program continues its historic 2025-26 campaign, ascending to No. 56 in the NCAA NET Rankings, marking the highest position of the season and in program history.
The 20-spot jump in the NET comes on the heels of a statement road victory and second Quad-1 win of the season, at Tulsa (No. 42), where the Bulls posted a 93-78 win over the Golden Hurricane.
The win represented the fourth-highest NET-ranked opponent defeated in program history. Following the loss, Tulsa dropped to No. 55 in the latest NET rankings.
The Bulls' previous program record NET-ranking (No. 60) came following their Dec. 4, 2025, win over then No. 19 NET-ranked Utah State.
Before this season, the Bulls' highest NET ranking had come at the end of the 2023-24 campaign when they reached No. 73 under former head coach Amir Abdur-Rahim.
The NET Ranking — the NCAA Evaluation Tool used to assess team performance for postseason selection and seeding — was first introduced in the 2018–19 season, replacing the former RPI system. The NCAA Evaluation Tool (NET) Ranking has become the NCAA's primary sorting tool for evaluating Division I men's basketball teams.
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The Bulls continue their 2025–26 season on Wednesday, Jan. 14, hosting ECU at 7 p.m. at the Yuengling Center in Tampa, Fla. Fans can watch the game on ESPN+ or listen live on Bulls Unlimited.
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About USF Men's Basketball
South Florida men's basketball named Bryan Hodgson, 37, as the program's 12th head coach on March 24, 2025. Hodgson came to Tampa from Arkansas State, where he led the program to back-to-back 20-win seasons and its first postseason appearance since 1999 in his two seasons at the helm.
The program, entering its 55th season in 2025-26, most recently won the American Athletic Conference regular season championship in 2023-24 and has made 13 postseason appearances, including three NCAA Tournaments, nine NITs, and a CBI championship in 2019. Three former Bulls – Chucky Atkins, Charlie Bradley, and Rodenko Dobras – have had their jerseys retired and are members of the USF Athletic Hall of Fame. The Bulls play their home games at the 10,400-seat Yuengling Center on the USF Tampa campus.
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