2026-27 Best Non-Conference Games
Top 100 of 1776 known non-conference matchups from released schedules | Sorted by combined projected preseason rank (lower = better game)
| # | Rank | Team | Rank | Opponent | Combined | Cross-Region | Both in NCAA Tourney |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | #2 |
 DenisonNCAC
|
#6 |
 OtterbeinOAC
|
8 | ✓ | |
| 2 | #2 |
DenisonNCAC
|
#8 |
 Christopher NewportC2C
|
10 | ✓ | ✓ |
| 3 | #5 |
 WashUUAA
|
#13 |
 TrineMIAA
|
18 | ✓ | ✓ |
| 4 | #5 |
WashUUAA
|
#14 |
 UW-WhitewaterWIAC
|
19 | ✓ | ✓ |
| 5 | #3 |
 SmithNEWMAC
|
#18 |
 BowdoinNESCAC
|
21 | ✓ | ✓ |
| 6 | #3 |
SmithNEWMAC
|
#19 |
 BatesNESCAC
|
22 | ✓ | ✓ |
| 7 | #10 |
 Wisconsin LutheranNACC
|
#13 |
TrineMIAA
|
23 | ✓ | ✓ |
| 8 | #11 |
 UW-OshkoshWIAC
|
#15 |
 WartburgARC
|
26 | ||
| 9 | #3 |
SmithNEWMAC
|
#24 |
 TuftsNESCAC
|
27 | ✓ | |
| 10 | #8 |
Christopher NewportC2C
|
#19 |
BatesNESCAC
|
27 | ✓ | ✓ |
| 11 | #8 |
Christopher NewportC2C
|
#20 |
 Johns HopkinsCC
|
28 | ✓ | ✓ |
| 12 | #3 |
SmithNEWMAC
|
#27 |
 Johnson & Wales (RI)CNE
|
30 | ✓ | |
| 13 | #10 |
Wisconsin LutheranNACC
|
#21 |
 ChicagoUAA
|
31 | ✓ | |
| 14 | #11 |
UW-OshkoshWIAC
|
#23 |
 Concordia MoorheadMIAC
|
34 | ✓ | |
| 15 | #4 |
 HopeMIAA
|
#31 |
 Baldwin WallaceOAC
|
35 | ✓ | |
| 16 | #16 |
 Rhode Island CollegeLEC
|
#19 |
BatesNESCAC
|
35 | ✓ | |
| 17 | #7 |
 GettysburgCC
|
#29 |
 CortlandSUNYAC
|
36 | ✓ | ✓ |
| 18 | #9 |
 Gustavus AdolphusMIAC
|
#28 |
 UW-La CrosseWIAC×2
|
37 | ✓ | |
| 19 | #12 |
 WhitmanNWC
|
#26 |
 EmmanuelGNAC
|
38 | ✓ | ✓ |
| 20 | #15 |
WartburgARC
|
#23 |
Concordia MoorheadMIAC
|
38 | ||
| 21 | #7 |
GettysburgCC
|
#32 |
 ShenandoahODAC
|
39 | ✓ | ✓ |
| 22 | #16 |
Rhode Island CollegeLEC
|
#24 |
TuftsNESCAC
|
40 | ✓ | |
| 23 | #4 |
HopeMIAA
|
#37 |
 Ohio WesleyanNCAC
|
41 | ✓ | |
| 24 | #7 |
GettysburgCC
|
#35 |
 RiponMWC
|
42 | ✓ | ✓ |
| 25 | #20 |
Johns HopkinsCC
|
#22 |
 Washington & LeeODAC
|
42 | ✓ | ✓ |
| 26 | #1 |
 NYUUAA
|
#42 |
 SUNY New PaltzNJAC
|
43 | ✓ | |
| 27 | #16 |
Rhode Island CollegeLEC
|
#27 |
Johnson & Wales (RI)CNE
|
43 | ||
| 28 | #13 |
TrineMIAA
|
#31 |
Baldwin WallaceOAC
|
44 | ✓ | |
| 29 | #18 |
BowdoinNESCAC
|
#26 |
EmmanuelGNAC
|
44 | ✓ | |
| 30 | #18 |
BowdoinNESCAC
|
#27 |
