{"id":304392,"date":"2025-10-15T04:04:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T04:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/304392\/"},"modified":"2025-10-15T04:04:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T04:04:10","slug":"see-where-smu-mens-basketball-is-projected-to-finish-in-2025-26-acc-preseason-poll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/304392\/","title":{"rendered":"See where SMU men\u2019s basketball is projected to finish in 2025-26 ACC preseason poll"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">At this point last year, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/smu-mustangs\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/smu-mustangs\/\">SMU<\/a> men\u2019s basketball was preparing for the challenges that come with facing some of the ACC\u2019s toughest teams. Now, Andy Enfield\u2019s group is one of the conference\u2019s teams to watch.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">The Mustangs <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/accmbb\/status\/1978189190975082550\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/x.com\/accmbb\/status\/1978189190975082550\">were projected to finish sixth in the ACC\u2019s 2025-26 preseason poll.<\/a> The five programs ranked ahead of SMU were Duke, Louisville, North Carolina, North Carolina State and Virginia.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">SMU\u2019s projected finish is similar to where the Mustangs finished the 2024-25 regular season. SMU went 24-11 last year, posting a 13-7 record in ACC play to finish sixth in the conference\u2019s standings. The Mustangs later advanced to the ACC men\u2019s basketball tournament\u2019s quarterfinals and earned an NIT berth.<\/p>\n<p>Sports Roundup<\/p>\n<p class=\"dmnc_features-cta-social-article-cta-social-module__3beff secondaryRoman secondaryRoman-20 text-center text-gray-dark\">Get the latest D-FW sports news, analysis and opinion delivered straight to your inbox. Plus, Kevin Sherrington&#8217;s A La Carte.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dmnc_features-cta-social-article-cta-social-module__8MgJa flex flex-wrap text-gray-dark secondaryRoman secondaryRoman-10 text-center justify-center\">By signing up, you agree to our\u00a0<a class=\"dmnc_features-cta-social-article-cta-social-module__lU9-l border-b border-gray-dark hover_border-0 focus_border-0 active_border-0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/help\/terms-of-service\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Terms of Service<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a class=\"dmnc_features-cta-social-article-cta-social-module__lU9-l border-b border-gray-dark hover_border-0 focus_border-0 active_border-0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/help\/privacy-policy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Privacy Policy.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">With key players like guard Boopie Miller on the roster, SMU is expected to make some noise during the 2025-26 campaign. Miller was the only SMU player to earn preseason honors from the conference, <a href=\"https:\/\/theacc.com\/news\/2025\/10\/14\/duke-selected-as-preseason-2025-26-acc-mens-basketball-favorite.aspx\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/theacc.com\/news\/2025\/10\/14\/duke-selected-as-preseason-2025-26-acc-mens-basketball-favorite.aspx\">being named an All-ACC second-team selection.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">NC State\u2019s Darrion Williams was named ACC preseason player of the year, while Duke\u2019s Cameron Boozer was selected as the conference\u2019s preseason rookie of the year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">After an exhibition game against Oklahoma State on Oct. 25, SMU will open its regular season against Tarleton State on Nov. 3 at Moody Coliseum. The Mustangs will host North Carolina on Jan. 3, 2026 for their first ACC game of the season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/smu-mustangs\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Find more SMU coverage from <\/b><b>The Dallas Morning News<\/b><b> here<\/b><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"At this point last year, SMU men\u2019s basketball was preparing for the challenges that come with facing some&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":304393,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[1339,10768,10857,1317,1337,1338,14971,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-304392","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ncaa-basketball","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-brief","10":"tag-colleges","11":"tag-ncaa","12":"tag-ncaa-basketball","13":"tag-ncaabasketball","14":"tag-smu-mustangs","15":"tag-sports","16":"tag-united-states","17":"tag-unitedstates","18":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115376205291526839","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304392","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=304392"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304392\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/304393"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=304392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=304392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=304392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}