Johnson & Wales (RI)CNE
|
45 | ✓ | ✓ |
| 31 | #2 |
DenisonNCAC
|
#44 |
 Washington & JeffersonPAC
|
46 | ✓ | |
| 32 | #8 |
Christopher NewportC2C
|
#38 |
 BattenODAC
|
46 | ||
| 33 | #11 |
UW-OshkoshWIAC
|
#35 |
RiponMWC
|
46 | ✓ | |
| 34 | #13 |
TrineMIAA
|
#33 |
 Hardin-SimmonsASC
|
46 | ✓ | ✓ |
| 35 | #16 |
Rhode Island CollegeLEC
|
#30 |
 Randolph-MaconODAC
|
46 | ✓ | |
| 36 | #17 |
 ScrantonLAND
|
#29 |
CortlandSUNYAC
|
46 | ✓ | ✓ |
| 37 | #7 |
GettysburgCC
|
#42 |
SUNY New PaltzNJAC
|
49 | ✓ | ✓ |
| 38 | #10 |
Wisconsin LutheranNACC
|
#39 |
 Cal LutheranSCIAC
|
49 | ✓ | |
| 39 | #13 |
TrineMIAA
|
#37 |
Ohio WesleyanNCAC
|
50 | ✓ | |
| 40 | #20 |
Johns HopkinsCC
|
#30 |
Randolph-MaconODAC
|
50 | ✓ | ✓ |
| 41 | #24 |
TuftsNESCAC
|
#26 |
EmmanuelGNAC
|
50 | ||
| 42 | #1 |
NYUUAA
|
#50 |
 ImmaculataAEC
|
51 | ✓ | ✓ |
| 43 | #6 |
OtterbeinOAC
|
#45 |
 Carnegie MellonUAA
|
51 | ||
| 44 | #3 |
SmithNEWMAC
|
#49 |
 SusquehannaLAND
|
52 | ✓ | |
| 45 | #3 |
SmithNEWMAC
|
#50 |
ImmaculataAEC
|
53 | ✓ | ✓ |
| 46 | #7 |
GettysburgCC
|
#47 |
 CatholicLAND
|
54 | ||
| 47 | #9 |
Gustavus AdolphusMIAC
|
#45 |
Carnegie MellonUAA
|
54 | ✓ | |
| 48 | #4 |
HopeMIAA
|
#51 |
 DePauwNCAC
|
55 | ✓ | |
| 49 | #8 |
Christopher NewportC2C
|
#47 |
CatholicLAND
|
55 | ✓ | |
| 50 | #8 |
Christopher NewportC2C
|
#49 |
SusquehannaLAND
|
57 | ✓ | |
| 51 | #17 |
ScrantonLAND
|
#40 |
 EmoryUAA
|
57 | ✓ | |
| 52 | #1 |
NYUUAA
|
#57 |
 WilliamsNESCAC
|
58 | ✓ | |
| 53 | #17 |
ScrantonLAND
|
#41 |
 MisericordiaMACF
|
58 | ✓ | |
| 54 | #20 |
Johns HopkinsCC
|
#38 |
BattenODAC
|
58 | ✓ | |
| 55 | #22 |
Washington & LeeODAC
|
#36 |
 McDanielCC
|
58 | ✓ | |
| 56 | #25 |
 Puget SoundNWC
|
#33 |
Hardin-SimmonsASC
|
58 | ||
| 57 | #11 |
UW-OshkoshWIAC
|
#48 |
 CarrollCCIW
|
59 | ✓ | ✓ |
| 58 | #3 |
SmithNEWMAC
|
#57 |
WilliamsNESCAC
|
60 | ✓ | |
| 59 | #4 |
HopeMIAA
|
#56 |
 Illinois WesleyanCCIW
|
60 | ✓ | ✓ |
| 60 | #10 |
Wisconsin LutheranNACC
|
#51 |
DePauwNCAC
|
61 | ✓ | ✓ |
| 61 | #10 |
Wisconsin LutheranNACC
|
#52 |
 UW-Eau ClaireWIAC
|
62 | ✓ | |
| 62 | #14 |
UW-WhitewaterWIAC
|
#48 |
CarrollCCIW
|
62 | ✓ | ✓ |
| 63 | #2 |
DenisonNCAC
|
#61 |
 St. VincentPAC
|
63 | ||
| 64 | #15 |
WartburgARC
|
#48 |
CarrollCCIW
|
63 | ✓ | |
| 65 | #11 |
UW-OshkoshWIAC
|
#53 |
 CalvinMIAA
|
64 | ✓ | |
| 66 | #13 |
TrineMIAA
|
#51 |
DePauwNCAC
|
64 | ✓ | |
| 67 | #14 |
UW-WhitewaterWIAC
|
#53 |
CalvinMIAA
|
67 | ✓ | |
| 68 | #1 |
NYUUAA
|
#67 |
 HartfordCNE
|
68 | ✓ | |
| 69 | #8 |
Christopher NewportC2C
|
#61 |
St. VincentPAC
|
69 | ✓ | |
| 70 | #21 |
ChicagoUAA
|
#48 |
CarrollCCIW
|
69 | ✓ | |
| 71 | #3 |
SmithNEWMAC
|
#67 |
HartfordCNE
|
70 | ||
| 72 | #7 |
GettysburgCC
|
#63 |
 MessiahMACC
|
70 | ✓ | |
| 73 | #14 |
UW-WhitewaterWIAC
|
#56 |
Illinois WesleyanCCIW
|
70 | ✓ | ✓ |
| 74 | #30 |
Randolph-MaconODAC
|
#40 |
EmoryUAA
|
70 | ||
| 75 | #14 |
UW-WhitewaterWIAC
|
#58 |
 BethelMIAC
|
72 | ✓ | |
| 76 | #20 |
Johns HopkinsCC
|
#52 |
UW-Eau ClaireWIAC
|
72 | ✓ | |
| 77 | #19 |
BatesNESCAC
|
#55 |
 Southern MaineLEC
|
74 | ✓ | ✓ |
| 78 | #21 |
ChicagoUAA
|
#53 |
CalvinMIAA
|
74 | ✓ | |
| 79 | #4 |
HopeMIAA
|
#71 |
 Mt. UnionOAC
|
75 | ||
| 80 | #17 |
ScrantonLAND
|
#58 |
BethelMIAC
|
75 | ✓ | ✓ |
| 81 | #21 |
ChicagoUAA
|
#56 |
Illinois WesleyanCCIW
|
77 | ✓ | |
| 82 | #18 |
BowdoinNESCAC
|
#60 |
 WPINEWMAC
|
78 | ✓ | |
| 83 | #19 |
BatesNESCAC
|
#59 |
 Bridgewater (VA)ODAC
|
78 | ✓ | |
| 84 | #15 |
WartburgARC
|
#64 |
 St. Mary's (MN)MIAC
|
79 | ||
| 85 | #19 |
BatesNESCAC
|
#60 |
WPINEWMAC
|
79 | ✓ | |
| 86 | #7 |
GettysburgCC
|
#73 |
 UW-River FallsWIAC
|
80 | ✓ | ✓ |
| 87 | #9 |
Gustavus AdolphusMIAC
|
#73 |
UW-River FallsWIAC
|
82 | ✓ | |
| 88 | #16 |
Rhode Island CollegeLEC
|
#66 |
 St. Mary's (MD)UEC
|
82 | ✓ | |
| 89 | #25 |
Puget SoundNWC
|
#57 |
WilliamsNESCAC
|
82 | ✓ | |
| 90 | #35 |
RiponMWC
|
#48 |
CarrollCCIW
|
83 | ✓ | ✓ |
| 91 | #24 |
TuftsNESCAC
|
#61 |
St. VincentPAC
|
85 | ✓ | |
| 92 | #14 |
UW-WhitewaterWIAC
|
#72 |
 MSOENACC
|
86 | ✓ | |
| 93 | #21 |
ChicagoUAA
|
#65 |
 Colorado CollegeSCAC
|
86 | ✓ | |
| 94 | #28 |
UW-La CrosseWIAC
|
#58 |
BethelMIAC
|
86 | ✓ | |
| 95 | #1 |
NYUUAA
|
#86 |
 ClarkNEWMAC
|
87 | ✓ | |
| 96 | #15 |
WartburgARC
|
#72 |
MSOENACC
|
87 | ✓ | |
| 97 | #15 |
WartburgARC
|
#73 |
UW-River FallsWIAC
|
88 | ||
| 98 | #4 |
HopeMIAA
|
#85 |
 UW-PlattevilleWIAC
|
89 | ✓ | ✓ |
| 99 | #44 |
Washington & JeffersonPAC
|
#45 |
Carnegie MellonUAA
|
89 | ||
| 100 | #21 |
ChicagoUAA
|
#69 |
 TransylvaniaHCAC
|
90 | ✓ |